Today we are joined by Professor/Attorney Sam Ardery, who had no intention of becoming a mediator when he took mediation training in law school. Over 4,000 cases later, authoring a book, and holding a faculty position at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Sam shares his trademark wisdom and candor about what it takes to be a successful mediator and negotiator.

On this episode we welcome Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, the program director for Bay Path’s Master of Science in Leadership and Negotiation, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project (HNP), co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at the HNP. We discuss the Abraham Path Initiative, the negotiations surrounding it, and how this might apply to our negotiations.

In this episode we welcome FBI Special Agent Melissa Fortunato to discuss the kidnap for ransom case of a Mennonite Missionary from Ohio taken hostage by the Taliban.Get in touch with Melissa Fortunato:https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissafortunato/

Peter Hiddema consults, coaches, trains, and speaks around the world on negotiation, collaboration, conflict management, difficult conversations, and collaborative relationship management. He is Founder and Principal of Common Outlook Consulting Inc.

We invite the one and only Chanda Andrews to discuss a challenging, identity-shaking, experience in the training room, and the future of the negotiation landscape.

Joe Bubman, Founder of Urban Rural Action, talks to us about positive peace and preventing violence in the US and abroad.Previously, Joseph Bubman waS a senior peacebuilding advisor on the Peace and Conflict team at Mercy Corps. He supported the development and implementation of conflict management programs in countries such as Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Georgia, Guatemala, and Colombia. He led the development of a strategy to address the root causes of conflict in South Sudan. He also led Mercy Corps' efforts to enhance global capacity to negotiate for humanitarian access with state actors and non-state armed groups.

Of her many experiences, Attia Qureshi, Negotiation Professor, Trainer, and Consultant recounts the power of process while working with Colombian farmers entangled with the drug cartel.