How do you lead after the unthinkable? My guest, 9/11 survivor Judith Dawn Francis-Wertenbroch joined us to share her harrowing escape from the 102nd Floor of the World Trade Center. Co-hosted by David Faro of London Business School, this episode dives into: Coping with Trauma: Judith’s personal journey of resilience.…
Türkiye’de son yirmi yılda tahkim giderek yaygınlaştı; ancak hâlâ istenen noktada olduğunu söylemek zor. Bu bölümde, İstanbul Ticaret Odası bünyesinde faaliyet gösteren İTOTAM’ın Genel Sekreteri Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi ile bir araya geldik. Kendisine, bir tahkim ve arabuluculuk merkezinin genel sekreteri olarak İTOTAM’da bir gününün nasıl geçtiğini; ayrıca bir tahkim yargılamasının…
Last December, I was on the London Underground when an ad from the Government of Ireland caught my attention: “The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is open for applications.”I assumed it was something like a truth-and-reconciliation effort, reaching out to people abroad who had been harmed in the past.…
In this episode of WeCanFindAWay, I sit down with Raheena Lalani Dahya — a mediator based in both Canada and the UK, and co-author of a recent article (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395622406_A_Framework_for_Trauma-Informed_Mediation_A_Heart_and_Mind_Approach_to_Conflict_Resolution) on trauma-informed mediation practice. Raheena has been exploring what it means to bring a trauma-informed lens to civil mediation, and why…
In this episode of WeCanFindAWay, I sit down with Raheena Lalani Dahya — a mediator based in both Canada and the UK, and co-author of a recent article (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395622406_A_Framework_for_Trauma-Informed_Mediation_A_Heart_and_Mind_Approach_to_Conflict_Resolution) on trauma-informed mediation practice. Raheena has been exploring what it means to bring a trauma-informed lens to civil mediation, and why…
In this episode of We Can Find a Way, we reflect on a historic turning point: the dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in May 2025. The PKK’s decades-long armed struggle against Turkey claimed over 40,000 lives, leaving behind a scarred society now faced with the complex challenges of…
In this episode of We Can Find a Way, we reflect on a historic turning point: the dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in May 2025. The PKK’s decades-long armed struggle against Turkey claimed over 40,000 lives, leaving behind a scarred society now faced with the complex challenges of…
Anlaşabiliriz'in bu bölümünde konuklarım Prof. Dr. Sevtap Yokuş ve Dr. Esra Elmas ile PKK’nın kendini feshetmesi ve silahsızlanma süreci bağlamında gündeme gelmesi beklenen af konusunu ele aldık. Konuklarım, farklı ülke örneklerine değinerek, bu tür afların amaçlarını, “af” olarak adlandırılsın ya da adlandırılmasın bunların ne tür düzenlemeler içerebileceğini değerlendirdi. Aynı zamanda…
In this episode, I spoke with Manal Hamdoun Ghandour who works for a Lebanese NGO that deals with issues of the past, reconciliation and trauma sensitive peacebuilding. She explained the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war; the amnesty law; how the families of the disappeared people reacted to it and…
In this episode, I spoke with Manal Hamdoun Ghandour who works for a Lebanese NGO that deals with issues of the past, reconciliation and trauma sensitive peacebuilding. She explained the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war; the amnesty law; how the families of the disappeared people reacted to it and…
Asylum centers are ripe for conflict. Residents share crowded spaces with those they do not know or speak the same language. Often traumatized and sometimes alone, they try to navigate the asylum process. It is also difficult for the employees to try to assist the residents when they do not…
Asylum centers are ripe for conflict. Residents share crowded spaces with those they do not know or speak the same language. Often traumatized and sometimes alone, they try to navigate the asylum process. It is also difficult for the employees to try to assist the residents when they do not…
In this episode of WeCanFindAWay, I spoke with Georges Salines from France who lost his daughter Lola in the Battaclan terror attack in Paris in 2015. He explained how he got involved with Retissons du Lien, an NGO in Belgium that brought together the families of victims and perpetrators (covered…
Bolu Kartalkaya’da yaşananlar ertesi mağdur aileleri hızla bir araya geldiler, acılarını paylaştılar. Aynı zamanda adalet arayışı için yargıya yönlendirildiler. Konuğum Ulaş Karan, mağdurların yargıya yönlendirilmesinin onları yıllar sürecek bir hukuk labirentinin içine sokacağı ve bu sürecin başlı başına insanlık dışı olduğunu ifade etti. Karan, bunun sadece Türkiye’de değil başka ülkelerde…
In this episode, I am talking to two persons from Retissons du Lien (Weaving links), a group established in Belgium following the terror attacks in Brussels in 2016. The group brought together unlikely people. Those who were bereaved by or were survivors of the attacks came together with the families…
In this episode, I sat down with Zaza Johnson Elsheikh, a seasoned interfaith mediator, to delve into the complexities of mediation in the context of the Sudanese conflict. Zaza shares her personal journey into interfaith mediation, sparked by an incident of bias and misunderstanding, and explores how her unique background…
In this episode, my guest was Zaza Johnson Elsheikh, an #interfaith mediator who explained what interfaith #mediation is; the conflict in Sudan and what it means to have independent mediators/negotiators in so called #peace talks; the #humanitarian #crisis and #sexual #violence surrounding this conflict; as well as feelings like #shame…
In this episode, I spoke with John Ford who has develop a self help app called “The Empathy Set (https://www.empathyset.com/)”. We discussed with him what it means to be conflict competent; how an app can help people become conflict competent; whether the development of various apps can go beyond self…
Bu bölümde, Türkiye'deki Ombudsmanlık (Kamu Denetçiliği Kurumu)'ndaki denetçilerden birisi olan Av. Dr. Fatma Benli Yalçın ile Türkiye’de kamu denetçiliğine neden ihtiyaç olduğunu; hak aramada mahkemelerin neden yeterli olmadığını; kamu denetçiliğini tanıtmak için neler yaptıklarını; en çok hangi konularda başvuru aldıklarını ve örnek kararlarını; özellikle son dönemde yurtdışında yerine getirdikleri görevleri…
It is known that public services have been under strain in the UK and people are seeking solutions to their problems through various venues. Then, why are there so many ombudspersons while only 17% of the people know what an ombuds does? Why can this system not be reformed despite…
Life has changed considerably since we are no longer living in agrarian societies. While fertility rates are falling everywhere, people also live longer thanks to advances in medicine. What does this extended lifespan mean for people's conflicts later in life? In this episode, Sara Barnes explained the types of disputes…
Simel Sarıalioğlu, kısa bir süre önce hem kendisi hem Türkiye adına kısa bir zaman önce büyük bir başarıya imza atarak, ICC Milletlerarası Ticaret Odası Tahkim Divanı’na seçildi. Onunla ICC'ye seçilme sürecini; ICC’nin nasıl bir kurum olduğunu; ICC’de daha önce yüklendiği görevleri; bu göreve dek neler yaptığını ve hakemlik yapmak isteyen…
The war in Gaza led to many student protests in university campuses in the US and beyond. Many universities that were involved in the protests had ombudspersons for handling conflict in campuses. Yet, we did not see them getting involved and helping stakeholders. In this episode, we discussed the reasons…
Turkey's mediator role seems to have started in the Balkans in the 1990s. Thanks to its cultural affinities with the region, its military officers stationed there were asked to serve as mediators in local communities. Later, as a kin-state, this expanded to CIS countries and to its neighbors. Seen more…
