Preparation

Understanding the Challenge From 2019 to 2022, the New Zealand International Arbitration Centre (NZIAC) collaborated with Gerard Doolin on an international research initiative exploring the causes of…

    Source: Creative Commons The Daily Blogpost from the Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON) is always a great way to start the day. A quick read, it often turns something that I have been…

Going online is an opportunity to rethink old ways and try out new ones. For mediators, trainers, coaches, and teachers. Professionally the crisis can be an opportunity. While of course also a threat…

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…

This is the first in a short series of how parties and advisers can best deploy the “assets” at their disposal in a mediation. Naturally, it is written from my perspective as a mediator, and so I…

  [Picture credit: creative commons]  Court cases are an important source of guidance for mediators, disputants and their lawyers. They remind us that the law casts a long shadow even when a…

The old guy smiled. His old Corsican eyes showed some understanding…: “How much do you have?” -“I have a ten euro bill and we are leaving tomorrow…” - “OK, boy, deal…but no receipt, right?” Not…

Today I want to talk about why mediators should care about EVO Moment #37. For those of you new to the eSports ("electronic sports") scene, there is an annual tournament, the Evolution Championship…