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Admitting a Weakness as a Weapon: The Strongest Move That Looks Like a Mistake

I told the other side our claim carried a real risk of failing. Out loud, on the record. From that sentence on, they weighed every further word of mine differently — which was exactly what I needed.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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Tempo Belongs to Whoever Time Is Working For

The clock runs in every dispute — but at a different speed for each side. Work out whose asset is decaying and you know when to run and when to sit still.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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The Other Side Without a Mandate: The Most Expensive Chair at the Table Is the Empty One

Ninety minutes of negotiation, the other side nodding along — and then comes \"I'll have to run this past…\". At that moment you discover you have shown your cards, for free, to someone who cannot sign anything.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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It Is Being Recorded: Sentences to Never Say at the Negotiating Table

Czech law knows no settlement privilege. What you say in settlement talks may one day be read by a judge. A guide to what your sentences will turn into two years later, in a courtroom.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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Chess, Poker, Monopoly — and Snakes and Ladders: Four Games You Play in Court Without Knowing It

Law looks like a system of rules. It runs more like four different games at once — one with full information, one with hidden information, one fought over resources, and one decided by a roll of the dice. A dense popular-science look at what game theory, behavioural economics and the sociology of law say about positions, bluffs, capital accumulation and faith in „justice" — from Kotov and von Neumann through Kahneman and Galanter to Schelling.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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You Don't Negotiate with Terrorists: The Irrational Adversary Is Vermin

Classical game theory assumes a rational actor. But what if the person on the other side wants not to win, but to destroy you — even at the cost of their own ruin? A dense popular-science look at what game theory, evolutionary biology and clinical psychology say about the irrational adversary — and which strategies remain when Harvard isn't enough.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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Statutes Are Just the Foundation: Psychology and Tactics in a Legal Dispute

Why the best lawyers don't read only the statute book — a popular-science look at what behavioural economics and the Harvard Negotiation School tell us about negotiation, cognitive biases, and the psychology of disputes.

Mgr. Jan Vytřísal

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