Mediation Culture Implementation Measures for Corporate Organizations A quick snap back to my earlier posts on this matter. You may recall my emphasis on the need for a paradigm shift. I came across the above picture in one of those WhatsApp posts that are described as “viral.” Talk of perceptions or paradigms. It was incredible. …
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Effective Dispute Resolution Strategy – An Imperative (Part 5 of a 7-part series)
Implementing the Mediation Culture in Corporate Policies & Practice In my last post in this series, I expressed my belief that “the time has come when companies should be able to celebrate minimum or no-down time for dispute resolutions as we have today with HSE policies which celebrate accident free or minimal down time from…
Effective Dispute Resolution Strategy – An Imperative (Part 4 of a 7-Part Series)
One book has influenced my thinking deeply. It is Steven Covey’s classic “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” In the opening pages of this book, Covey refers to Thomas Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” in which Kuhn shows that the most significant breakthroughs in the field of scientific endeavors have been preceded by a…
Expert Urges Mediators to Take Advantage of Online Mediation Post-COVID-19
(This post was originally published on nnn.com.ng.) A Mediation Advocacy expert, Mr. Adeyemi Akisanya, on Thursday urged mediators to take advantage of online mediation in resolving disputes. Akisanya, a Lagos-based lawyer and a certified mediation advocacy trainer, made the appeal during a two-hour Webinar training organised by the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (SCMA) in Lagos….
OECR and Its Breakfast Business Meetings
Next week on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, the Organization of Expert Conflict Resolvers (“OECR”) will be holding its December 2019 bi-monthly (every other month) Business Breakfast meeting from 7:30am to 10:00am, at La Scala Restaurant, MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos. It will feature a round-table discussion on the theme: “Mediation Unboxed – Multiple Dimensions of Conflict…
Dispute Resolution Strategy and Policy (Part 2 of a 7-part series)
As we have noted earlier, conflicts of parties’ respective interests and needs are inevitable during those transactions that fuel a successful business. They will invariably arise over the inception, interpretation, performance, expectations, or even termination, of the contracts underlying those transactions. If these conflicts are not properly recognized, addressed, and resolved some way or the…
