my investment in i.gandel, page-9

metal:

Your belief: "He will not negotiate. It will be decided by the Courts(M&D C) imo"

You could be right - but why I hope you're not was best expressed in a WA govt brief I read this afternoon. It was written for small business but applies equally, if not even more so, to big business.

"The difference between a court resolved dispute and a mediated settlement can be summarised as follows ..

"A court finds in favour of one party against the other, who can be described as the LOSER. In a mediated settlement it is entirely possible for there to be two WINNERS who, because of the skill of the mediator, may be able to continue in the business relationship often on even better terms than those which existed before the dispute arose." (end of copy)

Those other imperatives of "face" that apply in many cultures would also apply in our battle of the titans. A resolution wherein no one loses face must surely be the win-win we need for shareholders and egos alike. ..

Perhaps we could also learn something from that other famous BB court case that is still ongoing I believe (copied from a foe website :-)

""An appeal by Oceanic is continuing.

One man who will speak about Blue is Geoff McKee, a petroleum engineer whom Blue hired to work on the Timor Gap bid. McKee remembers Blue as a charming dinner companion and a warm father to his two sons – both now in business with him – and as a genius.

"If Alkatiri had gone with Blue they [East Timor] would have an LPG plant with a pipeline to Australia up and running by now."

McKee believes that Blue's dogged pursuit of the lawsuit was driven in part by Alkatiri's refusal to meet him. "He is used to powerful people taking his calls," McKee says."" (end of copy)

Anyway .. Just my Friday evening musings on the importance of saving face and the benefits of mediation and negotiation over the adversarial court system ..