In our global village world, we are more likely to buy into ideas and approaches developed somewhere else, in a different place. This is certainly true in the conflict management arena; whether its interest-based negotiation, more prisons, or Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). No matter if good or bad, these other ways can distract us from […]
RIP Dr. Roger Fisher
August 31, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
I cut my conflict management teeth on the work of Dr. Roger Fisher. His book, Getting to Yes, co-authored with William Ury, and first published in 1981, is the seminal book on interest-based negotiation theory and practice. Dr. Fisher died this week. He is a legend in the conflict resolution community. His legacy includes the […]
Bridge the Gap with Attitude
July 29, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
The London Olympics started a couple of days ago. The individual’s journey to a gold medal is a long one. You can bet a person’s attitutude plays a big part in that journey; realizing the dream; getting from here to there. Attitude might even be step 1, to bridging the gap? The Olympics reminded me […]
Online Dispute Resolution is a green business
May 1, 2012 by · 6 Comments
Collaboration is good. There can be a result that flows from people working together, that surpasses the sum of their individual contributions. Such is the case with ODR: The next green giant, a paper authored by Noam Ebner (@NoamEbner on Twitter) and Colleen Getz, with background support from Susanna Jani (@DistanceProject). It’s about ODR (Online […]
If then else: The computer programmer's approach to mediating conflict
February 15, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
How our brain works cannot easily be mapped into a computer. Ironically, the workings of a computer can be applied to our daily thought and practice, and lead to re-wiring of our brains. One of my earlier careers was as computer programmer, coding IBM software applications. If there was one programming technique I used more […]
