The Things We Have in Common
In a mediation, key moments of progress often happen when the parties discover they actually have some things in common -- say two business people find that they have a shared hobby or two contesting neighbors discover that they both have had to navigate the challenges of a child with developmental issues. Why is this? What is it about finding something in common with the person we are fighting that begins to break down the wall that divides us? It's not only in outright dis
