Creativity

Creativity, Future of mediation, Mediation and Society, Mediation as a business, mediation as a career, Mediation Practice, Mediation wisdom, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Promoting Mediation

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In the famous story of Noah’s Ark, Noah questions God about how he will find the animals he has been instructed to put in the ark. God replies, ‘If you build it, they will come’. The consistent repetition of this quotation throughout history (think of Kevin Costner’s movie Field of Dreams ) has created something…

Causes of Conflict, Communication, Conflict, Cooperation, Creativity, Dialogue, Economics, Interests, Mediation Practice, Negotiation, Skills, Uncategorized

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I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a workshop led by William Ury in which small teams of participants were invited to apply his BB3 framework to challenging situations they were confronting. BB3 brings together a number of ideas and approaches that Ury has contributed to the field of mediation and negotiation over…

Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Experience, mediation models, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, Perception

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One of the great joys of being part of the world-wide mediation community is the  opportunity to learn and keep learning from professionals whose practice is far from homogeneous. The generosity in sharing thoughts, ideas and even intellectual property is remarkable. Despite this, there is still a lot about the practice of mediation that is…

Australia, Cooperation, Creativity, Experience, Flexibility, Mediation Practice, Mediation wisdom, Mindset, Peer Coaching, Preparation, Teamwork, Zoom

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  The Daily Blogpost from the Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) is always a great way to start the day. A quick read, it often turns something that I have been processing at the back of my mind into a more solid idea I can inspect and explore. This week, a particularly relevant post about…

Clients, Commercial Mediation, Creativity, Decision making, Developing the Field, Evaluative Mediation, Future of mediation

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Reading Alan Limbury’s post last week on the value of the partisan challenged my thinking. Like all good challenges it provoked scrutiny of what I do as a mediator and where I consider I add value. As Alan’s partner in life and work it was particularly valuable to debrief his experience with him in greater…

Creativity, Developing the Field, General, Peer Coaching, Training, Young Mediators

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I have in previous entries (July 2012 and July 2013) written about a peer mediation initiative called the Peacemakers Conference. The purpose of the Peacemakers Conference is to teach 13-16 year olds how to resolve conflicts amicably in a workshop cum competition format. This year’s Peacemakers Conference was held from 22 to 24 June 2021….

Causes of Conflict, Cognitive Bias, Creativity, Cross-cultural, Dialogue, Economics, Framing, Language, Mediation Practice, The role of the mediator, Uncategorized

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Erisology has been defined as the study of disagreement – where people are no closer to understanding each other at the end of an exchange than they were at the beginning. Sound familiar? Eris was the Greek goddess of discord.  The term was been coined by John Nerst, a blogger in Sweden, who is interested in…

ADR, Australia, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Creativity, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Interests, International commercial mediation, lawyers in mediation, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Reflective practise, Skills, Training, Uncategorized

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  The International Commercial Mediation Competition made a brave online appearance this year – the 16th year in which the ICC has delivered the most important competition of its kind in the world. For 15 of these 16 years it has been my privilege to be part of this experience as the coach for my…

Creativity, Dialogue, Reflective Practice, Transformation, Trust

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Christmas is a holiday and a time for reflection and relaxation for many around the world, so in this blog post I won’t focus on mediation as it is practiced and trained. Instead I make two recommendations for films to watch, both of which are centered around the theme of empathy. Both touched me and…

Business, Communication, Cooperation, Creativity, Dialogue, Economics, Mediation and Society, Partnering, Policy, Trust, Uncategorized

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Might we get better results in many of the tasks we undertake if we gave more thought to the way we do things before focusing too early on what to do?  As mediators we know that spending sufficient time on the process of problem solving and negotiation pays dividends in terms of the content. There are…