by Brendan Schütte | Jan 31, 2019
Dialogue in the Dark is an interesting experience where visitors are facilitated and guided by visually impaired guides in absolute darkness. You experience first-hand what it is like to live for a short while in complete darkness and go about your daily chores and...
by Brendan Schütte | Aug 23, 2018
Of course, we all say there is great learning in mediation, but how much learning do we as mediators actually engage in? Dr. Cheryl Picard, a mediator in Canada took this question – “what is it that I’m actually doing?” – quite seriously, and worked with a colleague,...
by Brendan Schütte | Apr 5, 2018
In 1990, some psychology experiments conducted and reported by Jonathan Schooler and Tonya Engster-Schooler suggested that giving a verbal account of an incident tended to impair future visualisation of what was described(1). Such information questioned the sense of...
by Brendan Schütte | Oct 26, 2017
Recently we published David Santiago’s training blog which gave a Portugese perspective on this subject. This is Brendan’s very interesting viewpoint. What do people want and what do they need from mediation training ? If a trainee is going to actually...
by Brendan Schütte | Mar 17, 2017
With the publication of the Mediation Bill, 2017, Ireland moves a step closer to having a Mediation Act, pulling mediation out of the shadows and into the mainstream. The main provisions of the Bill (which can be read HERE) will be welcomed by both mediators and other...
