I published my 2nd e-book this week, on Amazon. It’s titled: U Connect: The Art of Making Connections to Resolve Disputes. It’s a consolidation of some my observations, along with insights I’ve culled from others, around “making connections”. Here’s the Table of Contents and here’s the Introduction section: “Disputes happen. How do we respond? One [...]
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December 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Cloud and Mobile are the Mediator’s future office
I mediated a trans-national business dispute last week. The mediation took place over several days, and was conducted online, over the Internet. There was zero physical paper exchanged. I worked from my laptop, from my home office. Essentially, all the software I used was based in the “Cloud”, and either free or low-cost. I’m grateful. [...]
November 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Creative Thinkering: Video Book Review
Are you a problem-solver? Do you find yourself struggling to come up with creative ideas? Then I recommend you check out Michael Michalko’s books. I did. Here’s my video report on his latest book, Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work. (video not displaying? click here). And, here’s a short summary of some of the [...]
November 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
Ken Kelly: Connecting Communities in Downtown Victoria
Like any city centre, downtown Victoria is a place where people from different communities intersect; residential, visitor, business, service, cultural… Each community is diverse. Residents may be living in high-end condos or in short-term residence at Our Place. Visitors include tourists, local shoppers, and the transient homeless. Businesses range from big bank office to small, [...]
November 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
