Tag Archives: Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman: This Much I Know

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

I really like the work of Daniel Kahneman and his late colleague Amos Tversky. I enjoyed this piece by Tim Adams in today’s UK Observer newspaper about Daniel’s takes on his work and life:  The 78-year-old Nobel prize-winning psychologist on … Continue reading →

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Conflict: Top Ten Contemporary Thinkers Behind This Blog

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

I thought it would be fun to list out some of the contemporary intellectual thinkers who have fed the thinking of this blog, in roughly the order I discovered them and started using their approaches in this context: William Ury*, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Recent Books that Throw Light on Conflict

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

Well I guess it is the time of year for book lists, though whether you want these as gifts…These are the books I have read this year that throw most light on conflict and on my particular focus these days: … Continue reading →

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Why is it So Hard to Move from Positional Thinking?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

I am reading Daniel Kahneman’s new book Thinking, Fast and Slow. It is throwing up all sorts of new insights relevant to conflict and I heartily recommend you read it. At its core is a model of the brain consisting … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Positional and Interest Based Bargaining

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Central to this blog is the profound difference between Positional aka win-lose and Interest Based aka win-win Bargaining. I posted on this last year: http://creativeconflictwisdom.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/the-top-ten-differences-between-positional-and-interest-based-bargaining/ In a nut shell, in conflict we adopt almost instant positions or demands. This is … Continue reading →

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Theory Induced Blindness

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

I read recently about Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman’s ‘theory induced blindness‘ that suggests that often our theories of how the world works, blind us to how the world really works. For some reason, I can’t find an original source … Continue reading →

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Conflict Resolution Strategies: the Implications of Recent Neuroscience

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

Recent neuroscience is uncovering a lot about why we handle conflict so dysfunctionally Continue reading →

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