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My series on workplace conflict continues in today's Herald newspaper ☕️

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I enjoyed delivering this lecture today at NWU. What a beautiful, charming campus

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A chill in the air as reminder that summer is coming to an end...good morning

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Details of my new book, Skylines: the modern urban conflict manual 📚📚

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And we have a provisional final 😉 cover for my new book, which will be going to the printers in March. Thoughts, ideas, criticism welcome

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Beach walks earlier this week

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Happy birthday, Nina Simone. Thank you for the music ⚘️ open.spotify.com/album/0HF1yZ...

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Proverbs for Paranoids, 3: If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers. Thomas Pynchon

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I have been invited by NWU's School of Government Studies to present my work on modern urban conflict in South Africa during next week. I look forward to working with this team

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My column in today's Herald newspaper starts a four-part series on difficult workplace conflicts and conversations ☕️

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I contributed a chapter to the new book, "Messages of Hope for South Africa", where 30 South Africans share their ideas of what hope is. The website for the book, with all the details you may need, author bios and so on, can be accessed at www.koorsboomstories.co.za/messages-of-...

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And the subsequent country walk, now ft. Macbeth, the world's best pig ❤️

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This morning's beach walk, with Rex the flying pup ❤️

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Communicating effectively around divisive topics. My column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️

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Early morning masterclass

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My column in today's Herald newspaper was written just before the latest US /SA conflict, but it is nevertheless relevant and practical. Conflict with your morning coffee ☕️

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You’re still obsessed with what makes you weak, instead of all the things that make you strong. Iain S Thomas @realiainsthomas.bsky.social

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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller

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LitNet shared some of my thoughts on the current local and global conflicts www.litnet.co.za/seen-elsewhe...

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For a few years, chaos will walk the streets. An essential skill will be to study it, understand it, shape it, master it. I wish you well.

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War is no pastime; it is no mere joy in daring and winning, no place for irresponsible enthusiasts. It is a serious means to a serious end Carl von Clausewitz

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In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper, we consider some of the global power shifts that brought us to the Cold War 2.0

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Early morning beach walk. The best way to start a busy week. Good morning ☕️

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Mozart and Von Karajan...music to remind us of the enduring power of beauty open.spotify.com/album/1Xuhui...

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Government's advanced decision-making and control panel

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John Coltrane...so much more than music 🎷❤️ open.spotify.com/album/5OdRhr...

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Happy first birthday to rescue pups Rosie and Rex. Welcome home ❤️

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To oppose or avoid the art of the modern political / diplomatic online insult, and if to oppose, how to do so? My article on the problems and a few conflict strategies - www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...

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Sexual harassment in the workplace...and what employers should do about it. My column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️

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I should be able to finish my book by the end of February deadline. Then to get the clever people in to finalize the cover, final edits and a few extras. Love the process

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The role of unresolved grievance in workplace and interpersonal conflict is often misunderstood and undervalued. My article in the next edition of Business Talk deals with this important conflict dynamic

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A gorgeous early morning beach walk. Good morning ☕️

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The Daily Maverick interviewed me on the current conflict in the GNU. You can read the well-structured article by Victoria O'Regan here: Internal strife threatens Government of National Unity — lessons from the past www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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In my weekly conflict column in this Friday's Herald newspaper we take a look at the scourge of sexual harassment in the workplace, and what employers can do about this

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President Trump's second term and his influence on various global conflicts - my conversation this morning with Graeme Raubenheimer on CapeTalk radio podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...

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Join Graeme Raubenheimer and me tomorrow morning at 9h10 when we discuss the possible effect of the Trump presidency on a few global conflicts, only on CapeTalk

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Have you started using DeepSeek? It is quite fascinating watching its "thought process" as it works on an answer

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It is interesting to watch DeepSeek's "thought processes" as it works on an answer

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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 @realiainsthomas.bsky.social

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A few thoughts on our conflicts in social media in my weekly column in this morning's Herald newspaper ☕️

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Early morning beach walk

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Sunrise Good morning ☕️

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Stand up. Not because you are called to stand up but because others may need to see you stand before they do. Iain S Thomas @realiainsthomas.bsky.social

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Divorce often leaves the parties with harmful, unresolved conflict spirals to deal with, for years. Learn to take control of these conflict dynamics by joining us on this course. Personal coaching, tailor-made for your schedule and goals

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LitNet running my recent comments on the Gaza ceasefire www.facebook.com/share/p/18mw...

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