Tag Archives: Did You Hear About?

Want a Smarter Group? Add More Women

January 17, 2015 John Lande

That’s one of the conclusions in an op-ed in the New York Times today. Researchers Anita Woolley, Thomas W. Malone, and Christopher Chabris did a series of studies finding that the “smartest” teams (measured by performance in logical analysis, brainstorming, coordination, planning and moral reasoning) were distinguished by three characteristics. First, their members contributed more … Continue reading Want a Smarter Group? Add More Women →

Is Legal Education a Zombie?

December 16, 2014 John Lande

Lately, we have talked about Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Prince Charming, fairy godmothers, aristocrats, wicked witches, mutant children, beasts, step-sisters, cooks, doctors, firefighters, and boy scouts. (Note several different links.) Now zombies, black holes, frogs, and more junior royalty. My colleague, Rafael Gely, recently sent an email to folks in our Center about the work … Continue reading Is Legal Education a Zombie? →

An Unusually Fine Film

December 8, 2014 John Lande

People from your planet (at least most people in the US) seem to love movies that feature one-dimensional characters and fit into a generic plot-line, preferably with lots of righteous violence. If you would like to see a moving film that conveys complex emotions more realistically, I highly recommend The Theory of Everything. … Continue reading An Unusually Fine Film →

“Labels Suck”

October 22, 2014 John Lande 1 Comment

So said the illustrious founder of our blog – at least until good taste or something else induced her to change the title of an article to the more borrrrrring, “Teaching a New Negotiation Skills Paradigm.” (On the other hand, it you really want to rack up the ssrn downloads, use a sexy title like … Continue reading “Labels Suck” →

John Lande on Bummed About AI? So Am I. Now What?: “Thanks very much for your comment, Greg. I appreciate your thoughtful perspective. I think that it is wise to be…”

Gregory Burge on Bummed About AI? So Am I. Now What?: “Thank you for the headline, because who hasn’t been dismayed with AI occasionally? You said it best, “The important thing…”

Cynthia Alkon on In Memory – Isabelle R. Gunning (1956-2026): “Thank you Sharon and Ellen for this beautiful tribute. And thank you also to the colleagues who shared their reflections.…”

John Lande on Negotiation and Mediation Theory After 30+ Years: A Practice-Based Framework: “Riffing on Joan Stearns Johnsen’s article, Evaluative v. Facilitative Mediation Style: RIP to an Outdated Paradigm, I wrote Using Real…”

Hiro Aragaki on Habermas, AI, and more: post by Andrew Mamo: “I agree, and am pleasantly surprised to learn that others in our field like you and Michael Moffitt were thinking…”

Carolyn Hirst on Jurgen Habermas (1929-2026): “I came across the work of Jürgen Habermas when reading about his system theory – which I broadly understand as…”

John Lande on Celebrating Intellectual Humility: “Our own Len Riskin provided a great model of the humility that you celebrate, Art. He coined the terms “facilitative”…”

Charlie Irvine on Celebrating Intellectual Humility: “Thanks for highlighting this Art. I remember coming across Patrick Casement’s classic “Learning From Our Mistakes: Beyond Dogma in Psychoanalysis…”

John Lande on Resisting Sycophancy: “As usual, I used Coach to help draft my response. I dictate my instructions, and its voice recognition usually is…”

John Lande on Resisting Sycophancy: “Thanks very much for your kind comment, Gregory. As I noted in my short piece, Thinking Like Mediators About the…”