{"id":1231,"date":"2019-07-01T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juridicalsolutions.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2019-07-05T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:09:02","slug":"mediation-political-statement-or-business-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juridicalsolutions.com\/mediation-political-statement-or-business-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediation – Political Statement or Business Strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn 2011 \u201c<\/span>Occupy Wall Street<\/span><\/i>\u201d held America\u2019s attention for a few weeks. According to Wikipedia, OWS was \u201ca left-wing protest movement … against economic inequality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I took this photo at Zuccotti Park before the occupation ended.\u00a0 I happened to be in New York City, so a friend and I walked through the park to talk to people.\u00a0 It was crowded with tents, sleeping bags, coolers, people and pets. A young man was stationed at the table underneath this sign, and he was offering \u201cmediation\u201d and \u201cfree empathy.\u201d He told us he wanted to promote peace, reconciliation and harmony.\u00a0 Not a terribly \u201cleft-wing\u201d agenda! Very agreeable stuff. But he expressed deep distrust of \u201ccorporations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If this young man went on to work at a business (for-profit or not-for-profit) or government agency, he probably discovered that conflict resolution strategies are built into most workplaces.\u00a0 Some form of mediation has been going on forever. But these days it is intentionally adopted by \u201ccorporations\u201d who train people to communicate better. Personal ideals and business strategies sometimes make peace, not war.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> In 2011 \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d held America\u2019s attention for a few weeks. According to Wikipedia, OWS was \u201ca left-wing protest movement … against economic inequality.\u201d I took this photo at Zuccotti Park before the occupation ended.\u00a0 I happened to be in New York City, so a friend and I walked through the park to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

In 2011 \u201c<\/span>Occupy Wall Street<\/span><\/i>\u201d held America\u2019s attention for a few weeks. According to Wikipedia, OWS was \u201ca left-wing protest movement ... against economic inequality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

I took this photo at Zuccotti Park before the occupation ended.\u00a0 I happened to be in New York City, so a friend and I walked through the park to talk to people.\u00a0 It was crowded with tents, sleeping bags, coolers, people and pets. A young man was stationed at the table underneath this sign, and he was offering \u201cmediation\u201d and \u201cfree empathy.\u201d He told us he wanted to promote peace, reconciliation and harmony.\u00a0 Not a terribly \u201cleft-wing\u201d agenda! Very agreeable stuff. But he expressed deep distrust of \u201ccorporations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

If this young man went on to work at a business (for-profit or not-for-profit) or government agency, he probably discovered that conflict resolution strategies are built into most workplaces.\u00a0 Some form of mediation has been going on forever. But these days it is intentionally adopted by \u201ccorporations\u201d who train people to communicate better. Personal ideals and business strategies sometimes make peace, not war.<\/span><\/p>

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