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CBI Advises UN Leadership on Improving Policy Dialogue

The United Nations development system works globally in more than 120 countries to strengthen the capacity of government and civil society to provide health, education, economic development, nutrition

Lawrence Susskind Discusses Mediation for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Larry Susskind, CBI Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT, was featured in a December 15 Reuters article by Roberta Rampton analyzing rece

Shoring Up For Uncertain Seas: Seeking Consensus on Sea Level Rise in Coastal Communities Published December 13th, 2011 by Patrick Field
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By Patrick Field and Todd Schenk 

Building National Consensus for International Climate Change Negotiations Published November 29th, 2011 by CBI

 

 

 

 

Incorporating Mediation into City Planning and Zoning Disputes

Facilitating a Block Island Energy Forum

Block Island Energy Forum

Building to Win: A Practitioner-Author’s Reflections
Hal Movius

 

In Built to Win: Creating a World Class Negotiating Organization, Hal Movius and Larry Susskind and argue that that negotiation is not only an individual competence, but an organizational capability.

Role-Play Simulations: A Useful Roadmap for Decision Makers
David Plumb
Elizabeth Fierman
Todd Schenk

Climate change risks are an increasingly important consideration in many decisions with long-term implications, such as choices around economic development and infrastructure investment. Role-play simulations are one tool that decision-makers can use to learn how to incorporate climate change risks into short-term and long-term decision-making.
Helping Citizens Negotiate Together
Ona Ferguson
Patrick Field

When citizens are asked to serve on committees charged with addressing complex problems, what is really being asking of them? And how can we (mediators and public policy facilitators), help them?
Bringing the Tools of Consensus Building to Sustainable Heritage Management Practice
Stacie Smith

 

Over the past three and a half years, CBI has served as consultant to the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) on a GCI project to improve heritage professionals’ knowledge and skills in constructively engaging stakeholders around the sustainable management of cultural heritage places. 
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