Our Mission.
At CNI we are dedicated to promoting a broader shift in the way we engage with and resolve conflict. Our mission is to foster a culture of conflict resilience - one comprised of individuals and leaders who listen deeply, assert authentically, and see conflict well-managed as a way to engender creativity, inclusion, and dynamism.
Our Clients.
We work with individuals and institutions to cultivate both the sensibility and the capacity to harness differences, engage challenging conversations, promote creativity, and foster mutual gain. Our organizational clients range from Fortune 500 companies, to governmental agencies, to international nonprofits, and faith organizations. Our individual clients come from diverse backgrounds and professional facilities, and have included government officials, executives, lawyers, faith leaders, and managers.
Conflict Resilience.
The capacity to sit with very intense conflict, listen with generosity and courage, and assert your own perspective with authenticity and grace.
Finding a way to share your viewpoint so that you're maximizing the chance that it lands with your intended audience.
Our Work.
CNI’s workshops, individual & small group coaching, and organizational consulting services provide clients with the tools to negotiate optimal outcomes and engage productively with conflict. We mediate disputes and facilitate complex negotiations to help parties resolve conflict or reach agreement. And we innovate and advance conflict resilience principles through our writing, lectures, research, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Our Team.
CNI’s cross-disciplinary team is comprised of expert practitioners with backgrounds in multiple fields, including negotiation and dispute resolution, law, healthcare, and education. The team is led by Bob Bordone, formerly the Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and now a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School. Bob is the founder and former director of the Harvard Law School Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program and an internationally-recognized expert, speaker, author, coach, and teacher on negotiation, mediation, consensus-building, dialogue, and facilitation.