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11/29/2017

The anchoring effect in action

Boss: Negotiate with your vendor and get the price down. Dilbert: I don't know how to negotiate. I'm an engineer. Boss: It's simple. All you need to do is make an aggressive first demand and settle for less. Dilbert: How aggressive are we talking about here? Boss: The more aggressive the better. Dil...

10/24/2017

There are better ways than shouting back.

10/17/2017

Two schools of thought on negotiation

Going on two years ago I read something formative to my understanding of Donald Trump. It was a column by...

10/11/2017

http://mediate-la.com/mixed-signals/

Last week it was revealed that movie producer Harvey Weinstein has a long history of accusations of sexual harassment. His namesake company fired him. In response, Weinstein composed an apology letter, in which he promised to “conquer my demons” and make amends to people he has harmed. At the same t...

08/11/2017

This year in Los Angeles "Mediation in the Real World: New Thinking, New Practices". Join Hundreds of like-minded professionals.

06/28/2017

06/27/2017

Comments can be submitted up to September 1.

The California Law Revision Commission has issued its draft recommendations for an amendment to the Evidence Code carving out a new exception to mediation confidentiality. This project has been about four years in the making, and was originally spurred by concern over the California Supreme Court’s…

06/15/2017

Upgraded version of the Conflict Resolution website is now live. http://mediate-la.com/

I’ve been listening to the cast album from the musical “Hamilton”, in preparation for finally getting to see the show when it comes to LA later this summer. One of the bits of historical information that can be gleaned from this show concerns the rules of dueling, still a fairly common occurence in…

02/27/2017

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

01/20/2017

http://www.mediate.com/articles/ThomasC1.cfm

11/10/2016

It depends on how they are done.

Despite the drop in joint session usage, the discussion about the pros and cons continues to be pretty hot and heavy. As with so many of these issues, it see...

10/21/2016

An unlikely convert to the cause

Following her departure from Fox News and her sexual harassment lawsuit against former network boss Roger Ailes, Gretchen Carlson is set to link up with Democratic senators and testify before Congress about forced arbitration.