Consult Your “Inner Outsider”

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Adapted from “Taking an Outside View,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Cognitive biases such as overconfidence affect even smart and highly educated negotiators. Unfortunately, awareness of our … Read Consult Your “Inner Outsider”

Help Them Be More Certain

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Adapted from “Everybody’s Doing It,” by Robert B. Cialdini (professor, Arizona State University), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Brown University Medical School researchers conducted a fascinating study … Read Help Them Be More Certain

To Avoid an Impasse, Keep Talking

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Adapted from “How the Writers Got Back to Work,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

What happens when people think they’ve invested too much in a dispute to … Read To Avoid an Impasse, Keep Talking

“Can Ethnic Divisions be Healed for the Good of all Kenyans?”

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“Can Ethnic Divisions be Healed for the
Good of all Kenyans?”

with

Robert Rotberg
and
Gwen Thompkins

Date: October 19, 2010

Time: 4-6 PM
Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International … Read This Post

alternative dispute resolution

Program on Negotiation Summer Fellows Lunch

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PON Summer Fellows Lunch

Join the Program on Negotiation for a discussion with our 2010 Summer Fellows about their work over the summer. This is … Read Program on Negotiation Summer Fellows Lunch

Fredrik Stanton to Discuss His Book “Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World”

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“Great Negotiations:
Agreements that Changed the Modern World”

with
Fredrik Stanton
“Words as much as weapons, shape history. Whether to avert, assist, or secure the resolution of a conflict, … Read This Post

PON Founders Video

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The founders of the Program on Negotiation often recall the early days of the field, when negotiation and conflict resolution were still emerging as shared areas of … Read PON Founders Video

PON Chair Robert Mnookin Featured in Detroit Free Press Discussing DSO Strike

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PON Chair Robert Mnookin was interviewed by the Detroit Free Press about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra musician’s strike, which began October 4th.

To read the full article, click … Read This Post

Borrowing Influence: How to Get by With a Little Help from Your Friends

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Jeswald W. Salacuse (Henry J. Baker Professor of Law; former Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author of The Global Negotiator and Seven Secrets … Read This Post

Panel Discussion about PON Professor Gabriella Blum’s New Book

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There will be a panel discussion tonight about Philip Heymann and PON faculty member Gabriella Blum’s latest book “Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists: Lessons from the War on … Read This Post

Learn More From Your Deals

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Adapted from “Learning to Learn,” first published in the Negotiation newsletter.

Learning about a concept or technique is one thing. Actually putting new knowledge to work is quite … Read Learn More From Your Deals

Learning to Manage Climate Change Risks: Three New Multiparty Negotiation Games That Can be Used to Enhance Public Engagement

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The Clearinghouse now offers three, multi-party role play simulations focused on helping cities manage climate change risks. These were prepared by the Science Impact Collaborative at the … Read This Post