July 9, 2018 Marcel van de Hoef Books, Negotiation Why Great Negotiators Rise Beyond Rhetoric and Let the Other Go First July 9, 2018 Marcel van de Hoef Books, Negotiation “Really smart people often have trouble being negotiators – they’re so smart they think they don’t have anything to discover.” Reflections on “Never Split the Difference” by former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss.