7 Jul 2025

Expert Feature: Diffusing tension

From Morning Report, 2:30 pm on 7 July 2025

Have you ever been stuck in a situation where a conversation turns tense, and the person you're talking to just keeps getting angrier, or more passionate? Or strangers have reacted quickly, and badly, and suddenly something small becomes a big deal? Lance Burdett is a former hostage negotiator, turned de-escalation expert at WARN international and an expert on keeping calm.