Transformation

Causes of Conflict, Cognitive Bias, Communication, Cooperation, Decision making, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Mindset, Negotiation, Reflective Practice, Scotland, Transformation

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“Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears.” Surely some mistake, I thought; shouldn’t it be the other way round? Swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning-hooks? It was during Evensong at the magnificent Liverpool Cathedral a few weeks ago that this reading from the Old Testament Book of the prophet Joel caught…

Below the line, Clients, Conflict, Cross-cultural, Dialogue, Experience, Fear, General, Language, Lawyers and Psychologists, Mediation Lawyering, Mediation Practice, Mediators’ Conduct, Mindset, Mistakes, Neutrality, omnipartiality in mediation, Perception, Practical Challenges for Mediators, Reflective Practice, Transformation, user perspectives

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I am not really one for elevator pitches. But I did hear one the other day about creating impact in a very short space of time, and I was struck by its relevance to mediation. Essentially, the message was that the people we meet make up their minds about us based on two key criteria,…

Civil rights, Co-mediation, Communication, Conflict, Cooperation, COVID-19, Dialogue, Europe, General, Governments/Public Sector, insider and outsider mediators, Interests, International Mediation, Investor-state mediation, Mediation Outcomes, mediation process, Public Policy, Transformation, Trust

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In a few weeks’ time I will come to the end of a two-year mediation engagement in South Eastern Europe. The conflict in question relates to environmental pollution. The issues are complex and heavily contested, and there are many stakeholders – government, city authorities, environmental groups, investors and business, to name a few. It has…

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…

Developing the Field, Europe, Mediation and Society, Mediation Practice, Research, Skills, Training, Transformation

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For this blogpost I interviewed Lin Adrian, associate professor of mediation and director of the master’s in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the master’s in Mediation and Conflict Management at the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt / Oder Germany, Lin conducted an empirical study on the effects of mediation…

ADR, Clients, Commercial Mediation, Conflict, Conventional wisdom, Creativity, Decision making, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Experience, Flexibility, Future of mediation, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Mediation as a business, Mediation Practice, mediation process, mediation traditions, Mediation Users/Clients, Mediators’ Conduct, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Patience, Preparation, Promoting Mediation, Reflective Practice, shuttle mediation, Success in mediation, Time Pressure, Transformation, user perspectives

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For once, I seem to have time. No travel, no trips out, no long walks on the hills. Some zoom mediations, granted, but still much more time. And with that, I find myself reflecting on the significance of time in mediation. Time is a major feature in mediation. Indeed, we ourselves have promoted the process…

Creativity, cross-border mediation, Dialogue, Environmental Mediation, International Mediation, Public Policy, Scotland, Transformation, UN and International Organizations

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The start of a new decade offers a great opportunity to reflect and plan. There is a growing consensus that the 2020s will be crucial in transforming the way we live and work if we are to have any chance of ensuring the planet is able to accommodate our species. Nearly everything we do is…

Communication, Dialogue, Fear, Framing, Transformation

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A few days ago my daughter asked me a question that challenged and inspired me, and that has me thinking still. Often, we say it is little children who catch us out with their questions. But my two adult children seem to manage to test my assumptions, ideas and actions more and more the older…