Ken Cloke is a globally recognized mediator, dialogue facilitator, and conflict resolution systems designer with over 40 years of experience. As Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, he specializes in resolving complex disputes across sectors, including workplace, public policy, and cross-cultural dialogues. A co-founder of Mediators Beyond Borders, Ken has worked in over 25 countries and is the author of several influential books, including Mediating Dangerously, The Dance of Opposites, and his most recent work, The Magic in Mediation. He serves as an adjunct professor at institutions such as Pepperdine and USC, holds a Ph.D. from UCLA, and is a pioneer in designing preventative conflict resolution systems. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Ken has dedicated his career to advancing innovative, inclusive approaches to conflict resolution worldwide.

Some Topics Discussed Include:

• Murray Bowen’s Family Systems Theory: the tension between individualization and integration in resolving conflicts.
• The power of ubuntu
• Three types of questions to navigate disputes: which to embrace, which to avoid, and why they matter.
• Chaos, complexity, and phase shifts: why abandoning old notions of the world is key to resolving disputes.
• Transformation vs. transcendence: understanding the differences and how to achieve them.
• The single best question to ask when someone is angry.
• Three interest-based approaches to redefine democracy and politics.
• Mediating grief, loss, and dying
• What is an enemy?
• And much more!

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  Links:

• Ken Cloke's Website
• Ken Cloke's Books on Amazon
• Order Out of Chaos: Man’s New Dialogue with Nature was written by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers
• Transformative Experience written by L.A. Paul
• Mediators Beyond Borders