--- title: William Ury | TIME description: Ury is an acclaimed mediator, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and bestselling author of Getting to Yes and Possible canonical: https://time.com/author/william-ury/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/william-ury/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # William Ury ## William Ury Ury is an acclaimed mediator, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and bestselling author of [_Getting to Yes_](https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/10/43uiuww2zzlkd7duuu5ax81ic/0/87154093f58bf9a0a70d0e0cebb490ffa0c18d8680308a91ff23c504a702a479) and [_Possible_](https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/10/43uiuww2zzlkd7duuu5ax81ic/1/175250fe80a1639926369c1651b9a453a2b6a8dfaac9fa7c18b33ad62397b633) ## William Ury *  Feb 17, 2024 ### [3 Ways to Make Conflict Less Destructive](https://time.com/6695299/conflict-less-destructive-essay/) Negotiation expert William Ury explains how we can thrive in the Age of Conflict. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/william-ury/","name":"William Ury"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/william-ury/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/william-ury/"},"name":"William Ury","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ury is an acclaimed mediator, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, and bestselling author of Getting to Yes and Possible","url":"https://time.com/author/william-ury/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```