A bit early to break out the 'World War 3' hashtags. Look at Iran's language used. Of course, these are dangerous games to play, and escalation can be triggered very easily, but for now, this is still a regional skirmish with very specific conflict goals

#Iran

The inevitable escalation given the trajectory of the last few weeks

Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?

Samuel Beckett

Happy birthday, Samuel Beckett

Still (by a small margin) my favorite Abdullah Ibrahim album

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For those who are brave enough to look, the apparent media coverage disparity in the various current global conflicts continues to attract attention. Why are some conflicts covered more extensively, and what are the consequences of this apparent disparity?…

Complex conflicts continue to deny generations of people the peace and prosperity that they are entitled to

Even if so, any prosecution or even civil action will require an unusual level of multidisciplinary knowledge, experience and capacity. Not sure there are too many qualified takers for that role

Did regulators scuttle Sharemax and other property syndication schemes?…

Poll dancers.

Since writing this a month ago I have had a lot of fascinating discussions with middle to senior management and decision makers from many of the current SA political parties about this situation. There seems to be an understanding and keen willingness from this group to work with…

My series on marital conflict continues in today's Herald newspaper. Conflict with your morning coffee ☕️

Another jazz treat 🎷

Lullaby For Khayoyo
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Thursday jazz 🎷

Cosmos
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The lost art of defenestration

I continue to receive emails discussing this article of mine on the African roots of conflict management. Thank you for the engagement and comments. Where a particular school of thought or particular understanding of conflict strategies may have started is not a prize to be…

I will be delivering a series of workshops for a client on conflict as the main driver of productivity obstacles. Management continues to deal with the symptoms of such conflict, such as underperforming teamwork, poor workplace discipline, a failure to reach targets, brand…

Time to re-read some James Ellroy

'The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet Book 2)' by James Ellroy a.co/2tI1JOK

Of some valuable strategic importance for the MK Party

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

Alexander Woollcott

From Netflix, the home of the largely unwatchable, the unremarkable, the bland and the boring, comes this exquisite noir masterpiece...Ripley. My faith in streaming series restored. Wonderful

The obvious, immediate, ostensible purpose of all conflict resolution is to end conflict. But if we end it without resolving the underlying reasons that gave rise to it; if we fail to learn the lessons it took place to teach us; if we are to remain unable to evolve, or develop…