Andre Vlok
@andrevlok.bsky.social
Conflict and employment dispute specialist, negotiator, mediator, arbitrator, author Email : andre@conflict1.co.za Blog : http://conflict-conversations.co.za
South Africa is finding its way in the developing multipolar world, walking a hard wire in a brutal world, and learning, the hard way, how to keep its balance. My latest book project (publication expected first quarter next year)
Time and delay as conflict tools - my latest article at The Conflict Conversations www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...
TIME AS CONTESTED TERRAIN - Time waits for some: delay as stra...
TIME AS CONTESTED TERRAIN - Time waits for some: delay as strategy in conflict - - The Conflict Conversations
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Ending off our short series on interpersonal conflict in my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper 📰☕️
Publication day......my fourth book, this one on elite negotiation. A short, intense read for anyone that negotiates at any level in their professional or personal lives. Review copies available 📚📚📚
Interpersonal conflict...dealing with interrupters...my article in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰
A working weekend at inspirational Hawksmoor House, just outside Stellenbosch
Trapped in our conflict cycles, and what we can do about it...my column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰
From one of the forewords to my new book on elite negotiation
My next book has a cover and a publication date... We look at the stagnation of elite negotiation, and how to break out of that. The negotiation strategies your competition will have...soon. FULCRUM: new synergies between elite negotiation and conflict management in business and politics ☕️📚
FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION We take a look at these difficult conversations in my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰
In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper (column #270 👀) we discuss the gift of forgiveness and reconciliation
Revisiting this Business Talk article of mine on the benefits of the arts for conflict practice
My article on the pros and cons of regulating the creative sector in South Africa www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...
CREATIVE CONFLICT - regulating the arts in...
CREATIVE CONFLICT - regulating the arts in South Africa - - The Conflict Conversations
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CREATIVE CONFLICT -regulating the arts in South Africa- Why are actors and other creative artists in South Africa not as regulated by labor laws as most of the rest of us? My article, due for publication early next week, looks at these challenges through a conflict resolution lens
A recent walk I had with old man Alex, 14 years old next month ❤️
My new article on cognitive warfare - what it is and the power imbalances it creates www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...
THE MESSAGE IS THE MUNITION - Cognitive warfare and the shaping o...
THE MESSAGE IS THE MUNITION - Cognitive warfare and the shaping of your views - - The Conflict Conversations
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In my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper we continue our discussion on the benefits of combining conflict and negotiation skills ☕️📰
GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG The twilight of the old political gods, the rise of the new gods, and South Africa's strategic response to it. My latest article www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...
GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG - the dying of th...
GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG - the dying of the old political gods, and the birth of the new ones - - The Conflict Conversations
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COGNITIVE WARFARE I have been appointed to do some work on a European project involving cognitive warfare, a topic which is quite possibly the future of conflict management. I will share some of my thoughts from this work soon in an article
TIGHTROPE: South African lessons for middle powers in a multipolar world Early steps in the writing of this new book - an index, which will probably see some heavy revision before publication day