At a moment of heightened polarization around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the United States and elsewhere—echoing earlier tensions surrounding the #MeToo movement—organizations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. In times of uncertainty and change, building a culture of ...

Graph models have emerged as a pivotal framework in the analysis of strategic conflicts and the development of decision support systems. These models represent conflicts as networks, where nodes ...

Elizabeth Franz has been teaching PACS 4150: Mediation Skills since Fall 2024, bringing more than a decade of hands-on mediation experience into the classroom. A trained mediator, practitioner, and ...

The real workplace killer isn’t conflict. It’s the conversations that never happen. Every team has a “mild salsa” person. You know the one. They won’t touch anything spicier than ketchup, panics at ...