Andre Vlok

With a 4h20am start, two beach walks totaling 2,5 hours, this is a great way to clear the mind and start the day. Now for that coffee

In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper we consider conflict in our friendships, and some of the difficult to spot challenges in those conflicts ☕️📰

A year ago...puppy wars ❤️

NOT THE ART OF THE DEAL - ten reasons why excessively aggressive negotiation is a bad strategy - The Conflict Conversations

Ten reasons why the Art of the Deal negotiation style is not good strategy

www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...

In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper we consider harmful, cyclical family conflicts. We discuss the obstacles in the way to resolution, and how we can change these results ☕️📰

THE NEGOTIATOR'S CODEX

Starting soon, a series of articles on elite negotiation case studies, research and best practices flowing from my consulting work and my next book.

Don't go into that boardroom without it

Early morning beach walk ❤️

Things we can do to improve our worlds, without having to wait for elections...my column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

My graduation at age 23, and my son Matthew's graduation, at age 22. Same university, different degrees.

Time flies ❤️

Part of the joy 😁

Early morning beach zooms

Improving our personal or professional conflict competency - my article in this morning's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

OUR CITIES UNDER SIEGE Dysfunctional South African cities, the limits of and alternatives to democratic elections - The Conflict Conversations

My article on the limitations of change through elections, and our practical urban conflict options

www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...

Why do some conflicts feel cyclical, endless, repetitive, and how can we escape these harmful spirals?

My Business Talk article of a while ago 📰☕️

Or blames it on a staffer

Early morning beach walk. Good morning

SCHOOL CONFLICTS
Harmful school conflicts seem to be in our news cycles most days, causing harm to education, learners, reputations and communities.

My article in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

GRIEVANCE
A much underestimated and misunderstood conflict dynamic.
My article in Business Talk of a year ago ☕️

I'm back home, so its time for that early morning beach walk

SCHOOL CONFLICT

In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper we discuss the recurring cycles of serious school conflicts, and what school leadership can, and should, be doing about this ☕️📰

I write to remind you
of the truth
because it doesn’t last.

It floats away like petals in a stream
and each day
we must find it again
and say,
“This is beautiful.
This is beautiful.”

We forget and, each day,
we must remember.

Iain S Thomas

MAGAEXIT

Like Brexit, just bigger, stupider, and more harmful. And it's going to take longer, and cost more, to undo

We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart.

Blaise Pascal

If you pay lots of attention to where boundaries are, you pay less attention to complete pictures.

Robert Sapolsky

Maintaining agency in our conflicts...my article in this morning's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

SAVING OUR CITIES

My third book, Skylines: the modern urban conflict manual offers a comprehensive and practical roadmap for the hard work that so urgently needs to be done to save our cities.

Available from Amazon, the publishers or myself, in hardcopy or ebook. Index and reviews in images

After a break during the holiday season my weekly conflict article in the Herald newspaper returns this Friday with a discussion on our loss of personal agency in various modern conflicts, and how to regain it ☕️📰

"Be a loser"?
You need more fresh air. Or manners

Facebook reminds me of the publication of my first book about three years ago.

It remains a very special event for me, and it's still selling well. Thank you for reading 📚📚

Games without frontiers