by James Dykeman | Jan 27, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
There is a difference between feedback and criticism, but for many of us, it can seem like the same thing, especially when we are not ready for nor have we asked to receive it. It becomes challenging to sift through the river of information colleagues, supervisors,...
by James Dykeman | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog, Book Review, News
In Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart, author Jim Doty tells the story of his challenging childhood spent living in poverty with parents struggling with addiction and mental health...
by James Dykeman | Oct 25, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
Review by Gary J. Friedman – In The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path, poet, author, Zen Buddhist priest, and trainer at the Center for Understanding in Conflict, Norman Fischer, explains the six perfections from Mahayana Buddhism...
by James Dykeman | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
Review by Katherine Miller Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher and William Ury, was first published in 1981 and is a classic for anyone in a negotiation, whether in the personal, professional, or legal arena. Now over 40 years...
by James Dykeman | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
Review by Natarajan Devaraj Last year, while mediating a challenging situation, I read the book My Stories of Conflict: A Kaleidoscope of Theories, Methods, and Personal Experiences by Marc Leu and Annie Meisl, which presented how different cultures viewed aspects...
by James Dykeman | Aug 4, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
By Wayne Jacobsen, Arnita Willis Taylor, and Robert L. Prater Although there have been periods of fierce and violent division throughout human history, there is a growing sense that there is no room to discuss the issues about which we differ. People now struggle to...
by Kayla Hellal | May 25, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
By Emily LadauBook review by Caitlin Meredith Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau is a practical guide to making our language, approach and practices as inclusive as possible for those with disabilities. With her wit, personal insight, and interviews with thought...
by Kayla Hellal | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog, Book Review
Book by Oliver Burkeman Review by Jennifer Sullivan One doesn’t so much read Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, as experience its clarifying power. While booksellers may shelve it alongside the self-help books intended to teach mere...
by Kayla Hellal | May 20, 2021 | Book Review, Uncategorized
Book review by Catherine Conner Cathy Park Hong defines minor feelings as “the racialized range of emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic, built from the sediments of everyday racial experience and the irritant of having one’s perception of...
by Kayla Hellal | Mar 23, 2021 | Book Review, Uncategorized
How Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley Review by Jennifer Sullivan It was only because I was midway through Amanda Ripley’s awareness-sharpening new book High Conflict that I winced when I heard President Biden’s quip about Neanderthal...
