Tag: coronavirus

  • Ok, so you want to barter—but how?

    My last post sought convince you that now—in the midst of the COVID crisis—is precisely the time to barter. In brief, the point was that many people now have little choice but to barter, that barter is a better way of negotiating with family and friends, and that barter can help us both deal with…

  • Is now the time to barter?

    The crazy COVID situation has taught us many important lessons about negotiation—lessons that should make life negotiable whenever it returns to normal. But COVID also holds at least one negotiation lesson that can make life negotiable now—one that, taken seriously and implemented immediately, could help us navigate this increasingly trying time: the power of bartering…

  • Negotiation lessons from COVID-19

    Long before the virus abates, we can all see society reverting to its old ways. Be it in the increasingly strident commentary on cable news or the accelerating efforts to pin blame for a still-unfolding crisis, signs of a collective retreat into our polarized camps are apparent, as is the resurgence of the faulty assumption…