I have a dog named Buddy. He bit me! OUCH! We were walking around a lake, and he spotted a dead fish that one of the birds had taken from the lake and then discarded on shore. I tried to take it from him (we never taught him the command [Read More]
On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed SB 940 into law, creating Business and Professions Code Section 6173. The new law (which takes effect on January 1, 2025) creates a voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution Certification Program to be administered by the State Bar. One need not be a lawyer to [Read More]
In my last two blogs, I noted that I had just finished reading a book for our book club- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger (Simon & Shuster Paperbacks, New York (2020)) (“Catalyst”). The book's thesis is how to get people to change their minds through [Read More]
In my last blog, I noted that I just finished reading a book for our book club- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger (Simon & Shuster Paperbacks, New York (2020)) (“Catalyst”). The thesis of the book is how to get people to change their minds through [Read More]
I just finished reading a book for our book club- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger (Simon & Shuster Paperbacks, New York (2020)) (“Catalyst”) As one might glean from the title, the book's goal is to explain how to get people to change their minds through [Read More]
I am in a quandary. Whenever I have a mediation that does not settle at mediation, I follow up. But the question arises: what is the best way? Should I do it by telephone? E-mail? Text? Some of the above? All of the above? This quandary came to mind in [Read More]
While driving home the other day, I heard a story on NPR that caught my attention. It was about Kentucky prisoners hacking a computer system to put more money into their digital accounts than existed. It happened at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in Oldham County, Kentucky. After a prisoner [Read More]
The blog post on the Harvard Program on Negotiation(PONS) raised an interesting and timely issue: using chatbots to assist in negotiations. In her post, “Chatbot Negotiations: What can AI Do for You?” author Katie Shonk (August 8, 2024) relays the story of Walmart’s use of a chatbot to negotiate with [Read More]
