What would a values-based Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework look like, in an organization? Recently I listened in on a conversation between 3 well-known mediators/bloggers, Amanda Bucklow, Tammy Lenski,and Diane Levin on the topic of values-based fees in the mediation and ADR world. I’ve also being part of some recent conversations in my local Values-Based […]
Rakunks, Hybrid Jobs, Learning Agents, and other speculations on the future
January 11, 2010 by · 1 Comment
Just finished reading Margaret Atwood‘s new book The Year of the Flood, what Atwood describes as speculative fiction. She is one of my favourite writers, a Booker Prize winner, and still writing incredible stories at the age of 70! Most of the Flood story takes place in the dystopic near future, in which there aren’t […]
Leading innovation – More insights from the 2009 IdeaConnection interviews
January 3, 2010 by · 2 Comments
A couple of weeks back, I posted 39 Insights into the makeup of innovative teams: From the 2009 IdeaConnection interviews. The insights I extracted after reading approximately 50 interviews, with leading innovation authors, on IdeaConnection, a company that connects business to creative and innovative people, from around the world. The majority of the interviews were […]
What hat will you wear, in your negotiations, in 2010?
December 29, 2009 by · 4 Comments
Our calendar says a new year is about to start. How do we want the coming year to play out for ourselves? What will we resolve to do? As a mediator, when the parties are at loggerheads, unable to leave their position, e.g., I’m right, he’s wrong, I often remind the folks that we all […]
