Rancor Management 099: The anatomy of recurring conflict.

Why do you have the same disputes with the same people in the same way every time? What can you do differently to achieve better results?

My empathy-based reinterpretation of the DISC personality profile is the game theory of human behavior. We illuminate that notion in this week’s Church of Splendor homily, dissecting recurring conflicts to show how they proceed predictably from the DISC profiles of the combatants.

The chart shown below is a scorecard for every dispute you have ever had in an on-going relationship – how the fight started, and how it ping-pinged back and forth in steadily-escalating aggressive displays:

That chart will tell you how your conflicts will proceed – today and forever – if you are thoughtless in your approach to them. What’s the solution? Think!