In an attempt to explain their paths to the field of conflict & communication and the ways they walk it, Max and Colleen discuss: Expectations and Obligations in Relationship Linguistic Determinism and Pat Benatar (Internal) Family Systems and SciFi Movies Negotiating with intrusive thoughts Working with military, law firms, and schools Sending symphonies into conflict zones Wargs in Game of Thrones Trauma, Shame, and Social Supportyths

If the musician plays the instrument, the negotiator plays the Self. Two crisis negotiation consigliari riff on developing real negotiation skills and making them accessible in the highest stakes arenas. Andy makes the important distinction between skillful attributes instead and the concatenation of statements. He does so while integrating blues guitar to the delight of the host.

Author of "Difficult Conversations" and "Thanks for the Feedback", Founder of Triad Consulting Group Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, Sheila Heen joins Max and Colleen on the Mindful Negotiating show.

Max and Colleen are joined by Mindful Negotiating's Director of Incident Response and former FBI hostage negotiator, Melissa Fortunato to discuss deception and lies.

Columbia University Professor, Dr. Peter Coleman joins Max and Colleen on the Mindful Negotiating Podcast to discuss Toxic Polarization and The Way Out. Dr. Peter Coleman is Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR); Co-Director, Advanced Consortium for Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4), The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Elaine Lin Hering joins Max and Colleen to discuss her new book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.

Keld Jensen discusses the Value of Trust with Colleen Tolan PhD and Max Bevilacqua

We welcome Jody Scheier MSW, LICSW, BCD, an early collaborator of Roger Fisher's in developing the Interpersonal Skills Exercise (IPS), Professor at Lesley University, gifted professor and therapist.

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.