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Online Dispute Resolution (ODR): The Great Tool in Times of Pandemic
Those of us who have been working for many years, not only in the academic field, but also in a practical way in On Line Dispute Resolution (ODR), that we call on line or electronic, feel that in these times "the future is here ”
Facilitating Positive Change in the Workplace
Facilitation can be transformative. It permits employers and employees to engage in authentic dialogue and reach collective decisions aligned with their core values.
Co-parenting and COVID-19
This is an unknown and challenging time for everyone, as there are so many changes. For those who are co-parenting in separate households, it can be even more difficult to try to navigate these times.
Getting Started in Mediation
Mediation is a young, exciting, and expanding field of practice.
Fostering Mediation in the Middle East Construction Industry
Whilst the construction industry worldwide is plagued by disputes, construction disputes in the Middle East have two distinct characteristics.
To Mediate (out of) Corona
What can be learnt from mediation practices, towards handling the Corona challenges?
ODR Tips and Tricks
With the COVID-19 pandemic and everybody home, Internet becomes the highway of contact with the world. And, in mediation, mass transmigration to ODR.
Surviving the Pandemic - Advice from 74 Family Experts
In this outstanding collection of essays, there are tips for managing disagreements, guidelines for handling children’s needs, information about finances, and even a recipe for Quarantine Cookies.
COVID-19 World Disorder and Reflection for Conflict Management with the Use of ODR Platforms
A new order of social coexistence, consumption, work, family model, resulting from a revolution caused by the invisible enemy COVID-19.
Who Gets the COVID-19 Stimulus Check in the Divorce?
During this challenging time, many separated spouses are experiencing unexpected confusion and conflict around the Stimulus Check, which was intended to provide financial relief, as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
10 Co-parenting Recommendations for the COVID-19 Crisis, A Mediator’s Perspective
Courts look to prior events or precedents in establishing policy, and also in measuring reasonableness, when parties are in a dispute.
Mediating Amidst a Crisis: Is Online Mediation a Solution for India?
Dispute resolution mechanisms in India on the other hand, have not kept up with time and technology.
Making Sense of COVID Through the Lens of Mediation
As I look out of the window of my home office and take in the stillness of a complete lockdown that has been imposed in the wake of COVID-19, I am struck by the sense of balance that exists amidst the chaos and panic that also overwhelms me.
What Is Your Mediation Background?
The "digitization of mediation," now on steroids with the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in dramatic changes and new opportunities for mediators and the mediation field. A part of this includes new meanings for old words.
Five Reasons Why You Must Listen at Mediation
This article explains the importance of active listening at mediation. It uses five points to illustrate what can be achieved when both the mediator and the parties actively listen to each other.
Are Demographics Destiny for Technology in Mediation?
The age demographics of consumers of mediation services and mediators themselves will likely drive the adoption of technology to assist in the delivery of mediation services in the very near future.
Mediators Are Society’s PPE for Conflict and Difficult Decisions
As their own practices slow down, some mediators are volunteering to offer free consultations and negotiation sessions to try and find solutions and some emotional comfort for people who are riddled with anxiety and a lack of knowledge.
Using MagicEye to Teach the Art of Reframing
“I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
The Brain Under Conflict
Think "I Can" like it's your first day on the job, everyday.
Cutback Planning: Consultation in a Time of Retrenchment
Unexpected belt-tightening is unpleasant. It unravels expectations and invokes fear. The more severe the shock, the more severe the manifestations can be. If you are a leader, you are also suddenly thrust into “crisis management” mode, which raises questions. What is your strategy?
Introducing a New Definition of Mediation
Some say mediation is “The insertion of a human buffer between people who need assistance to interact with each other.”
Negotiating Among Workplace Dictators
“You wouldn’t negotiate with Hitler, would you?”
Courts Mediating Online with Zoom
It is hard to imagine for many, especially for the baby boomer generation, what a digital court is, because most of us are unfamiliar and resistant to the digital world of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
ODR in Africa: The Emergent Face of Dispute Resolution Post COVID 19
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore what most people in emerging economies particularly in some countries in sub-Africa have never really given a thought to - working from home.
Crisis Communication & Covid-19: Did our politicians test positive for ‘empathy’?
This article is an opinion piece by one reader and examines if our world leaders responded to the COVID-19 crisis with empathy.
CV-19 Crisis Brings Heightened Need for Community-based Conflict Resolution
Crisis breeds conflict. The stress of economic uncertainty and dislocation caused by CV-19 are only outpaced by the anxiety many feel for the safety of their loved ones.
Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Virtual World
The text of that article follows with my update to help readers understand what I previously recommended and what could be recommended going forward.
India Signs the Singapore Mediation Convention
This article examines the Singapore Convention: An opportunity to make mediation the default response.
Mediators Green Pledge
We still need to face the climate change problem in the future and, in any event, it is very likely that we will need to adapt our working practices in many of the ways suggested in the draft Pledge described below to accommodate the next several months of working in relative isolation.
Consent in Mediation
The last family mediation I did got me thinking more specifically and carefully about the principle of ‘consent’ in mediation.