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The frameworks

Conflict

Conflict mediation

Help two other people reach something neither would reach alone.

Standing between two people who are not talking well.

Connection · Application framework · No. 150

The shape

  1. Party A's perspective
  2. Party B's perspective
  3. Shared interests
  4. Options
  5. Agreement

A worked example

A
They keep changing requirements.
B
They do not respond when we ask for clarification.
Shared interest
Stable requirements.
Option
A formal requirement review before development starts.

What usually goes wrong

Taking a side quietly. A mediator who has already decided is a participant.

Mostly serves Connection, and reaches into Presence and Intent.

A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.

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