Over recent years I have been fortunate to be able to travel widely for work, and everywhere I go I find time to visit places of worship and sit quietly or attend services – in mosques, churches,…
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A man walks into a bar ……
I have to work quickly now because I can visualise readers reaching for the delete button. That’s because my six words have…
In the house of a poor man, a lizard was accustomed to come to the table and thereby kept himself alive on crumbs. During this time, everything went well with both the animal and the host whose…
There are many well-known arguments for and against mandatory mediation. Neither of the two camps of its proponents and opponents appear willing to surrender. However, some recent developments signal…
In October, we reported on a recent case from the Singapore High Court: Chan Gek Yong v Violet Netto. In that post, we examined the High Court’s attitude towards parties who have had a change of…
At present, the project called “Mediation-Effective Public Policy in the Civil Dialogue” aims to explore options for a public policy in Romania in the field of mediation. The project is funded by the…
Online negotiators are often faced with the challenge of how to overcome barriers on communication. When in real life (or better, when in non digital life) body language, voice tone and appearance…
Let me climb off my usual soap box this month and focus on more mundane matters primarily of interest to mediators (and lawyers) in my jurisdiction. A recent decision of the Ontario Superior…
Many of us are mourning the recent death of David Richbell, a UK-based mediator and mediation trainer widely known and loved around the world.
I was lucky enough to count David as a close…
Pollyanna/pɒlɪˈanə/
noun/an excessively cheerful or optimistic person.
"what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light"
Every…
