Comments on: Shameless Commerce Department http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2010/04/shameless-commerce-department/ Conflict Management Expertise from F. Peter Phillips Fri, 18 May 2012 07:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: John W. Zinsser http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/2010/04/shameless-commerce-department/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 John W. Zinsser Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:50:16 +0000 http://businessconflictmanagement.com/blog/?p=536#comment-1346 Wish I was able to join this particular session and the whole conference. This seems an especially good candidate for an "on-line" program given the content. The Crystal Ball theme is always an interesting meme as well. Almost annually, the International Ombudsman Association Annual Conference features "Mary Rowe's Crystal Ball." Many of you know Mary as the indefatigable Ombuds at MIT for more than a few years. She has created an exceptional historical record showing how Ombuds programs on college campuses, in corporations, at NGOs all over the world, and in the halls of every level of government "hear" issues first, before they emerge into the general management/national conscious. Unfortunately, the IOA conference is often scheduled at the same time as the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Meeting. This year that is again the case with the ABADRS in San Francisco and the IOA gathering in New Orleans this very week. Hope both are great successes and that this panel in particularly lends us all some clarity about where the broad field of ADR is heading. John W. Zinsser Managing Principal Pacifica Human Communications, LLC. Wish I was able to join this particular session and the whole conference.
This seems an especially good candidate for an “on-line” program given the content.

The Crystal Ball theme is always an interesting meme as well. Almost annually, the International Ombudsman Association Annual Conference features “Mary Rowe’s Crystal Ball.” Many of you know Mary as the indefatigable Ombuds at MIT for more than a few years. She has created an exceptional historical record showing how Ombuds programs on college campuses, in corporations, at NGOs all over the world, and in the halls of every level of government “hear” issues first, before they emerge into the general management/national conscious.

Unfortunately, the IOA conference is often scheduled at the same time as the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Meeting. This year that is again the case with the ABADRS in San Francisco and the IOA gathering in New Orleans this very week.

Hope both are great successes and that this panel in particularly lends us all some clarity about where the broad field of ADR is heading.

John W. Zinsser
Managing Principal
Pacifica Human Communications, LLC.

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