Show them what you’re made of. Why would you do that? The ultimate call to escalation, ego, and more conflict, comes first in the call, then the attempt, and at the end, either the success (they saw what you were made of—and backed off) or failure (they saw what you Read more…
What they really want to know when they ask “how do you do that?” is the mechanics of the show you are doing. Putting on a show is about talent though (and hard work), but putting on a show only happens when the mechanics of doing the show are suborned to the Read more…
It’s hard to imagine a world without stories and storytelling; after all, human beings are narrative animals. And where peace builders are concerned, it’s even harder to imagine a world without conflict. Conflict is a process of change driven by stories. Stories that, when repeated often enough—and with enough veracity—become Read more…
There are commodities, massive amounts of resources, products, and even ideas, that consumers use and discard at mass. Commodities can also be traded for money and generate outsized revenues because they are so valuable to consumers and can be differentiated across so many secondary and tertiary products in the market. Read more…
The sales process for a peace builder in the open market is wrapped up with impressions, ideas, concepts, and intuition that the peacebuilder has in their head about every sales film, sales call, and selling situation they’ve ever been involved with. But, in order to be successful in the open Read more…
There are seven areas–or “rules”–of psychology, studied by Robert Cialdini, “lock in” to each other in a hierarchical, top down structure and create a context for persuasion and influence to be effective. They are as follows: Reciprocation – the rule that states we should repay, in kind, what another person has provided to us Read more…
Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode #1 (a) – Neil Denny, Mediator, Collaborative Lawyer, Author, Grudge & Forgiveness Expert Neil Denny’s perspective and approach to peace starts where most people think that the path ends—at forgiveness and reconciliation. But don’t get us wrong, he’s also a peace building entrepreneur who understands the Read more…
Earbud_U, Season Two, Episode #1 – Neil Denny, Mediator, Collaborative Solicitor, Author, Grudge & Forgiveness Expert Neil Denny’s perspective and approach to peace starts where most people think the path ends—at forgiveness and reconciliation. But don’t get us wrong, he’s also a peace building entrepreneur who understands the need that Read more…
There are savvy peace builders all over the place. Unfortunately, sometimes it is difficult to talk with people who understand what is going on, with you, your business, or even your approach to peace. There are attorneys who mediate and volunteers who have dreams. There are professionals in the Read more…
There is nothing more capitalistic and freedom loving than making peace. Think about it. Two people come together to agree (or disagree) on an issue. The issue gets resolved, gets to stalemate or gets blown up, but no matter what happens, the people involved in the process (the warring parties Read more…