Category Archives: Conflict Processes

Systematic step by step disciplined processes for conflict handling

Brexit: Updated Scenario Probabilities

Posted on October 19, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

Ah well, time for a Brexit scenario update based on Bayesian re-assessment of which way the wind blows currently, and in ascending order of probability 1) Visible Hand 15% probable. This is a friend’s predicted down to the wire outcome, … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Conflict Processes, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Other Approaches to the US Gun Death Epidemic

Posted on October 6, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

It is interesting that all sides in the gun death issue seem to want to fight it as a matter of huge irreconcilable principle and get nowhere. And then when you suggest: oh let’s look at the UK with one … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Processes, Conflict Statistics, US Political Conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Really Good Graphic Summary of Cognitive Biases

Posted on September 27, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

The link is here if you want to read it more easily: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cognitive-bias-infographic.html

Posted in Conflict Maps, Conflict Processes, Neuro-science of conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged | Leave a comment

Strategy by Any Other Name Would Sound as Unacceptable

Posted on September 25, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

Someone asked me for some strategic thoughts on the current US political situation:  I don’t think the Dems/progressives can do strategy. Not seen any sign of it these recent decades. My strategic views are not very popular, don’t get many … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Book Reviews, Conflict Humor, Conflict Processes, Economic Conflict, Religious Conflict, US Political Conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Building on Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind

Posted on September 22, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

I was knocked out by the approach Jon Haidt developed in this book “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion”. Among other things it provided me with some really important and prescient insights into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Processes, Neuro-science of conflict, Philosophy of Conflict, Religious Conflict, US Political Conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

American Football and Economics Knowledge Thereof

Posted on July 15, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

I tend to upset people on the Left, especially the Alt Left these days. But this is what keeps me up nights. Conservatives have a delusion that capitalism as she is currently constructed is not close to collapse by say … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Humor, Conflict Processes, Economic Conflict, Environmental Conflict, US Political Conflict | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Across the Great Divide

Posted on June 15, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

What the elections in the US and UK and elsewhere are showing is a deep divide in modern advanced economies between 1) those with university education, including those areas where people cluster around those with university education and serve them … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, Conflict Processes, Economic Conflict, US Political Conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Paradox of Personal Experiment

Posted on June 15, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

There is this paradox at both the personal level and the political level. When there is a lot of pain is when we most need to try something new, to experiment even on a small scale with new approaches, new … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Processes, PERSONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION: CREATIVE STRATEGIES, Philosophy of Conflict, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Art of Listening: Erich Fromm (1900-1980)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

Listening is a key skill in all conflict negotiation, and I thought this quote and these six guides from Erich Fromm’s “The Art of Listening” very useful in their insights even for negotiating with an obvious opponent or even enemy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict Book Reviews, Conflict Processes, PERSONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION: CREATIVE STRATEGIES, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Brexit Chest Thumping Versus Skilled Negotiation: Jonathan Powell

Posted on March 31, 2017 by creativeconflictwisdom

At last a piece of Brexit analysis by someone who has done many difficult negotiations in the past and who has learned from them: Stop the Brexit chest thumping: successful negotiators build trust. The UK must refrain from overplaying its … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict History, Conflict Processes, Ways to handle conflict | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment