Cooperation

Argument, Below the line, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Communication, Cooperation, Decision making, Dispute Resolution, Experience, Flexibility, Gender, Joint Sessions, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Mediation Users/Clients, Mediation with Teams, Mindset, shuttle mediation, Trust, Uncategorized

(Bill Marsh Mediator)/ /8 Comments

Mediation can be an intense experience for parties and their advisers. Often there is a lot on the line. In the substance there may be money, control, reputation, pride. In the process, there are challenges such as influencing other parties, getting the best deal possible, making well-informed judgment calls about risk, developing effective offers, and…

Causes of Conflict, Communication, Cooperation, COVID-19, General, Negotiation, Social intelligence

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /4 Comments

“All of humanity’s problems stem from [one’s] inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal, Pensées We have done a lot of walking in recent weeks. As we approach the end of the extended “Level 4” of the Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand, we look forward to only slightly lifted restrictions on…

Cooperation, COVID-19, Dialogue, General, Interests, Online Mediation

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /Leave a comment

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies- “God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” Kurt Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater…