Readers of the Kluwer Mediation Blog may notice that the first batch of blog entries of Kluwer Mediation Blog (KMB) were posted by Michael Mcllwrath, Michael Leathes, Geoff Sharp, Ales Zalar with…
For a while now some of my mediations and facilitations have been taking place again in physical spaces, while others remain virtual, as does most of my teaching and training. The effects of Corona…
As mentioned in my last blog , the UK Civil Justice Council, in its June 2021 Report on Compulsory ADR , endorsed the idea, contrary to the ruling in the notorious Halsey case, that…
After completing the mediation process, it is always helpful to receive feedback from participants. The quality of the mediation services we provide is directly related to our ability to draw lessons…
As we approach the end of Rosh Hashanah celebration, I decided to write about a book I love and gives name to this post: “The Jewish Secret of Problem Solving” by Rabbi Nilton Bonder.
In the meantime…
In this blogpost, I interview Alesia Ehrhardt on the uses of mediation in business and start-ups, and on her success as a coach at the recent IBA-VIAC International CDRC Mediation and Negotiation…
Attending Harvard’s Program on Negotiation has been life and career changing for many of us – influencing careers in negotiation, mediation and coaching amongst others.
'Getting to Yes', first…
“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…
While it is obvious that law is significant in legal disputes, how the law is used is not so obvious.
This piece uses Oliver Wendell Holmes's famous definition of the law as “prophecies of what the…
Conducting mediation and arbitration meetings by remote means is not new to mediators, arbitrators, and practitioners.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person meetings have been replaced with…
