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As the founder and CEO of the Core Solutions Group, I spend a great deal of time thinking and speaking about mediation, negotiation, conflict management, leadership and communication. I am told I should write some of these thoughts down… so, here goes…
Both the Public Service Reform and Finance and Public Administration Committees of the Scottish Parliament have made calls for views about “Pre-Budget Scrutiny for 2027-28” and the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending …
Perhaps one purpose of the Scotsman law pages is to record significant events in the life of the legal profession which might not be captured elsewhere. One such occasion was the funeral and memorial service …
Last week, I attended a showing at the EICC of a deeply shocking film entitled People’s Emergency Briefing. We have become accustomed recently to focusing on AI and national security as real and imminent threats …
The “bill for public inquiries is now running at more than £230 million.” Are costs “out of control?” I was asked this question by Michael Marra, deputy convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration …
“There are existential threats, combined with existential opportunities” “If we work together, we shall achieve and do so much more” “I fear we could drown in money and die for want of services” “We need more than football …
“But have you ever cycled across The Meadows?” In those days, cycleways had not yet been marked out in Edinburgh’s central green space and it was still forbidden to cycle there. “Yes, but…” Too late. …
On 28 and 29 May 2025, John Sturrock gave presentations at the annual IAM Conference in Gold Coast, Australia, entitled “Shifting Sands”. John’s themes were Regressing from Getting to Yes: The Return of Zero Sum? and …
In 1996, I attended Harvard’s Program on Negotiation to learn, for the first time, about interest-based negotiation. I was privileged to study under the legendary Professor Roger Fisher, co-author, along with Wiliam Ury, of Getting …
To address fully the challenges in the provision of health care and social care in Scotland, we may need a paradigm shift. In other words, a fundamental change in our way of thinking about how …
“Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears”. Surely some mistake, I thought; shouldn’t it be the other way round? Swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning-hooks? It was during Evensong at the magnificent …
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