It may be new to some developers, but many do know that collaboration is more effective than confrontation. Facilitating collaboration meetings was one of my many responsibilities as far back as the early 90s and I'm also sure i was not the first. Often such public meetings, if there is community opposition to a project or aspects of a project, turned into group mediation sessions. Hopefully this new blueprint will catch on, indicating that in some contexts at least, our societies are becoming increasingly emotionally intelligent.