I've been corresponding recently with Eric Galton a very successful mediator in Austin, Texas, who carries on his practice at the Lakeside Mediation Center. I first learned about this wonderful location through an article in the Texas Bar Review and was enthused to hear from Eric about his personal experiences mediating for many years in such a beautiful setting.



I have said in previous posts that it is a shame that the ADR scholarship hasn't given much serious consideration to the… Continue

The Expert Trap



"Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using Big Words that some of us can't understand...



'Well,' said Owl, 'the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.'



'What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?' said Pooh. 'For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.'



'It means the Thing to Do.'



'As long as it means that, I don't mind,' said Pooh humbly.



Benjamin Hoff,… Continue

The Reasonable Person Model (RPM, see previous posts) is a model of human nature predicated, in part, on our relationship with information and, more particularly, how our voracious human appetite for information affects our reasonableness. In a nutshell, as a species, we love information but our tendency to seek out and consume information drains our attentional capacities. The lack of our ability to direct our attention, which is difficult to self recognize at times, can be very obvious to… Continue