There are three ways to connect with clients, customers, fans and audiences. And in the world of digital communication, there is one basic principle that underlies all of these connections that the peacebuilder must keep in mind. Original content creation starts with the blogging, but then moves to image creation Read more…
With the U.S. Presidential election fast approaching, it is time again for everyone of voting age in the US, and a few not yet of voting age as well, to sort out their political ideals and choose a candidate they feel will protect those ideals. And this year, as with Read more…
“Uber of X” is not the solution to many of our problems with spreading, monetizing and deeeping the significance and reach of the Web. One of the areas that demonstrates the lack of human imagination in developing the Internet for the service of people rather than in the service of commerce, Read more…
Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode # 3 – Dr. Joey Cope, Questioner, Conflict Resolution Practitioner, Dancer with Disputes, A Peacebuilder of Many Colors Some people are soft spoken and you get the wrong impression about them. They tend not to get visibly frustrated, and in my experience, enemies tend to believe that Read more…
The fundamental ethical issue of our time is how to engage with a world where situations and systems, are fundamentally indecent. And sometimes the people inside of these systems and situations choose to behave and respond indecently—and to do it repeatedly. The issue is not whether or not historical past Read more…
I am a live streaming video fan in general and a Meerkat partisan in particular. You probably haven’t heard of the mobile application Meerkat, though its two more popular cousins, Blab.im and Periscope.tv are getting a lot of attention from tech bloggers and online magazines. The Meerkat app “blew up” Read more…
You can’t do it. Neither can we. Human beings (all of us) spend a lot of time generating a lot of anxiety, about what will happen tomorrow, what will happen next, or when this thing we’re doing now will all be over. We can’t help it. Our biology has us Read more…
Changing expectations of outcomes corresponds to changing our assumptions about other people in conflict–and out. This is difficult, because assumptions are grounded in pattern seeking behavior that our human minds engage in, to make stories about the behaviors of other people in the world. When those stories don’t match up Read more…
“Well, that was easy.” Actually, no it wasn’t. And the expectation that it should be, raises more problems than it solves for many organizations, institutions, and even individuals. If the resolution to the expectation of how the conflict should proceed, results in an outcome that seemed “easy,” that outcome—and the Read more…
Expectations, assumptions, disappointments and the actions that come from all of those areas are poisonous at the negotiation table. The emotional and intellectual states around expectations, assumptions and disappointments, allow individuals to create frames inside of their intellect and emotions about the other party at the table. Then, parties act Read more…