Reading Time: 2 minutes We negotiate with ourselves and with others every day of our lives. For the most part these negotiations are not emotionally charged, but they certainly can be. When someone’s actions or lack thereofRead More…
29Aug/19
04Feb/19
Lessons from a Heated Public Policy Conflict
Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in June of 2002, G8 meetings set to commence in Calgary were jeopardized when security arrangements ran up against lobbying taxi drivers, outraged over proposed changes to taxi licencing. The driversRead More…
24Jan/19
3 Ways You Can Turn Conflict into Opportunity
Reading Time: < 1 minute 1) Know that all conflict exists in our stories of the past about what happened to us and what we made it mean. To drag these stories into the present moment onlyRead More…
02Dec/18
Designing A Mediation That Works
Reading Time: 5 minutes The role of a mediator is often misunderstood. Similarly, the roles of counsel, parties and other advisors may be unclear. Too often mediation is viewed as something that is being done toRead More…
12Oct/18
The Nature of Conflict
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Breath on a mirror. If it fogs over, you have conflict.” This phrase signifies an undeniable fact of life: that conflict is inevitable. As with any challenge, it is useful to considerRead More…
30Nov/17
Why Mediation?
Reading Time: 2 minutes I get asked this all the time when negotiations go south. “What’s the point of mediating when we already know everything they have to say?” My answer is simple: Mediation involves aRead More…
15Dec/16
Designing the Right Mediation
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sufi Poet Rumi once said: “Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Conflicts can be said to begin in our storiesRead More…
15Dec/16
Difficult Conversations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever wondered what it is about certain conversations that make them so difficult to have? Even when a skilled negotiator is present there are some situations that just seem unworkable.Read More…