Mediation and Society

Business, Cooperation, Economics, Experience, Mediation and Society, Mediation Practice, Policy, Uncategorized

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At a recent Global Ethical Finance Initiative event Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance discussed her book ‘The Economics of Arrival’. The book explores the contribution of economic growth to wellbeing, particularly in the context of developed economies who could be considered to have ‘arrived’. It makes the argument that beyond a certain threshold,…

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…

Dialogue, Economics, Intuition, Mediation and Society, mediation process, Philosophy, Policy, Public Policy, Scotland, Uncategorized

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Mediators work hard to help parties to a dispute to explore and understand their underlying needs and interests, which might have been forgotten or overlooked in the defence of a position that was once adopted to promote their interests. A recent book by political scientist Krzysztof Pelc ‘Beyond Self-interest – why the market rewards those…

Cooperation, Dialogue, Economics, Environmental disputes, Game Theory, Governments/Public Sector, Interests, Mediation and Society, Public Policy, Uncategorized

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‘Entangled Life’ by Merlin Sheldrake is a fascinating look into the role that fungi play in making the natural world what it is. From the impact on humans to the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and trees. The relationship between humans, plants and fungi is also the focus of the Welcome Collection’s current exhibition ‘Rooted…

Artificial Intelligene, Deal Mediation, Decision making, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Mediation, Mediation and Society, Mediation Practice, Mediation wisdom

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Most people’s experience of artificial intelligence (AI) is limited to interacting with a chat bot on their bank’s website. These bots are unimpressive, dispensing trivial and mostly unhelpful answers. Don’t be misled into thinking that unhelpful chat bots represent the state of the art in AI, though. The cutting edge of AI research has moved…

Australia, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Mediation, Mediation and Society, Mediation Practice, Mediation wisdom, Online Mediation, Uncategorized

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Online processes in all professions soared during Covid. The legal profession was transformed. A multitude of online mediation platforms miraculously appeared and mediators barely skipped a beat. Benefits emerged – especially in a geographically vast continent like Australia – where advocates and their clients in distant locations saved significant costs in time, travelling expenses and…

Consumer conciliation, Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Society, mediation models, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation

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Singapore adopts a forward-looking approach to mediation and has taken active measures to promote this form of alternative dispute resolution as a legitimate and effective option for disputing parties. On the international front, the Singapore Convention on Mediation has introduced a framework for the international recognition and enforcement of commercial settlements in writing which have…

Causes of Conflict, Conflict, Dispute Resolution, Ethics, Mediation, Mediation and Society, Uncategorized

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As soon as the news of the Ukrainian invasion emerged in late February, I felt the urgent need to address in writing what had been unthinkable only days earlier but which has now changed Europe for good. At the same time, I felt a massive sense of despair and helplessness which rendered me mute. Weeks…

Decision making, Interests, Mediation and Society, mediation process, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Policy

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To what extent do we have control over our future? There is a lively debate among philosophers, neuroscientists and others (summarised in an article by Oliver Burkman) about the degree to which free will exists, or whether what happens to us is predetermined by what has gone before. Burkman concludes his article with the reminder that:…

Conflict, Cooperation, crisis negotiatons, Dialogue, Economics, Game Theory, Governments/Public Sector, International Mediation, Mediation and Society, Public Policy, Uncategorized

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“Humanity has outsmarted itself. With its ingenuity, this tribal ape has created a world its tribalism can’t manage. We know this…But the knowledge is not enough.” So began Martin Wolf in a recent article in the Financial Times following a meeting of the finance ministers of the G20 – one of the institutions created to improve…