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Negotiating

Negotiating has been (is!) one of my weakest skills. This audio of a lecture on negotiating contains is a good source of tips, one of which is

“Agreements are (always) worked out in the context of relationships” ……There’s a nice story that leads to this conclusion probably helps to give this more context, so go listen.

I’m about halfway through, and already he has given me a better way to think about describing win-win situations. We tend to think of negotiations inherently about dividing up limited resources. However, many times, the real issue is about making the pie we’re fighting over bigger. That’s subtly more than a win-win situation. It’s about creating rather than dividing.

Another big takeaway is the huge importance of remaining in dialog.  We tend to think of negotiations as isolated incidents, but we frequently have to re-engage with contacts, so writing off the opposition in a negotiation or belligerance is a denial of what a small world we live in.

There are several tips at the end of the audio before Q&A from the audience.

Technorati, live web search, finds my first wordpress post :)

Here’s picture of my last post on technorati

Going to RailsConf Europe

I’m of to the Ruby on Rails Conference Europe 2007 in Berlin tomorrow, I hope to learn more about this wonderful technology there. This site is to give me some form of a online identity beyond my del.icio.us and facebook accounts.

PS, I’m also flush with happiness at finding my passport and tickets, that was not a happy hour and a half of searching

UPDATE: just added  the “official”conference tags to this post