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Great Reads Book Club – “The Legal Singularity” by Abdi Aidid & Benjamin Alarie (video) author.

Great Reads Book Club – “The Legal Singularity” by Abdi Aidid & Benjamin Alarie (video)

(interview by ChatGPT) In this edition of the Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, ChatGPT interviews Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie,...

By Colin Rule
Great Reads Book Club – Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla (interviewed by Colin Rule) author.

Great Reads Book Club – Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla (interviewed by Colin Rule)

In this edition of the Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, Colin interviews Colm Brannigan and Marc Bhalla, co-authors of the...

By Colm Brannigan, Marc Bhalla, Colin Rule

Great Reads Book Club – David Liddle (interviewed by Merry Brown)

In this recording of the February 2023 Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, David Little is interviewed by Merry Brown about...

By David Liddle, Merry Brown

‘Holding The Calm’… Many Different Ways To Say The Same Thing

As I have previously mentioned, I am in a book club which reads and discusses books about conflict resolution. The latest...

By Phyllis Pollack
Great Reads Book Club – Dan Simon and Tara West (interviewed by Clare Fowler) author.

Great Reads Book Club – Dan Simon and Tara West (interviewed by Clare Fowler)

The January 2023 edition of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: "Self-Determination in Mediation: The Art and Science of Mirrors and...

By Dan Simon, Tara West, Clare Fowler
A Life Mostly Lived – A Mediator’s Haiku Memoir author.

A Life Mostly Lived – A Mediator’s Haiku Memoir

Please enjoy these haikus from Dan Dana's recent book A Life Mostly Lived, available on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKRT3ZXJ Discovering Workplace...

By Daniel Dana

Planning to Transform Your Organisation?

David Liddle’s latest book, Transformational Culture: Develop a People-Centred Organization for Improved Performance, is a must read for those interested...

By Merry Brown
Great Reads Book Club – S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour, interviewed by Clare Fowler author.

Great Reads Book Club – S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour, interviewed by Clare Fowler

In this episode of the Mediate.com book club, Lucia Kanter St. Amour speaks about her new best seller "For the...

By Lucia Kanter St Amour, Clare Fowler

Great Reads Book Club – Hesha Abrams, interviewed by John DeGroote

The October 2022 edition of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: "Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing...

By Hesha Abram, John DeGroote
Slices of Conflict in Life author.

Slices of Conflict in Life

Question:  Where does conflict come from? Answer: Normal, unconflicted life. Building on Felstiner, Abel, and Sarat’s classic article describing the...

By John Lande

Logic, Emotions and Values: 40 Years of Negotiation Style and Decision Theory

Much has been written about negotiation style and decision theory in the last 40 years. Getting to Yes was a sensation in...

By Faith Ireland

For the Forces of Good, Indeed!

If you are interested in a highly readable, relatable, and well-reasoned book on how to live a life empowered and...

By Merry Brown
Negotiation is Not Much Different From a Muscle: An Excerpt from ‘For the Forces of Good’ author.

Negotiation is Not Much Different From a Muscle: An Excerpt from ‘For the Forces of Good’

mediate.com is excited to share a sneak peek at the already best-selling book by attorney, veteran mediator and internationally renowned...

By Lucia Kanter St Amour

“When ‘Happily Ever After…’ becomes ‘Under Construction Forever After’”*

Review of Ellen Bruno’s Documentary Film, Split Up—The Teen Years Back in 2013, I reviewed for Mediate.com a documentary titled...

By Donald T. Saposnek, Ph.D
Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution Interview Series: Howard Gadlin author.

Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution Interview Series: Howard Gadlin

From the Mediate.com interview series -- a conversation with Howard Gadlin about his chapter in the book Evolution of a...

By Howard Gadlin, Colin Rule
Moving from Elder Frustration to Family Redemption: Book Review author.

Moving from Elder Frustration to Family Redemption: Book Review

Elder Frustration The term “elder frustration” is used to describe frustration that adult children, caregivers and sometimes professionals experience when...

By Nicole Lance, JD, CSA
What I’m Reading – Collateral Damage of War author.

What I’m Reading – Collateral Damage of War

IndisputablyWar is the worst method of dispute resolution.  In war, combatants and civilians are killed and injured, physical and social...

By John Lande

Book Review of Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution

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

By Donald T. Saposnek, Ph.D
What I’m Reading author.

What I’m Reading

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

By John Lande
Dance of Opposites – Book Review author.

Dance of Opposites – Book Review

The Dance of Opposites, a new book by Dr. Kenneth Cloke, will change your life. You will never view conflict...

By Kenneth Cloke, Ron Supancic
Book Review of Mediation and Popular Culture by Jennifer L Schulz, (2020) author.

Book Review of Mediation and Popular Culture by Jennifer L Schulz, (2020)

What a fun, dense and important read about mediation! We are deceived at first by the slimness of Dr. Schulz’...

By Jennifer Schulz, Patricia Bragg
Introducing the Great Reads Book Club author.

Introducing the Great Reads Book Club

I’m very pleased to share the news that we’re kicking off a new book club at Mediate.com called “Great Reads.”...

By Colin Rule

A Mediator’s Take on: Thinking in Bets, by Annie Duke

I recently came across a 2019 book about poker that has given me new insights into how I can help...

By Richard Lutringer
Book Review – Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution author.

Book Review – Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution

I know we’ve only just begun 2021, but so far my favorite mediation book I've read this year is Evolution...

By Colin Rule
Book Review: The Art of Roleplay and Dispute Resolution Training author.

Book Review: The Art of Roleplay and Dispute Resolution Training

I remember the role play from my first mediation training back in the late 1980s. I can recall sitting in...

By Colin Rule
Review: The Book of Real-World Negotiations author.

Review: The Book of Real-World Negotiations

Many of you may know Josh Weiss as the Co-Founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and Senior...

By Colin Rule
Facing the Conflict author.

Facing the Conflict

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until...

By Cinnie Noble
Did Traditional Mediation Die? author.

Did Traditional Mediation Die?

After writing the obituary, many comments came forward saying mediation was not dead. It was different. It's joint session that...

By Paul Rajkowski
Book Review: The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary author.

Book Review: The Singapore Convention on Mediation: A Commentary

Book review by Michael Leathes. Book by Nadja Alexander and Shouyu Chong. Article published by Wolters Kluwer, October 2019This is...

By Michael Leathes, Nadja Alexander, Shouyu Chong
Here’s Your Theory-of-Change Book author.

Here’s Your Theory-of-Change Book

Indisputably Your wait for the Theory-of-Change book is over.  I just posted this priceless volume, Theories of Change for the...

By John Lande

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