As part of the CORE Conflict Resolution Clinic speaker series, I gave a presentation last week on the topic of how social media is re-shaping the business of conflict resolution. The audience was 18 arbitrators, mediators, lawyers, tribunal officers, and other conflict resolution professionals. The talk was held in the office of KPMG, in downtown […]
Tangles: Video book review
May 8, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Things happen. For writer Sarah Leavitt‘s mother, Alzheimer’s disease happened. The disease transformed her mother, and her family, forever. Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother and me, is Sarah’s account of that journey. I loved Tangles. The author writes both prose and comics, and she uses both to advantage in putting forward a compelling […]
I appreciate when you…
April 27, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Yesterday was April 26, 2011. Last night I sat with family around the TV, and watched the seventh game of the NHL playoff series between Vancouver and Chicago. It was the big game. A year from now though, I won’t remember what day it was. I probably will remember the moment though a game was […]
Resolution Road
April 12, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Last week I did a presentation for my local Chamber of Commerce. The topic was dispute resolution for small business. You can see it here, on SlideShare. In preparation for the presentation, I was looking to create a simple diagram that conveyed my approach to thinking about, and dealing with conflict, and that I […]
Opportunity: A Chance to Resolve Your Dispute Online for Free
March 23, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Over the last couple of months I’ve been engaged to an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) project initiative, being sponsored by leading British Columbia justice and mediation organizations. There is an immediate opportunity to get your civil dispute resolved, for free, as part of this initiative. Here’s the deal: The Opportunity Are you involved in a […]
Learn through virtuous moments
March 14, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
“We learn some of the most important lessons in our lives in very short moments.” We know that. When you want to learn something new, and put the hammer down, trying to force learning, it rarely works. As fatigue sets in, our I’ll do this 10 times, turns into 20, then 30, and before long, […]
Midwives and Mediators: Facilitating new beginnings
March 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Midwives and mediators have much in common. I’m convinced. Last week I read Ami McKay‘s excellent, and popular, novel, The Birth House. Set in small town Nova Scotia in the early 20th century, the story initially orients around an elder midwife, and her young protege. Using traditional herbs and remedies, they help local women through […]
Diversity Reporter: Sharing stories and connecting communities in Victoria and beyond
February 27, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
In late 2010, I attended a Diversity in the Workplace workshop, here in Victoria. It was there that I met Mohsin Abbas, founder and editor of Diversity Reporter, a free, multi-lingual, bi-weekly newspaper, aimed at connecting communities in the Greater Victoria region. Sufficiently impressed with Mohsin, and his collaborative ways, I wanted to learn more […]
Most Valuable: A place to connect with your neighbours
February 21, 2011 by · 3 Comments
Once a month, on a Saturday, a local mobile recycling company (Pacific Mobile Depot) sets up shop in a school parking lot in my neighbourhood. Neighbourhood residents take their used stuff to this recycling drop-off, where it gets sorted, and bagged, to be taken away by the company. Locals dropping off their stuff are asked […]
