This is the third column in a 4-part series in the Washington Examiner by Carly Fiorina. This series focuses on what citizens can do to impact the political culture, their role in leading our citizen government, and will end with how to approach the 2018 midterm elections. You can read the second column here.

I have argued in these pages that politics has become about winning, not problem-solving; that while the media may highlight problems, they may actually make some of them worse; and that while “strongmen” claim to be vastly capable all by themselves, real problem-solving requires collaboration.