ADR professionals and experienced negotiators know that food can play an important role in building rapport, establishing connection, and fostering trust between adversaries. Food is ubiquitous at family gatherings, in religious ceremonies, and at diplomatic meetings for good reason. But how can food figure in our negotiations, arbitrations, and mediations?
As Barry Goldman observes in The Science of Settlement: “Food is good. . . . . [A}s a consequence, things associated...
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