WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: Line in the Sand by Dean Yates
Some books inform you. Others transform you. Dean Yates’s memoir Line in the Sand does both, and it does so with a raw honesty that will leave you profoundly changed. Yates spent 26 years as a journalist with Reuters, much of that time in some
CRITICAL REFLECTION: Does a Mediation Process Have Integrity?
I was chatting recently with a mediator about a mediation that was mid-way through. A first joint session had taken place, with another scheduled in the near future. However, in the meantime one of the parties had potentially breached confidentiality of the first session. It
REAL WORLD INSIGHTS: Why We All Say “Self-Determination” But Practice It Differently
Robert Baruch Bush’s recent article in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review tackles something most mediators have noticed: we all agree that party self-determination is fundamental to mediation, yet we practice it very differently. The Gap Between Theory and Practice Bush identifies two distinct approaches: In
Can a Mediator Balance Power and Remain Impartial?
Many mediators have been taught, explicitly or implicitly, that part of our ethical role is to “balance power”. At the same time, we are told that we must remain impartial. Both are framed as professional virtues. Rarely do we pause to ask whether they can
WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: Perspectives on Conflict: Insights for Professional and Personal Practice, by Kenneth H. Fox
I’ve just finished Defy by Dr Sunita Sah, and it’s one of those books that quietly rearranges how you see everyday interactions. This isn’t a book about being loud, rebellious, or dramatic. It’s about something far more familiar and far more uncomfortable: how easily we
WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: Defy: The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes, by Dr Sunita Sah
I’ve just finished Defy by Dr Sunita Sah, and it’s one of those books that quietly rearranges how you see everyday interactions. This isn’t a book about being loud, rebellious, or dramatic. It’s about something far more familiar and far more uncomfortable: how easily we