This coming Wednesday I am super excited (stoked in modern parlance) to be co-hosting a Twitter chat for ADR (alternate dispute resolution) professionals with the dynamic Jeff Thompson (@mediatorjeff on Twitter) from New York City collaborating, coast to coast. I’m filling in for regular co-host Jason Dykstra (@jasondyk), another social mediator dynamo. Twitter chat for […]
Be it resolved: We value our relationship over the agreement
February 2, 2012 by · 3 Comments
Congratulations. You resolved your differences. You settled your dispute and reached agreement on how to move forward. What happens though when something goes wrong down the road? What will pull you through, sustain you, the strength of your relationship or the terms of agreement? Navigate from the Future Agreements keep us focused on our goals. […]
U Connect: The Art of Making Connections to Resolve Disputes
January 17, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
I published my 2nd e-book this week, on Amazon. It’s titled: U Connect: The Art of Making Connections to Resolve Disputes. It’s a consolidation of some my observations, along with insights I’ve culled from others, around “making connections”. Here’s the Table of Contents and here’s the Introduction section: Disputes happen. How do we respond? One […]
The Cloud and Mobile are the Mediator's future office
December 6, 2011 by · 2 Comments
I mediated a trans-national business dispute last week. The mediation took place over several days, and was conducted online, over the Internet. There was zero physical paper exchanged. I worked from my laptop, from my home office. Essentially, all the software I used was based in the Cloud, and either free or low-cost. I’m grateful. […]
Creative Thinkering: Video Book Review
November 28, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Are you a problem-solver? Do you find yourself struggling to come up with creative ideas? Then I recommend you check out Michael Michalko‘s books. I did. Here’s my video report on his latest book, Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work. (video not displaying? click here). And, here’s a short summary of some of the […]
