Early Interventions are Effective Interventions: Business Partnerships
Last year I had a series of conversations with a prospective client. Like many entrepreneurs, she and her partner had […]
Category: Mediation
A Mediator’s Bookshelf
No matter what I’m reading, I try to see if it can help me better understand conflict. Insights can come […]
Why we can’t get along: Confirmation Bias
Why is it sometimes so hard for people to get along? I don’t have all of the answers, but something […]
Unrepresented Parties in Mediation
The other day a young man called to ask if I could mediate a dispute between him and a developer […]
Mediation: Help for Self-represented parties
The unfortunate reality is that unrepresented (self-represented) parties do not do well in the Canadian legal system. The Canadian courts […]
Interview with ADR Athletics
Marc Bhalla, a fellow Toronto ADR practitioner, has put together ADR Athletics – a great site of resources devoted to […]
Breaking up a Business Partnership Doesn’t Have to Be a Trial
A few months ago I wrote about Sam and John. They built a successful app together but personal conflict lead […]
Can this Partnership be Saved? (2)
(This is the second in an occasional series. Don’t miss the first installment.) Sam and John are working together on […]
Will Mediation Make it Worse?
Sometimes the people who reach out to me recognize that they’re in a bad situation, but they fear that trying […]