Reflecting on Two Long Mediation Days…..
John SturrockCore Solutions GroupJohn Sturrock, with Anna Howard* “Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” “Traveller, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.” Antonio...
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John SturrockCore Solutions GroupThe Olympics have come and gone with all of the emotion and inspiration they bring. In our recent, fully-subscribed, residential Summer School on mediation skills for...
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Making Mediation Sexy?!
Sabine WalshSabine Walsh MediationIt’s that time of year again! Mediation Awareness Week is about to kick off in Ireland, the UK and many other countries around the world. An enormous range of...
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Movie Mediation Musings – Arrival
Joel LeePublic Service Warning: This blog post will contain spoilers. If you have not watched Arrival and intend to, please do not read any further. I’m a movie addict. I admit it. And I am ashamed to...
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That Daunting First Mediation
Alex Azarov Young Mediators Initiative (YMI) Do you remember mediating your first mediation? In this blog I share my early mediation experiences, calling upon the veterans amongst you to travel down...
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All Mediators are Liars – Part 1
Martin SvatošShortly after the neighbourhood mediation started, one of the parties turned to me her eyes flashed with anger: “Everything that he is telling is false, do not listen to him…” The other...
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“What The Parties Really Want” – Interview 2 – Mike McIlwrath
Bill Marsh (Editor)This is the second in a short series of blogs interviewing regular users of mediation about what they really want from mediators and from mediation. We kicked off last month with...
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A Magical Mediation Metaphor
Joel Lee[Writer’s Note: The video in this post was filmed at the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy Symposium “Rethinking Diversity in Conflict” (16-17 October 2017). You will need to...
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The Christmas Truce
Martin SvatošChristmas Spirit in Air It is hard to miss that the Christmas is coming, especially if you live in this part of the world. The streets of both major cities and smallest villages are...
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Mediating Minimally
John SturrockAs the year comes to an end, I am expanding upon a story to which I referred in a previous blog, in the hope that it may provide a couple of useful reminders of what we do as mediators. I...
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Personal Connections
Bill Marsh (Editor)Bloomberg (not my usual reading fodder, I confess) carried an interesting piece a couple of months ago, entitled “Meet the Real Force Behind the Brexit Talks”. Yes, it was about...
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Mediation in the Theatre: No Thanks
Greg Bond(This post is being republished because of technical problems when it was first published). Thanks to Martin Svatos, for pointing out in his recent blog a number of cases where mediators or...
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Ethics in Mediation: Caesar’s Wife must be above Suspicion
Martin SvatošIn one of my recent cases, the question of impartiality appeared in quite an irregular way. It happened when I entered the mediation room where both parties were seated together with their...
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I Ching and Mediation (no, not meditation!)
Rick Weiler Recently, as I sat in a mediation room awaiting the arrival of lawyers and clients I did something I have often done for more than 20 years. I performed an ancient divination ritual. I cast...
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Formality and informality: mediating in the shadow of the courts
Charlie IrvinePlace matters It’s good to see authors on this blog referencing academic research – see Rick Weiler’s recent post on decision-making. Similarly, a new chapter by Singapore judicial...
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A Blind Spot? – Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Greg BondA couple of weeks ago I came across a poem by the Native American writer Joy Harjo, entitled “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings.” The title made me curious, as might be expected for a...
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Three Feet from Agreement (Optimism in Mediation III)
Martin SvatošAt a certain point, when another offer was denied, one of the managers showed a real disappointment with the hard negotiation approach presented by the other party: “You know what?! I lost...
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It Only Takes a Moment
John Sturrock“You’ve done what?” It took just a moment. The red mist descended. The words were out before I could haul them back in. “You’ve just gone behind my back and undermined what I set out, and...
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Reflecting on the Cardinal Virtues and the Liberal Arts
Every now and again something happens to cause me to pause and think – or re-think. Recently, I had that experience at a small ruined castle in the heart of Scotland, near a lovely country town called...
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Finding a narrative for our time – the challenge for the world in general and...
This is Part 1 of a two-part blogpost. Part 2 will be published in February 2024. This blog explores what narrative means for us in the field of conflict resolution as we navigate an increasingly...
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