Webinars
When Progress Stops: Navigating Impasse in Conflict Resolution
July 24 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDTFree Virtual CUC Meet and Greet
July 31 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
Online
Support and Development Group
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 am - January 8, 2026 at 5:00 pm PDTIntroduction to Understanding Workplace Conflict (SHRM and HRCI)
September 12 at 9:00 am - 1:30 pm PDTMediation Lab: From Training to Practice
October 3 at 8:00 am - October 4 at 4:00 pm PDTSeries – Navigating Difficult Conversations
October 9 at 12:00 pm - October 23 at 2:00 pm PDT
West Coast
40-Hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Skills Training (West Coast)
November 5 - November 940-Hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Skills Training (West Coast)
March 4, 2026 - March 8, 202640-Hour Mediation and Conflict Resolution Skills Training (West Coast)
November 4, 2026 - November 8, 2026
East Coast
International
2026 SCPI Retreat: Conflict and Compassion (MEXICO)
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm - January 31, 2026 at 11:00 am PST
The Other Chair Podcast
Community Video for July
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Featured Articles
Embodied Conflict: The Neural Basis of Conflict and Communication by Tim Hicks
Tim Hicks’ Embodied Conflict offers a compelling and timely lens into how our brains and bodies participate in, perpetuate, and potentially release us from conflict. For anyone practicing or studying the understanding-based approach to conflict resolution, this book...
The Power of Understanding Can Help Heal Our Divides
There was a time when the very idea of people in conflict sitting down together—not to argue, not to convince, but to truly understand one another—felt almost impossible. When Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein introduced what became known as the Understanding-Based...
Start with No by Jim Camp
Jim Camp’s Start with No takes a hard-edged, tactical approach to negotiation—one that might work in high-stakes business deals but feels worlds apart from how understanding-based mediators and conflict professionals approach conflict. Camp’s philosophy is built...
