I had a chance to read Rich Villodas’ new book Good and Beautiful and Kind, inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Tired” among other things. This is somewhat of a short book…
Tag: Reconciliation
Quick Review: Exclusion & Embrace
I finally finished Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf. I bought this in 2012 and started it, then got distracted by moving to the…
Quick Review: The Minority Experience
This is a fun review because The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities comes from a good friend and former teammate Adrian Pei. One of the tougher things about moving to Manila 6 years ago was having…
Quick Review: Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific
I have been reading Bruce E. Barnes’ Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific and found it unbelievably helpful as one who has been working in Asian contexts for the last decade…
Quick Review: Narrative Mediation – A New Approach to Conflict Resolution
I finished this week John Winslade and Gerald Monk’s Narrative Mediation: A New Approach to Conflict Resolution. This book is grounded in social constructionist theory and postmodern philosophical assumptions. I’ll share a few…
Quick Review – Re-Centering: Culture & Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice
This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
Quick Review: Negotiating the Non-Negotiable
The best of the negotiation books I’ve read this year has been Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Non-Negotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. Shapiro heads the Harvard International Negotiation Program and was…
Quick Review: Crucial Conversations
Among the negotiation books I have been going through the last month or two is Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. There’s a lot on this one out on the…
Quick Review: How to Have That Difficult Conversation
Over the last few days I had a chance to read Henry Cloud and John Townsend’s How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication. This book formerly used to be…