Barry Johnson is founding partner and chairman of Polarity Partnerships and creator of the Polarity Map and principles. He created the first Polarity Map and set of principles in 1975. Since then, he has been learning and applying Polarity Thinking with people and organizations all over the world. As chairman of Polarity Partnerships, he continues to explore and promote supplementing o r-thinking with and-thinking to enhance our quality of life on our planet.

Johnson’s most recent publications, And: Volume One – Foundations and And: Volume Two – Applications, represent what he and his colleagues have learned about a nd-thinking since his first book, Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems, came out in 1992.