[This is a guest post by Susanna Jani. Susanna is highly respected in British Columbia (and beyond) for her contributions to the field of mediation. Mediate BC named an award after her; the annual Susanna Jani Prize for Excellence in Mediation. So well deserved! Susanna's commitment and generous spirit has won her many friends, including me. ] My conversation with a friend [...]
Bridge the Gap with Attitude
July 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The London Olympics started a couple of days ago. The individual’s journey to a gold medal is a long one. You can bet a person’s attitutude plays a big part in that journey; realizing the dream; getting from here to there. Attitude might even be step 1, to bridging the gap? The Olympics reminded me [...]
Use Participant Engagement Tools to help build consensus
May 21, 2012 By 5 Comments
A week ago, I was hanging out in Halifax, as a participant in the week-long International Association of Facilitator’s annual North America conference. I was there to connect in-person with some colleagues I’ll be doing some work with, as well as to learn. And learn I did. I self-refer as a mediator first, and facilitator [...]
Online Dispute Resolution is a green business
May 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
Collaboration is good. There can be a result that flows from people working together, that surpasses the sum of their individual contributions. Such is the case with ODR: The next green giant, a paper authored by Noam Ebner (@NoamEbner on Twitter) and Colleen Getz, with background support from Susanna Jani (@DistanceProject). It’s about ODR (Online [...]
Be it resolved: We value our relationship over the agreement
February 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
Congratulations. You resolved your differences. You settled your dispute and reached agreement on how to move forward. What happens though when something goes wrong down the road? What will pull you through, sustain you, the strength of your relationship or the terms of agreement? Navigate from the Future Agreements keep us focused on our goals. [...]
