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Clip length/Date:(27:27min - 11/23/11)
Summary: Negotiation legend William Ury joins International Dispute Negotiation host Michael McIlwrath for the first of two parts.
Listen now, because Part 2 will be here soon, on Monday, Dec. 5
In this first episode, the co-author of the essential ADR practitioners’ book, “Getting to Yes,” discusses building credibility and trust in negotiations; reducing tensions at the bargaining table, and what happened after President Carter asked him to mediate a standoff in Venezuela between millions of President Hugo Chavez’s supporters and the opposition.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:31 PM
Michael's discussion with Bill Ury reminded me why the skills of mediation are critical for our survival. We have advanced technological weaponry to destroy, but are still in the Dark Ages when faced with the "other". Decision making at the highest levels is no place for gut feelings or ideological strait jackets. This week a Republican candidate said (without realizing the irony), that she would consider using a nuclear weapon to stop Iran's nuclear program. Although JFK famously kept his cool when Kruschev challenged him during the Cuban missile crisis and also restrained his generals at the time of the Bay of Pigs, we are playing with fire to let the system run this way. None of us are bias free or without emotional baggage that unconsciously affect our decisions. The mediation process can unpack and neutralize some of that and can let the air of understanding into a one-sided view of a situation. I look forward to the second part of the discussion.
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