The Nature of Conflict: Stepping into the Collective Space: Erick Hill Ph.D



We have been blessed these past few days in Omaha.  We are enjoying temperatures in the seventies and low eighties.  Accompanied by sunny skies and…

JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, is proud to announce its support of the American Bar Association’s 2011 Mediation Week, which is designed to bring awareness of mediation as one of several appropriate dispute resolution processes used to successfully resolve a variety of disputes. The theme for this year’s Mediation Week is “Civility and Civil Public Discourse.” 

“JAMS believes that civility and advocacy do…

One of the best-kept secrets about ODR is how green it is. See Colleen Getz's latest blog, in which she writes:

"...Of course, a decision to use a distance mediation or other on-line dispute resolution service will be just one of many considerations in determining how best to get help with resolving your dispute. But, when weighing the pros and cons, it is important to know that the…

Hi ADRhub friends--

We're trying to make this ACR conference the most wired ACR conference ever.

We'll be live blogging the keynotes tomorrow, and there's a constant stream of updates, photos, video, and tweets --- please don't hesitate to join in and add your voice!

The online home of the conference is: http://acresolution.net

Please come by and leave a comment or contribute a tweet.

Hope to see you on…

"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."   G.K. Chesterton.

I refer to this quote from this great 19th Century English writer because it characterizes a recent mediation session that I facilitated.  It was a classic case of one party proposing 5 star service and delivering less than one star to the other party.  The plaintiff was…

October is here and Cyberweek 2011 is just a couple of weeks away. Please make sure you save the dates of October 24^th to October 28^th to provide ample time to participate. Once again, it appears we were able to build on the success of previous Cyberweeks and find some new and exciting ways to engage the participants. It will truly be an engaging environment appropriate for all levels of students, practitioners, and scholars.…

Folks, have a peek at some images from our Launch Event on October 6th -- at which we celebrated 30 years as a program of Safe Horizon, and embraced our future as the independent New York Peace Institute.  Thanks to all who came out to show your support for our mission to build peace in New York City and Beyond!…

JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, today announced the addition of Hon. Coleman A. Swart (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Swart will be based in the JAMS Los Angeles Resolution Center. He will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master for disputes in a variety of areas including Aviation, Business/Commercial, Class Action/Mass Tort, Construction/Construction Defect, Employment, Estates/Probates/Trusts, Family Law, Personal Injury/Torts,…

This month's mensch is the shaved-headed, benignly smiling figure you see above.  The one on the right.  In the suit.  Detective Jeff Thompson, NYPD.

Jeff became a mediator with us about five years ago, and his boundless energy, intellectual curiosity, and passion for peace have made him a deservedly recognized figure in our…

 “Divorce = Growth?” You Ask.“Sometimes It Can,” Says Collaborative Practice:…

(Originally posted at Absolution Mediation)

How do you respond to conflict? This conflict could be personal, work-related, in your community, or even online. One thing we all have in common is that we all have conflict in our lives, we all know what it is like to go through conflict, and we can probably all tell a story about how conflict has changed our life. Here's the thing that I've…

“Divorce = Growth?” You…

(without the part in which management tries to break the back of organized labor or the constant threat of being slammed in the face by an ingot)

My grandfather, Iggie Hoffman, was a crane operator at Bethlehem Steel (the subject of Billy Joel's …

As someone who has been there multiple days, I can attest to the powerful and peaceful nature of basically all the people present at Zucotti Square- the proper name of the of the "Occupy Wall Street" location.

The important note to point out to my fellow professionals is my primary job (aside of being a mediator) is as a member of the NYPD.  I am a detective in…

The community mediation field can feel vaguely Benjamin Button-esque -- simultaneously old and young.  While mediation itself has been around in some form since time immemorial, the community mediation movement is only in its 40's.  Which makes us a kid, as far as movements and professions go.  In that sense, maybe we're getting in on the ground floor of the next big thing.

On the…

Well, sort of.  This is my dear friend Kiki T , astrologist (or astrosexologist, as she prefers), who writes relationship-oriented horoscopes for all kinds of publications and was the featured astrologist on the Tyra Banks Show.  With Mercury in Libra, apparently it's a…