conflict resolution

Conflict: It's ALL Cross-Cultural

Victoria Pynchon
January 08, 2009 05:31

There's a great new LinkedIn Group Mediators and Peacemakers that anyone interested in the dynamics of conflict and its resolution should think about joining.  Recently, a group member posed this question: How do you as a mediator recognize the signs of cross cultural differences and how do...

Choice? Competition? Your brain may just give up

Stephanie West Allen
January 08, 2009 01:08

If your brain is confronted with too many choices or too much competition, it may get overwhelmed and intimidated. In another good post, Jonah Lehrer summarizes some of the supporting research and some measures to get around these effects on the brain. Worth a click to read.If your brain is...

Come to the Rockies in February: Still some openings for this ACR conference

Stephanie West Allen
January 05, 2009 23:07

Although it's approved for CLE, you don't need to be a lawyer to attend. The conference is titled "Transforming the Practitioner: Attention to Intention." Click for all the details. Are any of you attending? Several people have told me they are registered. This promises to be an extraordinary...

Free Webinar on January 8: Facilitation Techniques with Stories

Stephanie West Allen
December 28, 2008 16:13

From the Web page:Guiding groups through sense making is challenging yet rewarding. Our job is to help people work with their stories to generate new meanings, learning, and insights. This is not as simple as it may appear. Stories operate on lots of different levels. Unless we become sensitized...

It's Not About the Money; It's About Justice

Victoria Pynchon
December 28, 2008 01:54

I'd stop flogging this dead horse if I didn't have to weekly convince litigants of their own enduring human tendency to prefer relative well-being over absolute material possessions. This week, that "news" is brought to you by the New York Times to explain why a surprising number of us...