People often ask me to spell out the difference between accommodating and avoiding. Or, as some say: “Accommodating is an...
By Ralph KilmannIntroduction: Conflicts happen when one party believes that another damaged or diminished their interests. When we take these beliefs to...
By Robert BergmanWhat is the balance in business vs. values in negotiation? Watching this years World Cup has been different but the...
By Bob BordoneConflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie Noble Hello: Here are my conflict resolutions for 2023. Again, I have had to...
By Cinnie NobleIn this episode, Ian interviews ODR Pioneer Daniel Rainey, a principal in Holistic Solutions, Inc. (HSI ), and an adjunct faculty...
By Daniel Rainey, Ian MacDuffIn this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews Dorcas Quek Anderson, Assistant Professor in Singapore Management University’s School of...
By Dorcas Quek Anderson, Ian MacDuffWhy does one organization have a very adaptive culture while another has a culture that lives in the past? Is...
By Ralph KilmannColin Rule interviews Jim Melamed at Cyberweek 2021 -- Nov 1, 2021 https://youtu.be/RG8Vd5GuAZM
By James Melamed, J.D., Colin RuleEthan Katsh, interviewed by Colin Rule, for the International Council of Online Dispute Resolution (icodr.org) and Mediate.com -- August 6,...
By Ethan Katsh, Colin RuleMore and more, we are a connected world. So when it comes to intercultural communication...Is it what you say? Or...
By Lynn Cole, Veronica CravenerIn this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian interviews David Allen Larson, Professor of Law at the Mitchell Hamline School...
By David Larson, Ian MacDuffIt seems that everywhere one looks, there is an implicit bias lurking behind the scenes. While recently, it was the...
By Phyllis PollackInterested in issues like pay equity, pay transparency, salary negotiations, and the role of gender and unions? Then, this video...
By Bob BordoneIn this episode, Laura interviews Tamsin Parnell, a linguistics researcher whose doctoral work focuses on identities, discourses, and division around...
By Tamsin Parnell, Laura MayThe 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 DeGrooteIt’s time for mediation to claim its place as a stand-alone profession freed from being just an alternative to the...
By Greg RooneySince the early 1970s, two dimensions of the TKI have been used to plot the five conflict modes: Assertiveness and Cooperativeness (my...
By Ralph Kilmannhttps://youtu.be/4PcXmhnfFWg Keynote Discussion with Prof. Richard Susskind, IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (https://www.susskind.com/), presented...
By Richard Susskind, Colin RuleIn this episode Laura interviews Jan Gerrit Voelkel, who is a Ph.D. Student in Sociology at Stanford University. Jan's research...
By Jan Gerrit Voelkel, Laura MayQuestion: Where does conflict come from? Answer: Normal, unconflicted life. Building on Felstiner, Abel, and Sarat’s classic article describing the...
By John LandeConflict Management Blog by Cinnie Noble “For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views...
By Cinnie Noble“Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.” Lily Tomlin Forgiving is complex. Among other things, forgiveness means being...
By Cinnie NobleIn the old days, before the 1900s, it was mostly a person’s physical skills that were brought into the workplace…skills...
By Ralph KilmannREGISTER NOW Mediate.com is excited to announce our Mediation and Mental Health Conference, September 28-30, 2022! See the Conference Agenda! This...
By Clare FowlerSo often we embark on a difficult communication or react to a conflict situation by trying to discuss it before...
By Cinnie NobleHere is a far-reaching question: What causes conflict? In particular, does conflict largely stem from differences within and between people?...
By Ralph KilmannIn May 2019, I posted a blog about a plaintiff who challenged a parking ticket on the grounds that chalking her tires...
By Phyllis PollackWhat is the Post Babel Era? The narrative of the tower of Babel is an etiology or explanation of a...
By Robert BergmanCan the TKI Conflict Model (i.e., the five conflict modes along with the assertiveness, cooperativeness, distributive, integrative, and protective dimensions) shed some...
By Ralph KilmannWhen we think about the kinds of emotions people experience in conflict, we usually think of negative ones like anger...
By Samantha Hardy