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To the conflict avoiders.

By keeping quiet you create a battle on the inside and miss out on all the opportunities to learn and develop, in all the ways that you need.

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Free talk: Leading without Drama

I'm holding an online talk on the 5th December, introducing the drama triangle and how it can inform your relationships at work and at home.

Nov 29 •

Rejecting the culture wars

How to live with the insane populist drama that's doing its best to eat us all up and destablise society.

Nov 24 •

What can we agree on?

Even in highly charged situations, faced with people who have very different views to you, it is possible to find common ground. But to do so, we have…

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Conflict without violence: beyond blame and retribution

Conflict doesn't have to lead to suffering or bloodshed but it so often does. For those of us struggling with the human impact of war, perhaps we can…

Oct 30 •

Tools for self-management no.3 - People are mirrors

In this final piece in my short series, I close off with a super simple way to drop the tension and judgement that causes so much unnecessary conflict…

Oct 9 •

Tools for self-management no.2 - Cognitive Empathy

We are naturally empathetic creatures, capable of understanding diverse views and connecting with others but our modern culture gets in the way and…

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Tools for self-management no.1 - The Buffer

I'm writing a series of posts on skills I've found help to manage the everyday knocks and bumps of being human, reduce the likelihood of unhealthy…

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