Articles by Category
Cassandra File
Biblical book of Jonah and climate change
September 12, 2025
Six lessons from failure
December 24, 2021
Policies, publics, and protests
July 28, 2021
A conflict analysis of radical freedom
January 10, 2021
Are judges losing the art of being persuaded?
October 1, 2020
The convictions of one’s courage
September 18, 2018
Hashtag expiry dates on important issues
May 11, 2018
11th reason to thank the trolls
March 12, 2018
10 reasons to thank the trolls
March 3, 2018
Does regret deserve another chance?
December 11, 2015
3 questions better than ‘why me’
July 3, 2015
Is peace a reward for patience?
December 24, 2014
How to make the choices better?
April 1, 2013
Conflicts and health are frozen accidents
March 17, 2013
Professionalization of conflict resolvers
August 12, 2012
Relationships matter as much as technology
October 22, 2010
Conflict Analysis of Theory of Mind
April 25, 2010
Pandemic panic conflict
November 1, 2009
Keeping girl babies alive is conflict prevention
June 30, 2009
Good manners = good conflict management
May 7, 2009
Conflict Competence
Conflict isn’t a spectator sport
April 2, 2026
What you see depends on where you stand
January 5, 2025
Do you use conflict resolution skills you learned?
November 23, 2024
Teaching conflict competence to children
January 25, 2021
Conflict mental maps
January 2, 2020
Updating a useful metaphor
December 4, 2017
What is conflict competence?
June 26, 2017
Rob Ford’s simple rules of leadership
March 24, 2016
Trust the tail, the truth is there
July 24, 2014
I got news that trumped fear with optimism
June 1, 2014
Resilience helps after a quadruple mastectomy (yup – 4 of ’em)
September 30, 2013
The secret for recovery from post change syndrome
August 22, 2013
Conflict analysis of dialogue
June 9, 2013
Metaphors for conflict competence
September 24, 2011
The power of apology in conflict
September 10, 2011
Short term success or long term conflict management?
July 15, 2011
High salaries don’t guarantee conflict competence
January 28, 2011
Hollywood can teach about conflict management
November 17, 2010
Conflict management myths
March 22, 2010
What does it mean to be conflict ‘competent’
February 21, 2010
Conflict management lessons from President Obama
January 6, 2010
Lesson on conflict from the Galapagos Islands
June 30, 2009
Conflicts when the goals are the same
April 29, 2009
Adversity made easier with conflict competence
February 27, 2008
Conflict Doctor Answers Your Questions
5 steps to reading a conflict map
September 12, 2025
Conflict management unlimited
May 27, 2018
Role of power in apologies
August 19, 2017
10 TIPS to becoming a conflict manager
August 14, 2017
Kindness is my kryptonite
November 10, 2016
How to change other peoples’ conflict behaviour
October 18, 2015
Conflict Doctor is in
April 21, 2014
A conflict analysis of why
April 20, 2014
Role play a sustainability conflict
March 13, 2013
Conflict management helps reduce stress
December 10, 2011
A conflict analysis of anger
May 31, 2011
TIPs to improve work relationships
August 22, 2010
Conflicts from confused roles and responsibilities
July 26, 2010
Being difficult and being yourself
May 29, 2010
Conflict management and storytelling
January 26, 2010
Blind spot analysis
November 28, 2009
Apologies have a role in conflict management
August 31, 2009
Disappointed xxpectations are a source of conflict
July 31, 2009
Positive behavior models at work
April 20, 2009
You don’t need permission to change a conflict
March 23, 2009
Conflict is a relationship
March 15, 2009
It depends: finding balance in conflict
January 31, 2009
Conflict in Fiction and Popular Culture
Silence is a response in conflicts
September 27, 2026
A conflict analysis of AI
August 21, 2025
What color is loneliness?
January 29, 2019
An Improbable tale of alien romance
May 25, 2018
TV guide to conflict competence
January 30, 2018
Three hopeful truths for 2018
January 21, 2018
Does conflict competence make a good story?
August 14, 2017
Fictionalizing conflict competence
July 26, 2017
Will practice make up for lack of talent?
June 27, 2017
The Power of pessimism
November 7, 2016
How did national elections descend into a reality TV show?
October 8, 2015
Get over it or get past it (or both)?
February 18, 2015
Escaped from death again, now exploring life’s purpose
March 30, 2014
The mind of a mediator: my novel in progress
December 3, 2013
Changing piece of mind to peace of mind
November 9, 2013
My medical choice is different than Angelina Jolie’s
July 22, 2013
Restitution for chemotherapy’s criminal tendencies
July 7, 2013
4 days after the Calgary flood – #YYCflood, #abflood
June 26, 2013
Mentors light my path like lanterns
April 26, 2013
Two and counting
March 13, 2013
Political statement one beauty product at a time
March 7, 2013
Worlds in our words
December 24, 2012
Passing the regret test
December 20, 2012
Breastless love, the man who stayed with the ‘sick’ woman
December 15, 2012
Stand up to what bullies you
December 5, 2012
My body reminds me of Poland
November 29, 2012
Cancer’s a game changer but I’ve still got game
November 27, 2012
Laughter – best medicine or defense mechanism?
November 25, 2012
Remission’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose
November 24, 2012
The advantages of chemo brain fog
November 19, 2012
Top 10 list of having breast cancer
November 16, 2012
Good news, honey, I have breast cancer – we can get a dog
November 15, 2012
A Bride in palliative care is a model of hope
November 11, 2012
Brain fog, chemo fog, chemo brain – no fun by any name
November 11, 2012
BOGO, would you like a double with that mastectomy?
November 9, 2012
Flat is beautiful
November 8, 2012
Yes, I can handle the truth. I’m a conflict manager
November 6, 2012
Breaking the news I had triple negative breast cancer
November 5, 2012
Bests of breastlessness
November 4, 2012
Embracing breastlessness
November 3, 2012
Relearning to be happy
November 2, 2012
Transforming conflict attitudes
December 31, 2008