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===“[[Conflict]]”===
===“[[Conflict]]”===
The thing about conflict is that it implies tension, stress and injury. Scuffles, feints, cuffs on the ear and bops on the nose. When your interests conflict this is the risk run. If you poorly manage your conflicts, it is the price you pay.
The thing about conflict is that it ''implies'' tension, stress and injury. Tastiness comes with it.  


It isn’t wildly fashionable to say so these days, readers — we live amongst [[snowflake]]s who command us to prioritise psychological safety above all else — but the chance of being the wrong end of the odd dust-up, every now and then, keeps us on a level.
When your interests conflict with those of your client, this is the risk you run. Get it right, and all is well. Get it wrong, and be grateful if the worst you get is a a black eye. Prepare for scuffles, feints, cuffs on the ear and bops on the nose.  


So device to de-escalate
It isn’t wildly fashionable to say so these days, readers — we live amongst [[snowflake]]s and [[libtard]]s who bid us put psychological safety above all else — but the chance of being the wrong end of the odd dust-up, every now and then, keeps us on a level.
 
So rhetoric devices that de-escalate — that seek to ''cry off'' the planned dust-up behind the bikesheds, in the name of preserving safe spaces — we think they’re a bit insidious.
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*[[Agency problem]]
*[[Agency problem]]
*[[Corporate veil]]
*[[Corporate veil]]

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