Decision making

Decision making, Litigation, Mediation Practice, Negotiation, Neuroscience, Social intelligence

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How many times have you confronted the mediator before the session begins with this question: “You’re not going to do a joint session are you? I don’t l think it will be productive.” The conventional wisdom in such a request is to avoid a moot court debate in which counsel are forced to advocate strong…

ADR, Causes of Conflict, Conciliation, Conflict, Decision making, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Neuroscience, Skills

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In this post I want to talk about an important thread that is emerging in the science of the twenty-first century. It is the finding that we are all interconnected, that we are porous beings with the ability to influence not only ourselves but one another in ways not previously contemplated. What we previously knew…