New Tactic to Practice - Weaponised Confusion

14/05/2025 10 min
New Tactic to Practice - Weaponised Confusion

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Episode Synopsis


What is Weaponised Confusion in Negotiation?
Weaponised Confusion is a negotiation tactic that involves deliberately creating uncertainty, ambiguity, or unpredictability to unsettle the other party. By doing so, the negotiator aims to:

Keep the counterpart off balance
Prompt mistakes or overreactions
Create perceived leverage
Force premature concessions

It is sometimes associated with high-profile figures like Donald Trump,
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