Resolution Strategies | A Monthly E-Newsletter
CAN WE CHAT?
For this month's edition of Resolution Strategies, I approached the writing process a bit differently, all because of a meaningful chat I had last month — with artificial intelligence. In early April, I asked ChatGPT — Chat, for short — to help me rewrite the Baseball Mediation™ page on my website. [...]
THE FOUR QUESTIONS
A week from Saturday is the first night of Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. The holiday also plays a significant role in the advent of Christianity because "The Last Supper" — according to the Gospels — was the Passover Seder atte [...]
THE BULLY PULPIT
As I watched — and then re-watched — the entire Oval Office exchange between President Trump and President Zelinskyy, I was reminded of an experience that I had in mediation as an advocate many years ago, before becoming a mediator. During a joint session, in front of opposing counsel, the mediator [...]
TENDER LOVING CARE
In multi-party disputes, a tender of defense can be an instant game-changer when it comes to assessing risk and developing a cost-effective resolution strategy. All too often, a party contractually obligated to defend and indemnify another party seemingly ignores the fact that the duty to defend ari [...]
WORST THINGS FIRST
In their 1981 bestseller “Getting to Yes,” Roger Fisher and William Ury introduced a new acronym into the negotiating strategy lexicon: BATNA — "Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement." Simply put, Fisher and Ury noted that those who engage in any form of negotiation will improve their bargainin [...]