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Recently, I have had discussions on how I would build trust in a company and trust as a value in a not-for-profit organization. This has me reflecting on how we decide whether to trust someone, cues, feelings, evidence or a combination? Why…
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Arbitration is often accused of elitism. Elitism does not sound bad at all. It sounds proud. Arbitration courts are ideal for those who adhere to the rules, such as confidentiality, compromise, irrevocability and voluntary compliance with the award, and hearings are more…
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Arbitrators are late starters. It is hard to start out as arbitrators. At first, you must establish yourself as a barrister, solicitor, judge, academic, diplomat, businessman, politician or expert. It is only later in life that you become an arbitrator. Meanwhile, young…
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Convening a Multi-Party Family Business Mediation: Process Design for Trust Asymmetry Professional Context A multi-generational family business dispute involving three principals with divergent interests, asymmetric information access, and complete communication breakdown between two parties. One principal had managed the enterprise for two…
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What does neutrality really look like in practice?Mediation is often taught through structured frameworks. But in real disputes, mediators encounter parties who may be emotional, unpredictable, and coming from very different professional, cultural, and legal backgrounds.In this episode…
Play in page playerWhen infrastructure projects face pressure, conflicts rarely emerge from a single failure. They emerge where risk, contracts, engineering realities, and expectations collide. In this episode of The Neutral Voice, Atty. Jesusito G. Morallos, Senior Partner at Follosco Morallos…
Play in page playerNeutrality is often described as impartiality. In practice, it is far more demanding. It is a discipline of judgment, perception, and conscious restraint. In Episode 5 of The Neutral Voice, Thomas P. Valenti examines neutrality not as a…
Play in page playerNeutrality in mediation is often understood as impartiality. In practice, it requires emotional awareness, restraint, and the ability to manage tension without becoming part of it. In Episode 4 of The Neutral Voice, Lady Justice Jacqueline N. Kamau,…
Play in page playerNeutrality in mediation is often described as a principle. In international practice, it is a continuous professional discipline. In Episode 3 of The Neutral Voice, international mediator Corrado Mora reflects on how neutrality is exercised in cross-border and…
Play in page playerIn this episode of The Neutral Voice explores the hidden opportunity costs of unresolved tensions in organisations. In conversation with international arbitrator and neutral Rajesh Bisaria, this episode examines how unaddressed conflicts quietly erode leadership attention, decision-making confidence,…
Play in page playerIn this episode of The Neutral Voice, we explore why conflicts so often escalate instead of resolving, even when parties genuinely want an outcome. Our guest, Sandra Hitchcock, is a mediator and relationship practitioner with long-standing experience working…
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