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Ep 233, Collaboration or Dominance: Which System Works Best?

October 20, 2026 · 1 h 1 min

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Dr. Robyn Short. Together we explore:

  • What is the goal at work?
  • Building resilience to navigate conflict well
  • Why navigating conflict is hard
  • Intentionally designing workplace systems
  • What do you have authority to change, and what can you advocate for?
  • Understanding the system you work within
  • Patriarchal systems organize around power over and dominance, while matriarchal systems organize around power with and collaboration
  • Robyn’s new book, The Matriarch Effect: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Organizations, and the New Logic of Power

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @ 3pconflictrestoration

Dr. Robyn Short is the founder of Workplace Peace Institute, an organizational systems design and research firm on a mission to create highly engaged workplaces where dignity is consistently honored and experienced. A mediator, peacebuilding trainer, and systems design consultant, she helps companies and nonprofits uncover the root causes of their conflicts and build cultures where dignity is embedded in how the work gets done. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a graduate of Margaret Wheatley's Warriors for the Human Spirit. The author of five books and founder of GoodMedia Press, Dr. Short holds a Doctor of Liberal Studies in peace studies and systems design and has taught in graduate conflict resolution programs at Southern Methodist University, Bay Path University, and Texas A&M University at Commerce.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

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