{"id":6428,"date":"2020-11-13T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2024-06-03T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:16:27","slug":"design-mediation-the-almost-forgotten-style-of-mediation-according-to-edward-de-bono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inkovema.de\/en\/blog\/design-mediation-the-almost-forgotten-style-of-mediation-according-to-edward-de-bono\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing mediation. The almost forgotten mediation style according to Edward de Bono."},"content":{"rendered":"

Designing mediation.<\/h1>\n

The almost forgotten mediation style according to Edward de Bono.<\/h2>\n<\/div>

The Cognitive scientist Edward de Bono<\/strong> <\/em>did not explicitly deal with modern mediation in the 1980s, but rather with blocking and enabling schools of thought in general, which, however, are particularly evident in conflict management and have an obstructive effect. This article briefly summarises these schools of thought and then presents the elements and possible methods of a designing mediation <\/strong><\/em>before. This – conception, which is based on de Bono, supports the procedure of Mediation in and for organisations strategically and therefore future-oriented<\/strong><\/em> to the organisation. On the one hand, this means orienting the process itself towards the future and, on the other, aligning conflict management with the organisation's strategy.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/span>The strategic element of mediation in organisations (blog post)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Schools of thought in conflict<\/h2>\n

The Cognitive scientist Edward de Bono<\/b>who today is known above all for his Creativity techniques (6 thinking hats!)<\/em> is well known, presented a concept for conflict management in the 1980s in which he four different schools of thought <\/strong><\/em>in the face of a conflict and problem situation. He differentiated between the thinking or mental mode Fight <\/b>from which the Negotiation, problem solving <\/b>and the mental mode Design. <\/b><\/p>\n

He attributed a certain degree of importance to the Future orientation<\/em><\/strong> which by no means arises automatically in conflict management, but which must be consciously established and thus cultivated. For this cultivation, the Intermediary third parties<\/em> <\/strong>practically predestined.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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De Bono did not speak explicitly about modern mediation, let alone research it during his academic career. Rather, the schools of thought he formulated on conflict were generally decisive for problem and conflict management. Nevertheless, his remarks can be used to great effect in mediation.<\/p>\n

The two schools of thought - struggle and negotiation - were characterised by a Against each other <\/strong><\/em>of the parties to the conflict. The Battle, <\/i><\/b>which is being litigated, <\/i><\/b>and the Negotiation, <\/i><\/b>where haggling takes place. In both schools of thought, the parties take opposing positions and work physically or verbally to assert themselves against the other. The conflict must be dealt with and, at best, resolved by means of a zero-sum game.<\/p>\n

The other two schools of thought do not exhibit this opposition. Neither in the Solving the problem <\/i><\/b>still at the Designing a solution <\/i><\/b>the participants see and act against each other, but rather in a Together. <\/strong><\/em>Both schools of thought lead to both parties to the conflict pulling in the same direction.<\/p>\n

When solving problems that arise in the The past<\/strong><\/em> (de Bono sees the orientation of thinking towards the past as decisive. Only when designing solutions does he allow those involved to think about the future, to think in the – possibly common – The future<\/strong> seek a way out of the conflicting and awkward situation. De Bono sees successful conflict management in complex environments in the joint development of a solution, which really makes something qualitatively new possible and allows the conflict to become constructive in a future-oriented way.<\/p>\n

However, De Bono also emphasises that this thinking and acting in terms of solutions is by no means always successful or even always possible<\/strong><\/em>. There are also situations for him in which a design does not succeed and a \"solution\" has to be found by other means, often in opposition to one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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<\/i><\/span>The specifics of mediation – future-orientation (blog post)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Characteristics of design mediation<\/h2>\n

Designing a conflict resolution is much more difficult than designing a machine because People are simply unpredictable and predictable in their complexity <\/b>are. De Bono does not even want to talk about conflict resolution, but rather about a situation called conflict, which requires a creative effort from all those involved.<\/p>\n

Characteristics of design-based conflict management in mediation are<\/p>\n