Economics

Causes of Conflict, Creativity, Dialogue, Economics, Efficiency, Interests, Leadership, Mediation and Society, Public Policy

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We are living in an every expanding web of interdependence; built around trade, investment, cultural exchange, digital technologies, and global politics. In such an environment effective cooperation is an ever more crucial. Yet alongside this need there are equally strong drivers spurring on ever more competition for resources, markets, talent etc.  Both cooperation and competition…

Appointment of Mediators, Availability of Mediators, Class action, Commercial Mediation, Costs in Mediation, Court Procedure and Litigation, Economics, Mandatory mediation, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients

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While The Kluwer Mediation Blog is aimed at an international audience and often deals with issues of transcendent import to those interested in the mediation process (like Bill Marsh’s recent inspiring post on Leadership) I can’t help but comment on recent Ontario decision that will be of interest to the mediation community here, and perhaps…

Causes of Conflict, Communication, Dialogue, Economics, Governments/Public Sector, Mediation and Society, Negotiation, United States

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When I first started getting seriously interested in mediation over ten years ago, the thought struck me that ‘Shades of Grey’ might be a good name for an organisation involved in this field. Thankfully, given a subsequent publication and film, I didn’t pursue it any further – although if I’d registered the domain name it…

Causes of Conflict, Economics, Future of mediation, Mediation and Society, Public Policy, Skills, Uncategorized

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A good friend of mine was recently surprised to see a robot cutting the grass around a well-known landmark in Edinburgh. Coincidentally this was around the same time as I came across a speech given by Adair Turner in April this year entitled “Capitalism in the age of robots: work, income and wealth in the…

Decision making, Economics, Game Theory, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Negotiation

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One way of describing mediation is as a process that seeks to convert what is apparently a zero or negative sum game into a positive-sum game. This is to use the language of game theory, which analyses strategies that rational players take to secure the best outcomes in interactive, interdependent ‘games’; where the outcome for…

Appointment of Mediators, Caucus, Commercial Mediation, Deal Mediation, Economics, Ethics, Future of mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Improvisation, Joint Sessions, lawyers in mediation, Legal Practice, Mediation Practice, Philosophy, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Promoting Mediation, Public Policy, Quality, Reflective practise

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Troubling trends observed as an Ontario commercial mediator compel me to once again take up my chiclet-keyed sabre. That the following are indeed trends in commercial mediation in Ontario is unsupported by any reliable data – because no one keeps track. No one records. It’s all anecdotal. Still, I’m now closing in on 30 years…

Commercial Mediation, Dialogue, Economics, Environmental disputes, Environmental Mediation, Public Policy

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Previous blog entries on this theme of water have focussed primarily on the process and stalled progress of the Land and Water Forum [LWF] in New Zealand. This was a process intended to bring together most if not all of the stakeholders on questions of water allocation and quality. As we’ve seen earlier, what looked…

Bias, Communication, Conflict, Creativity, Decision making, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Economics, Ethics, Instinct, Language, Lawyers, Legal Practice, Mediation Lawyering, Neuroscience, Skills

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I recently attended the annual American Bar Association Dispute Resolution conference in San Francisco. Several themes emerged (for me) as fairly critical for modern lawyers. Here’s a top ten. Problem-Solving and Risk Analysis is more than learning about the law or what a court might do. Most issues which clients bring to lawyers are resolved…

ADR, Creativity, Decision making, Developing the Field, Economics, Future of mediation, Game Theory, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Impasse, Interests, International Mediation, mediation models, Mediation Outcomes, Mediation Practice, mediation process, Negotiation, Philosophy, Policy, Scotland

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John and David Sturrock 1. Introduction Several years ago, while travelling back with my son David to Oxford where he was studying as an undergraduate, we discussed my work as a mediator and his study of economics, particularly the learning for us both from Game Theory. I (John) had been familiar with The Prisoners’ Dilemma…