In an article I wrote for the CIArb International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management called The ‘Everywhen’ Mediator, I likened being a mediator to being a photographer.
Mediators and photographers are both “looking for the detail that makes the picture; looking for the point of balance which is a reconciliation between several elements; […]

continue reading.....

I have found the CPR events to be very good. They are attended by business users as well as mediators.Agenda  for conference.Conference Flyer  

continue reading.....

I found a really useful Q & A about using blogs and RSS feeds. This might be helpful for those who are not quite sure how this works. My thanks to Daniel Schwartz. RSS feeds and subscribing to blogs

continue reading.....

I have just arrived home (4am) from what should have been a ‘day to remember’. Well it is a day to remember but for all the wrong reasons…
I set out to catch my flight from * (I leave out the name for reasons that will become apparent below) to Heathrow after a very successful […]

continue reading.....

This link will take you to a video which features Prof Chris Guthrie giving the third annual Saltman Lecture, speaking about “Misjudging: Why Disputants Are Better Off in Consensual Processes than in Litigation”. His comments, and commentators’ responses, were published in the Nevada Law Journal’s Winter 2006/2007 issue.
Professor Guthrie is the Associate Dean for Academic […]

continue reading.....

When I first began scoping my research project I spent a long time thinking about why mediators might be ‘excellent’ and ‘effective’. My proposition was that mediators play to their strengths and a good proportion of those strengths were linked to personal attributes and behaviours.
Whilst conducting the research and testing the proposition I met Dr […]

continue reading.....

Masterclass in community engagement with Bliss Browne of Imagine Chicago on April
1 in Edinburgh (Leith)
Bliss Browne will be in Scotland next week as a guest of BBC Scotland who are interviewing her as part of their Quay Conversations series. The interview is being taped in front of a live audiencein Glasgow on March […]

continue reading.....

6 March MATA Master Class
Richard Schiffer Founder of ADR Group, first in the commercial mediation arena. Board member of CMC.
Time: 4.30 - 7.00
Location: The Mezzanine, Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, WC2R 4PG

continue reading.....

A recent article in Building Magazine explores the potential costs of using mediation as a ‘ploy’.”Mediation can be used as a ploy to cut down on costs at a later trial. But if a party is suspected of playing along with no intention of compromising, everyone can end up losing a lot of money.”for the […]

continue reading.....

Strictly speaking this post doesn’t belong in the thinking zone as it is more about “being” than thinking or doing!
There are many buddhist practices which are extremely useful when preparing for a mediaton and during a mediation. There are other eastern based philosophies and practices which can also be very helpful and which I have […]

continue reading.....