2013 World Seminar
Principled Negotiation Skills for Legislators
Led by Alain Paul Martin
Chief Architect, Harvard University Global System™
Mexico City, August 2-3, 2013

Dear Participant,

Much of your time during this workshop will be invested to sharpen your skills and build an ethical negotiation team. We believe learning occurs most readily when quickly applied to real-life situations you care about. Therefore, we count on your cooperation to complete the pre-readings (on soft power, authority, responsibility and accountability). I would also be grateful if you could give me an idea about your goals or expectations, and describe two issues you may have some difficulty with, e.g. working together with your staff as a team, brainstorming effectively, building trust across party lines, negotiating complex issues with your caucus or fellow legislators with whom you disagree, dealing with difficult stakeholders and enforcing parliamentry discipline. How do you usually handle the situation? Provide sufficient generic data for me to understand the situation, without disclosing private or confidential information (names, issue, location, Bill, project, national security intelligence or other privileged information). Please also view the following videos while thinking of applications to your environment.

I am looking forward to working together in a friendly and rigorous cooperative spirit.

Warmly,

Alain Paul Martin