Texas Conflict Coach Audio Blog by Pattie Porter
Using Hurricane Katrina as a model, Cindy Mazur will discuss the phenomenology of disasters in America. Various deleterious factors can be forecast that impede effective emergency response. These factors can be better managed when one person is placed in a role to oversee and manage the crisis phase of a disaster. A Conflict Management Professional can unify the ad hoc crisis management team and ensure its accountability and engagement. Provision of a structural solution of this nature would signify a commitment by our government to mitigate human misery in disasters.
The stress of conflict has ramifications we’re only just beginning to understand: We can apparently “catch” someone else’s stress physiologically. Acute stress can desensitize us to another’s pain. And stress...
By Tammy LenskiJAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleThe old curse disguised as a blessing “may you live in interesting times” is showing its teeth in the form of pandemic in these early...
By Gary BirnbergFrom the Mediation Matters Blog of Steve Mehta. Recently the topic of the mediator’s proposal came up in a topic of conversation. Several people had different views on how the...
By Steve Mehta