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
Mediator and Broader Consulting
A reflective look at impartiality, consultancy, and the blurry edges between them Many mediators encounter this tension. You are invited into a workplace to support the resolution of a particular conflict between two individuals, and along the way you notice broader structural or cultural problems.
WHAT I’VE BEEN READING: Man-Made: How the Bias of the Past is Being Built Into the Future, by Tracey Spicer
Australian Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer brings her investigative journalism skills and wicked sense of humour to explore AI’s past, present and future. Spicer uncovers the inherent biases the way AI works, as well as in the history of AI and who controls its future.
Tending the Fire: A Conflict Makeover
Conflict really does have a bad reputation. We tend to treat it as something to prevent, contain, clear up, or make disappear. But what if we are wrong about conflict? Civil rights, women’s suffrage, and workplace safety laws did not come from people politely agreeing