by Paul Sandford | Jan 19, 2021
Contact us Blogs such as those published by ASM Plus invariably and quite rightly describe mediation as timely and cost effective. Such pieces also refer to the facilitative nature of mediation but what do we as mediators mean by facilitation? All sorts of people...
by Paul Sandford | Dec 28, 2020
Contact us I might alternatively have entitled this blog “to what extent do ASM Plus mediators keep people happy?” I thought that a light hearted end of year piece identifying what a thoughtful, accomplished restauranteur and an ASM Plus mediator have in common would...
by Paul Sandford | Dec 12, 2020
Contact us By Paul Sandford and Russ Shackleton of ASM Plus It is well known that moving home can be one of the most emotionally challenging and stressful times in anyone’s life, and it may be just getting even more challenging. If you are in the process of purchasing...
by Paul Sandford | Dec 7, 2020
Contact us Civil mediation from ASM Plus – “How to fix America” in one not necessarily easy lesson by Paul Sandford, director, ASM Plus. In the New York Times briefing published on 4th December I noted an article entitled “How to fix America” (1) The article...
by Paul Sandford | Dec 1, 2020
Contact us Albert Einstein famously said, “You can’t solve problems using the same thinking we used when we created them” and “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got”. How often do you hear of people claiming to think outside the...
by Paul Sandford | Nov 6, 2020
Contact us Whilst recently browsing through an old cookbook (1) I chanced upon a particular “recipe”, a herbal remedy for treating grey hair and turning it brown. “All” one has to do is the following: Put a teaspoonful of loose tea and a teaspoonful of dried sage in a...