Subscribe:
RSS feed
December 19, 2020
I just read about a most unique solution to a potential deal-breaker. Hootsuite is an on-line educational service which reaches clients via a Vendor. The deal was described by CEO Ryan Holmes in a July 26, 2016 blog post. The deal hit a roadblock when Vendor and Hootsuite could not agree as to whose responsibility […]
November 4, 2020
When President Kennedy spoke about space travel he explained that he was pushing for the NASA program “[N]ot because it is easy but because it is hard.” In a recent article by the Wall Street Journal (November 2, 2020)on the effect from the COVID virus on businesses, a restaurant owner, Ms. Tracy Shields, explains why […]
September 26, 2020
The more I blog on mediation, the more I see how how many components go into a process of mediation. I just read a September 2020 blog piece by mediator Michael Jacobs at mediate.com. The theme of this piece was that of taking control. Everybody wants to control important situations. How doe one get two […]
September 26, 2020
Here is a sentence fragment. See if you can fill in the missing word. “It is almost impossible to hate a person whom we fully…”. The fragment is attributed to Rabbi Ralph Nichols. He was considered a pioneer in the “field of listening”. The complete sentence reads “It is almost impossible to hate a person […]
September 5, 2020
The Program on Negotiation of Harvard University had a discussion on Win-Win at https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/win-win-daily/what-is-a-win-win-negotiation? (August 22,2020). Win-Win is a concept that states that two parties, with seemingly different goals, could get to a point where they “won” on the points most important to them. The following example serves to bring this point home: “3. Different […]
July 18, 2020
Congressman John Lewis lived a life dedicated to liberty and justice. His mentor in his life was the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The following thought, is both aspirational and helpful to those who need dispute resolution. More importantly, these words were declared by someone who “cheated death” on more than one occasion, in […]
May 28, 2020
A few days ago, Amy Cooper was walking her dog in Central Park. An African-American gentleman told her that her dog was not leashed. Ms. Cooper reacted to this comment by calling NYC police and falsely claiming she had been threatened by the man. Ultimately, the story went viral and Ms. Cooper lost her job […]
January 10, 2021
0