Introduction
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
William James
Whether as mediators, advisors or parties in dispute, we consider ourselves…
Online courses have been around on the internet for decades now. You can learn almost everything you want online, and multiple online learning platforms such as Udemy, Skillshare, Coggno, or…
Many mediators are finding themselves with a little extra time on their hands during the pandemic. As others on this blog have noted there is a positive aspect to this as we are able to think more…
Mediation can be an intense experience for parties and their advisers. Often there is a lot on the line. In the substance there may be money, control, reputation, pride. In the process,…
Forced into quarantine due to COVID-19, thousands of miles away from home; I have struggled with silence, but eventually made peace with it, thanks to my Jesuit upbringing.
Over a decade ago, as a…
I was privileged recently to give opening remarks at a meeting of mediators in the International Academy of Mediators. The remarks were a reflection on the times we as mediators are living in. I…
“All of humanity's problems stem from [one's] inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées
We have done a lot of walking in recent weeks. As we approach the end of the extended…
I have been thinking about some aspects of listening recently. For quite a long while I have been listening to myself, trying to work out where I stand on the skill of listening, its use and its…
In his recent Kluwer Mediation Blog "Is Zoom good enough for mediation?" Rick Weiler notes the recent security concerns that have been expressed regarding Zoom. He has set out a very useful…
If not “Covid-19”, then “Home Office” is going to be the topic of the year 2020. Apart from our family management skills, home office work first and foremost challenges our ability to communicate via…
