There is no good way to put this up on the blog and we also knew that Lisa and Terry’s many colleagues and friends would want to know.  They were in an accident while in London, hit by a bus, and both in critical condition in medically induced comas.  More information about the accident and their … Continue reading Lisa Bingham & Terry Amsler in Accident in London →

Hattip to Friend of the Blog Jean Sternlight for sending this article along.  In today’s Washington Post blog, the author argues that the fiscal cliff negotiations are pehaps the greatest test yet of the Harvard Negotiation Project.  As Carrie Menkel-Meadow notes in the article, “If we ever had a president who has learned the science of … Continue reading Harvard to Blame if We Go Off Fiscal Cliff? →

Dear all,  as I just sent out to our listserve as well, it is time to remind you of the Boskey Competition for two reasons–(a) I need your students to submit essays; and (b) I need you to judge!  Besides, you might be right now in the midst of grading the next competition winner as … Continue reading Boskey Competition and Request for Judges →

My friend and colleague Sheila Heen, co-author of the well-known book, Difficult Conversations, just wrote a wonderful column for the New York Times, entitled Sleeping with the (Political) Enemy, all about how she and her husband John Richardson (also a negotiation and conflict resolution expert) manage to communicate about their vast political differences.  I read it … Continue reading Sleeping with (or Being Related to) the Enemy →

I link here to a great post from my colleague Irene Ten Cate on how the world of arbitration needs to incorporate more women–even by asking for binders of them!   This is a timely concern duly noted in the latest Alternatives newsletter with an article by Laura A. Kaster and in an column in the … Continue reading Binders Full of Women Arbitrators →

On the news and the blogs for the last few days has been a very impressive response to a nasty email in my home state of Wisconsin.  (See Huff Post story here that has both the original segment from Tuesday and the Today Show segment from Wednesday. )   Many of us teaching negotiation talk about email communication, the … Continue reading Email Nastiness–and one very eloquent response →

I have always liked well-known SAIS Professor Bill Zartman’s theory of mutually hurting stalemate as an explanation of when a dispute become ripe for resolution.  Bill has usually applied this theory to international disputes but, on Monday night, while watching the Packers win, I was able to see this concept applied to a different kind of … Continue reading Football’s Ripe Moment (aka The Packers Actually Won) →

As Art graciously blogged about last year, I gave a presentation called Labels Suck at Wash U.’s symposium on New Directions in Negotiation.  It was a fun opportunity to let loose on what I have long believed is a hindrance to student learning–that we focus on determining overarching styles too much at the expense of focusing … Continue reading Negotiation Styles, Labels & Skills (Labels Suck Redux) →

I am happy to post the following announcement from the Institute for Transnational Arbitration for their next meeting in January, 2013. The Institute For Transnational Arbitration 2nd Annual Winter Forum Biltmore Hotel Miami January 24-25, 2013    CALL FOR PAPERS The Executive Committee and Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) are proud … Continue reading ITA Winter Forum–Call for Papers →

I just heard Dahlia Lithwick over the weekend on NPR describing her new theory of the world–Muppet Theory–and I am convinced that this could usefully explain much of the legal system as well.  Lithwick, a writer for Slate Magazine and Newsweek, has divided the world into Berts and Ernies.  As she outlines in her article … Continue reading Muppet Theory →