INKOVEMA Podcast „Well through time“

#10 – Conflicts in corona times. What we can do now to prevent them. In conversation with Jürgen von Oertzen

Well through time. The podcast about mediation, conflict coaching and organisational consulting.

Dr Jürgen von Oertzen, mediator and trainer, shares his experiences of the conflicts and challenges in times of pandemic, for families, companies and in the context of social engagement. He explains why it is not a good sign when police reports of family violence drop dramatically during the lockdown of schools and daycare centres.

Content: Conflicts and conflict management in lockdown and coronavirus times

1. families and private life

  • Increased violence with falling police reporting figures?
  • Emergency numbers and private, free commitment
  • Organised contact points for those in need of help
  • Family conferences in lockdown times

2. companies and organisations

  • Transitions to the home office
  • Compensation for missing conversations in the coffee kitchen (How do you organise chance?)
  • Plan video calls and digital meetings, plan time buffers beyond the agenda
  • What can bosses do?
    • Are superiors allowed to simply call people privately at home and enquire about their well-being?
    • Can such behaviour be interpreted as an overbearing attempt at control?
    • Dissolution of professional and private spheres? Dissolution of boundaries between work and private life?
  • How can a lockdown be organised sensibly?

3. politics and social commitment

  • How does a professionally mediating political scientist fare in practical politics at grassroots level?
  • Do we (also) have to allow politicians time to think, come to terms and weigh things up, or can we criticise them for being too slow?

What does a professional political scientist with a doctorate do at the grassroots level of practical politics?

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Emergency numbers / hotlines