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“Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue” with Ron Suskind , A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS South S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)
Speaker Bio: Ron Suskind is the A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence. One of the
Russia’s Leadership Challenges
in the 21st Century
with
Kevin Ryan
Executive Director for Research
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kennedy School of Government
and
Simon Saradzhyan
Fellow
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Kennedy School of Government
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)
Speaker Bios
Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (U.S. Army retired) is Executive Director
With rising political instability in its surrounding environment, Israel will have to adapt its foreign policy to deal with new strategic challenges, Dr. Ehud Eiran, a faculty affiliate of PON’s Middle East Negotiation Initiative, noted in a recent ynetnews article. Challenges facing Israel include the difficulties that come with weaker border control and the risk
When a group of people are negotiating, what’s the best way to arrive at a decision? Ever since U.S. general Henry M. Robert published Robert’s Rules of Order in 1876, groups have relied on the principle of majority rule, measured with a simple yea or nay vote at the end of the negotiation process.
Majority rule
The problem: You and your negotiating counterpart express differing opinions about the future success, performance, or timeliness of an item or service. A homeowner might be skeptical of a contractor’s promise to complete an extensive remodeling project within six months, for instance. Differing forecasts can breed suspicion and stand in the way of agreement.
The tool:
The Program on Negotiation Film Series recently screened The Interrupters, a documentary film that follows three “violence interrupters” as they work to prevent violence in Chicago’s neighborhoods. The interrupters are outreach workers who were once notorious for their past gang-related experience, but who now work for an organization called CeaseFire, an initiative of the Chicago
It may seem elementary, but one of the first questions you should ask when you’re thinking about negotiating for an important purchase is whether you truly want or need it.
We tend to assume that future events—such as buying a new car or signing a seemingly important contract—will have a lasting impact on our overall happiness.
Last weekend’s violent deal between Israel and Islamic Jihad In Gaza was interpreted by some as proof that the Gilead Shalit prisoner exchange compromised Israeli security. Beyond these recent events it is indeed clear, as Professor Robert H. Mnookin and others warned, that the Shalit deal generated numerous risks for Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and
Adapted from “What Divides You May Unite You,” by James K. Sebenius (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter, July 2005.
Some years ago, an English property development firm had assembled most of the land outside London that it needed to build a large regional hospital. Yet a key parcel remained, and its
Adapted from “Want the Best Deal Possible? Cultivate a Cooperative Relationship,” by Catherine H. Tinsley (professor, Georgetown University) and Kathleen O’Connor (professor, Cornell University), first published in the Negotiation newsletter, December 2006.
In multi-issue negotiations, research suggests that the advantage goes to negotiators with a reputation for collaboration rather than competition. In a series of studies
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