| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| Dispute Resolution |
Say you're seated in a meeting with your peers. A dispute arises that is not easily resolved. The problem needs resolution quick, but you are deeply entrenched for your cause. Horns are locked and no one will give an inch. What do you do?
I say you do the same thing you did in third grade. Remember making decisions quickly? When recess is only 20 minutes, you need to pick teams and get on with the game. So you circled the recruits and you started, "Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish, how many pieces do you wish." Or how about "One potato, two potato"? Also remember how few disputed the results. How can you? It's basic management and negotiation technique.
The boardroom dispute would easily be resolved like this:
Inky binky bonkey
Daddy had a donkey
Donkey died
Daddy cried
Inky binky bonkey
The person whose hand gets the "-key" of the last "bonkey" is out. Dispute resolved. |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 2:02 PM   |
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Priceless!