emotional intelligence

Apologies, Apology, Communication, Cross-cultural, Intuition, Mediation Practice, Nigeria, Scotland, Transformation, Uncategorized

(University of Strathclyde)/ /5 Comments

I have written before on this blog about ‘mediating from the neck up’: my conviction that I was taught (and teach) a rationalistic, even cerebral, process that privileges thought over emotion and language over movement (see http://kluwermediationblog.com/2013/12/13/mediating-from-the-neck-up/ ). As I acknowledged at the time, having this insight and doing something about it are two quite…

ADR, Causes of Conflict, Conciliation, Conflict, Decision making, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Neuroscience, Skills

(Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)/ /3 Comments

In this post I want to talk about an important thread that is emerging in the science of the twenty-first century. It is the finding that we are all interconnected, that we are porous beings with the ability to influence not only ourselves but one another in ways not previously contemplated. What we previously knew…