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68th Anniversary of the Murder of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by the Nazis

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hung by the Nazis 68 years ago today. To commemorate this anniversary, I am re-posting our blog about him:  We thought it was time for another of our Top Ten Conflict Tips, though as always they are … Continue reading →

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The Paradoxes of Conservatism: Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

I grew up in a conservative, small-business-oriented family, which thrived on argument and consideration of other points of view, and didn’t like banks, or debt, and thought hard work and savings were the moral way of life. This conservative world … Continue reading →

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Double Loop Learning: Top Ten Conflict Tips on Why It Fails

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

I have always found Chris Argyris’s (1923-) concept of Double Loop Learning, or learning about how we learn or fail to learn, interesting. Wikipedia defines it as: ‘the concept of double-loop learning (DLL) in which an individual, organization or entity is able, … Continue reading →

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Mohandas Gandhi’s (1869-1948) Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

My friend Natasa just posted this, and I thought it fitted our Top Ten Conflict Tips quite well: Mohandas Gandhi’s Top Ten Conflict Tips; though they also help in changing the world, which is what our conflict approach is all … Continue reading →

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Rumi’s (1207-1273): Top Ten Conflict/Life Tips جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى‎

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Inspired by my friend The Wave Rider, I am taking the wisdom of the Iranian Sufi Poet Rumi جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى‎ ,  and creating what might seem a bit counter-intuitive: Rumi’s Top Ten Conflict Tips. It’s not so counter intuitive, … Continue reading →

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Albert Camus (1913-60): Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

I love the work of the French writer Albert Camus and thought it time we did one of our Top Ten Conflict Tips based on his thinking. All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the … Continue reading →

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Finding Donald Rumsfeld’s Unknown Unknowns: Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I always thought it interesting that former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld popularized the phrase the Unknown Unknowns. Unfortunately, he used it in the sense of things we couldn’t know that throw off our plans, and he used it as … Continue reading →

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Why People Don’t Use Systematic Processes: Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

There are a wide array of excellent books that suggest good ways to do things like make decisions or handle conflict. But in my experience, even those people who are trained in such approaches, and shown that they can be … 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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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion: Jon Haidt: Top Ten Conflict Tips

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Long ago and far away, my then girlfriend very conservative Sally said one day to a very radical me: ‘You know there are just as many assholes on my side in politics as on yours. And she named some examples … Continue reading →

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