Creative problem solving Workshop, August 16th -Register TODAY

[Anish Paul Antony]

Are you dealing with a demanding supervisor or recalcitrant colleague? Have you experienced situations when others are taking credit for your work? Are you dealing with a pushy and competitive colleague who defocuses you from your tasks?



If YES, join this highly interactive workshop on Creative problem solving in which you will learn and practice techniques for dealing with challenging situations and people in the scientific workplace.


CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING WORKSHOP


We all have experienced an awkward feeling every time we are "forced" to have a conversation that we don't want to have because we feel frustrated, angry or even intimidated by what the other person thinks. But, what if we had the tools to become better negotiators and be able to control those feelings and turn those challenges into opportunities that would benefit us, the other person, and all our interpersonal relations in general?

After taking the Creative Problem Solving workshop, the MIT postdocs and Marie Curie fellows will learn to transform those disputes into deals so that they can move away from conflict toward collaboration.


Speaker bio: Mauricio Rojas has more than 8 years of experience giving Corporate counsel in the Private and Public sector, undertaking negotiations and leadership programs for different organizations such as the World Bank, the Oxfam and subsidiaries of international companies such as Konica-Minolta, Jincheng and the textile sector. Trained and coached privately by some of the most distinguished professors of Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Mauricio teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution methods and lectures Negotiation and Corporate Social Responsibility. He also co-chairs the non-profit Organizations: Changemakers and Cultural Diplomats.


Co-speakers: Sandra Kim, a Southern California native, has spent the past 6 years as a mental health clinician both in the US and in Europe. Prior to that, she has held positions as an art teacher, higher education administrator, youth pastor, musical theater director, voice teacher, and fitness instructor. Her specialties include working with those with Depression, General Anxiety Disorder, Suicide, and Family/Relationship issues. Sandra holds degrees from UCLA, Harvard, Columbia and Boston College. She believes that all conflicts can ultimately be resolved, given proper tools, thought, self-reflection, help and assistance from others, patience and ultimately/hopefully forgiveness.


Cristina Florea, is a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow in Biological Engineering Department in MIT and a certified mediator from 2019 Harvard's Law Mediation and Conflict management program. One important thing learned throughout her experience living in various countries (Finland, US, Romania, Slovakia) is that in order to build a communication "bridge" one must understand and respect the communication and negotiation styles of each culture. She has a great interest in mediation and conflict management and believes that greater changes can happen by staying curious, open and putting oneself in others' shoes.



Friday, August 16th, 2019, 10:30- 3pm

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