ADR, Argument, Australia, Communication, Conflict, Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Society, mediation models

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  Kindergarten and conflict – Pre-school leadership in conflict resolution. Becoming a devoted Grandma has been a surprising and enriching learning experience for me. The early childhood teaching and learning regime in Australia (and across the world) is truly remarkable and is revolutionising how children engage with the world. An important element of this is…

Conflict, Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Reflective Practice

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Holidays are a wonderful thing. Not only are they a great opportunity to step outside the obligations and scheduling of daily life, they open the space where the bigger picture lives. And so it was for me in my lovely apartment at the top of the cliff in Riomaggiore on the Cinque Terre in Italy….

ADR, Australia, Communication, Creativity, Developing the Field, Future of mediation

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Mediation is certainly featuring in the international news right now. This week Giuseppe De Palo posted an enthusiastic message about workplace conflict resolution. He congratulated the Office of the Ombudsman for UN Funds and Programmes as it prepares to establish a world-wide panel of mediators to make mediation “the first, natural step to take in…

Australia, Communication, Developing the Field, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, mediation traditions, Negotiation, peace negotiations, Trust

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Music and art make continuing and surprising contributions to Dispute Resolution. Greg Bond’s June Blog, written as a means of keeping his promise to write about the Beatles, shared lyrics that gave conflict a new voice. Synchronicity has been at work and suddenly the Beatles lyrics are getting a lot of exposure in the conflict…

ADR, Community Mediation, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Promoting Mediation, Public Policy, Reform, Research, Technology

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Australia, Research

National Mediation Conferences are important events. Apart from the great opportunities to network with fellow professionals there is the really important opportunity to see the intersection of research and practice at work. Last month’s Australia’s National Mediation Conference did not disappoint. For me the highlight was becoming acquainted with a bold Australian initiative sponsored by…

Future of mediation, ICC Mediation Competition, Mediation Practice, Promoting Mediation

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[Future by Nick Youngson Creative Commons] The ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition is over and these pages have been full of reflections from a number of bloggers who were there and experienced ‘aha’ moments. In particular, Greg Bond’s thoughtful post about the Intergenerational RoundTable promoted a lot of discussion about what we should be doing…

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We Australians love sport in general and cricket in particular. Unless you have been living in a cave, with no access to any media reporting whatsoever, you will know that the Australian cricket team is under a cloud. Saturday March 24th 2018 was the third day of the third cricket test between Australia and South…

Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Negotiation, Peer Coaching, Reflective Practice

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Picture: Derek Gavey / Creative Commons A man walks into a bar …… I have to work quickly now because I can visualise readers reaching for the delete button. That’s because my six words have quickly taken you to an already constructed narrative. Before hitting delete there was probably a sigh; an eye roll and…

ADR, Conflict, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Understanding mediation

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(This post is being republished because of technical problems when it was first published). Studying and teaching with Professor Frank E.A. Sander at Harvard in the late 80’s was life changing. The energy and vision he showed – going right back to his presentation at the 1976 Pound Conference – persuaded me that fundamental changes…