Obama And Boehner Call It Negotiation; The Rest Of Us Are Permitted To Laugh; Dec 4, 2012
If you're tempted to throw back your head and guffaw when you hear
the word "negotiation" linked with "Congress" and "fiscal cliff,"
please, don't hesitate. Because what you're seeing play out
publicly between congressional Republicans and Democrats and the White
House bears little resemblance to negotiation. "The game that's
being played is the same game that's been played over the past few
years — brinksmanship, and hard positional bargaining," says William
Ury, who knows negotiation when he sees it....
CAMINHO DA PAZ (THE PATH OF PEACE); Sep 21,2012
In response to the growing divide in the Middle East, William Ury, international mediator, negotiation expert and author, ventured to create a unique project which would engage people in the unifying potential of three more powerful ingredients: Story, Walking, and Hospitality. In 2004, William and a circle of co-founders formed Abraham’s Path Initiative, a project rooted at Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation.
