Category: Academic

In this episode, Laura May interviews Brianna Hernandez, a Ph.D. Candidate in the International Relations program at Florida International University....

Reflections on Effectively Achieving Client Goals at the Mediation Table Introduction Litigators too often approach the mediation process with the...

In this episode Laura interviews Sebastian F. Winter, a physician-scientist working at the intersection of public health policy, medicine, and academia with...

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Dorcas Quek Anderson, Assistant Professor in Singapore Management University’s School of...

Join "the Godfather of ODR," Colin Rule, for a dynamic six week intensive course that covers the both the basics...

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews David Allen Larson, Professor of Law at the Mitchell Hamline School...

Abstract Conflict of interest is a part of human affairs. Industrial conflict is also human conflict and is one of...

It’s time for mediation to claim its place as a stand-alone profession freed from being just an alternative to the...

I have no problem with the legal profession experimenting with mediation. I would encourage it.  It’s just that the broad...

Since the early 1970s, two dimensions of the TKI have been used to plot the five conflict modes: Assertiveness and Cooperativeness (my...

In this episode Laura interviews Jan Gerrit Voelkel, who is a Ph.D. Student in Sociology at Stanford University. Jan's research...

REGISTER NOW Mediate.com is excited to announce our Mediation and Mental Health Conference, September 28-30, 2022! See the Conference Agenda! This...

Here is a far-reaching question: What causes conflict? In particular, does conflict largely stem from differences within and between people?...

What is the Post Babel Era? The narrative of the tower of Babel is an etiology or explanation of a...

I’m publishing this newsletter series to discuss the nuances of the four timeless topics for people and organizations: conflict, change,...

A recent Custody X Change study found that 93 percent of divorcing parents tried an alternative dispute resolution method –...

“The only thing blame does it to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to...

I’m publishing this newsletter series to discuss the nuances of the four timeless topics for people and organizations: conflict, change,...

Most service businesses may not think that their efforts can move the needle in addressing the severe climate issues we...

If there’s a disagreement at work, what difference does it make whether it’s organizational or interpersonal? And what’s the difference...

Debt has been a problem for millennia. The roots of the modern insolvency law are in the “jus mercatorum –...

Most of us like to feel appreciated in the workplace, though we’re not always willing to admit that praise is...

In the last 6 years we have seen a rise in bullying in schools around the country. According to the...

I.      Into the Fray   The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem....

IndisputablyOut of the blue, I got an email from Peter Phillips saying, “John, just a note to report how much...

As the first week of COP26 drew to a close, and fireworks lit the sky in celebration of Diwali and...

Well, I was ready to bring my shovel for the next dig, but when I looked down I realized my...

Originally published in: FAMILY COURT REVIEW, Vol. 59 No. 4, October 2021 831–839, doi: 10.1111/fcre.12612 © 2021 Association of Family...

Indisputably An article last week in the Wall Street Journal offered the headline, “Political Divisions in Cortez, Colorado, Got So Bitter...

Being retired from teaching and faculty meetings leaves time to do other things.  (Have you noticed that teaching and faculty...