“CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION, CONVERSELY, IMPLIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW.”
After 38 years of trial work, representing both Defendants and Plaintiffs, I am transitioning my practice to full time mediation. Brene’ Brown, in her book Braving the Wilderness, clarifies the difference between conflict resolution and conflict transformation. Conflict resolution suggests a return to a previous state of affairs, which connotes there may be a winner and a loser. Conflict transformation, conversely, implies the opportunity to create something new.
