Beginning with Yes: A Review Essay On Michael Wheeler's The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World

Authors

Leonard L. Riskin, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Abstract

This Review Essay describes the book, introduces a new system for understanding models of negotiation, and uses it to explain and expand upon some of the ideas in The Art of Negotiation. Then it suggests a different title for Wheeler's book, and describes recent efforts to connect improv with negotiation and mediation training and practice. I mean to honor Wheeler's important work by extending it.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Law | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | Psychiatry and Psychology

Recommended Citation

Leonard L. Riskin, Beginning with Yes: A Review Essay On Michael Wheeler's The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World, 16 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 605 (2015).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol16/iss2/9