The Harvard PONS blog posted (on August 27, 2025) a thought- provoking article by Katie Shonk entitled “Moral Leadership: Do Women Negotiate More Ethically than Men?” The answer is that generally, “yes”, “…women are generally less accepting of unethical behavior than men are and tend to behave more ethically than [Read More]
Recently, I took a survey about my mediation practices. Several of the questions concerned my use of AI before and during mediation. For example, do I use AI to conduct research about the issues in the case? Do I use AI to develop questions to ask during mediation? Do I [Read More]
Over the past few months, considerable attention has been devoted to utilizing ChatGPT as a tool to support lawyers and mediators. It can perform a variety of litigation tasks (including creating fake or non-existent case citations). When it comes to negotiations and mediations, it can help the negotiator employ a [Read More]
A recent study discussed in Livescience suggests that when we are confronted with a moral dilemma, we resolve it by listening to our bodies. In “Your moral compass is tied to how in tune you are with your body, study hints” by Skyler Ware (May 28, 2025), the author notes [Read More]
Have you ever looked at someone solely based on their gaze and felt that you could read their intentions? If so, you are right. A recent study showed that “People can read intention in each other’s gazes…lending evidence to this well-known assumption about human communication.” (People really can communicate with [Read More]
Yesterday--March 20- marked the twelfth anniversary of the International Day of Happiness. A United Nations Resolution was passed at its 118th plenary meeting on June 28, 2012, declaring March 20th of each year to be the holiday. As one might guess, the Kingdom of Bhutan promoted the resolution, which has [Read More]
In her book, Talk: The Science of Conversation and The Art of Being Ourselves, Alison Wood Brooks (Crown Books, New York 2025) discusses a depressing statistic in her chapter “L is for Levity”. At age 23, 84 percent of those questioned reported smiling and laughing a lot the day before. [Read More]
To some folks reading the title, it may conjure up the four questions asked by the youngest at the Passover seder. But I am not referring to that at all. A few weeks ago, I tuned into The Hidden Brain podcast while taking a walk. Entitled “We Need to Talk [Read More]
