Conflict Owner's Manual Podcast

About Conflict Owner's Manual Podcast

When you improve your conflict skills you improve your relationships. We're tech support for the conflict skills you already have, so you do conflict better. Our logo is a dandelion because conflict is like a weed invading your garden. You want to know how to manage it, and keep it from spreading. In each episode, we give you one real life conflict competency you can use right away to improve your skills, which will also improve the quality of your relationships. Dr. Deborah Sword is a specialist in conflict analysis and management. Tyson Bankert is a community facilitator and artist. We have decades of experience helping people improve their conflict competencies.

Publisher

Dr. Deborah Sword, with co-host Tyson Bankert

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Oct 2024

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

158 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Why you should have the conversations you dread 159

   The movie, A Nice Indian Boy (2024), shows two conflict competencies. 1, what we fear from hard conversations often doesn’t happen. 2, the boundaries we erect may be barriers more than safeguards. Just as conflicts arise from disagreements about a topic, conflicts also arise when topics are avoided and issues are suppressed. Either way, there are consequences. It can feel like a risk to speak, and we put up boundaries so we feel safe from the discomfort. But, those boundaries can ...

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   How to keep a conflict going--or keep it from happening #158

   Which would you rather practice, how to turn a disagreement into a dispute, or how to turn a conflict into a conversation? I show you how you can do either with the ordinary words you use. But, to be conflict competent, you will want these three tips for defusing a conflict before it gets hot and messy. Send us a text. We love hearing from you. Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share. Please subscribe to our podcast, like it, share it, leave...

3. 

   11 Oct 2026

   How many people are in your 2-person conflict? #157

   That conflict you have with one person doesn't stop with the two of you. Maybe you vent to a friend, or process your dilemma with a colleague, or withdraw while you worry about what to do. Even a one-person conflict you're having within yourself spills out. You talk about it with others, it affects your mood, and influences your behaviour. The conflict competency is understanding how your conflict ripples out from you to create waves. We live in systems that react like water moves when ...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,305

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

0