The Neuroscience of Conflict

Today on Conflict Managed, Dr. Melinda Burrell talks with us about the neuroscience of conflict, turning fear and anger into growth opportunities, and the universal importance of treating all people with respect. She shares personal workplace conflict experiences dealing with courage and the aftermath of mismanaged organizational change (with a twist).  We discuss David Rock’s SCARF model, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, John Gottman’s “Magic Ratio”, and Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow.

Melinda Burrell is a democracy and peacebuilding specialist who has spent 25 years living and working in conflict zones, from helping oversee the first post-war elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina to leading a humanitarian mission into Lebanon during the 2006 Israel/Hezbollah war. Her recent doctoral dissertation explored how Americans experience talking across political divides.

Dr. Burrell now writes, speaks, and trains on the neuroscience of communication and conflict. As a board member of the National Association for Community Mediation, she supports dispute resolution centers around the country as they help their communities resolve conflicts such as those between neighbors, landlords and tenants, citizens and police, and, most recently, schoolboards and parents.

Website: Melindaburrell.com

Twitter: @MelindaCBurrell

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-burrell-3b24371b/

Conflict Managed is hosted by Merry Brown and produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services. Contact us at 3PConflictRestoration@gmail.com. Our music is courtesy of Dove Pilot.