Braver Angels (BA) is a national non-profit organization focused on providing depolarization workshops to help us all positively engage with those with whom we disagree. As an organizer and trained moderator for BA, I have adapted their materials to fit with the curricula of educational institutions. I recently provided two depolarization workshops to a groupContinue reading “Depolarizing Workshops for College Students: Does it “Move the Needle”?”
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Tech Layoffs and the Management-Employee Power Shift
I muse and speak about how, over the years and particularly post-covid, the workplace power hierarchy has been inverted. There has been a clear power shift where companies have prioritized the needs and interests of their employees. I fully support that shift as those businesses will have a happier and more productive staff, increase employeeContinue reading “Tech Layoffs and the Management-Employee Power Shift”
Litigation Negotiation & Polarized Political Conversations: The Commonality to Success
In my role as CEO of SSAM ADR, a mediation company, I wrote a science/common-sense based article years ago positing that lawyers in a settlement negotiation, can increase resolution percentages by counter-intuitively adopting kindness and respect. The parallels between that litigation approach and how we interact with those that we politically disagree with, are striking,Continue reading “Litigation Negotiation & Polarized Political Conversations: The Commonality to Success”