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Edition 2027 · effective 1 January 2027
Situations
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37 situations across seven spheres of life. Search in your own words, filter by who you are, or describe it to the Engine.
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Inheritance and estate01Personal & familyMediation · FacilitationA parent has died. The family must now decide together what one person used to decide alone.Care for an ageing parent02Personal & familyFacilitation · MediationA parent needs more care. Brothers and sisters, near and far, see the same facts differently.Separation and co-parenting03Personal & familyMediation · Neutral EvaluationThe couple is ending. The parents are not. Children need a plan both can live with.Neighbour disagreement04Personal & familyMediation · Neutral EvaluationA boundary, a noise, a tree, a wall. Small things become large when you share a fence for years.Shared property05Personal & familyNeutral Evaluation · MediationSeveral people own one asset. Each has a different plan for it.Landlord and tenant06Personal & familyMediation · Neutral EvaluationRepairs, rent, deposits or a notice. Both sides want the home to work, on different terms.Team conflict07WorkplaceFacilitation · MediationA team that used to work now spends its energy on itself.Manager and employee breakdown08WorkplaceMediation · OmbudsTwo people who must work together every day no longer trust each other.A concern nobody raises09WorkplaceOmbuds · Neutral EvaluationPeople see something wrong, but do not trust the channels to say so.Change and restructuring10WorkplaceFacilitation · Mediation · ConciliationThe organisation must change. The people it changes need a voice in how.Partner exit at a professional firm11WorkplaceMediation · Expert DeterminationA partner is leaving. Clients, colleagues and capital are all in play.Shareholder deadlock12Ownership & businessNeutral Evaluation · Mediation · Neutral ChairingThe company still needs decisions. The shareholders cannot make them together.Founder conflict13Ownership & businessMediation · FacilitationThe founders built it together. Now they want different companies.Family business succession14Ownership & businessFacilitation · Neutral Evaluation · Standing NeutralThe founder will step back. The family has not agreed who steps forward.Siblings who own together15Ownership & businessNeutral Chairing · MediationBrothers and sisters inherited a company. They did not inherit a way to run it together.Joint venture under strain16Ownership & businessStanding Neutral · Mediation · Neutral EvaluationTwo partners built one venture. Their parent companies now want different things from it.Valuation and earn-out17Ownership & businessExpert Determination · Neutral Evaluation · MediationThe deal closed. The number that was supposed to settle later did not.After the acquisition18Ownership & businessFacilitation · Neutral EvaluationThe integration plan met real people. Two cultures now share one company.Board deadlock19Boards & governanceNeutral Chairing · Neutral Evaluation · FacilitationThe board is split, and the company is waiting.A director’s conflict of interest20Boards & governanceNeutral Evaluation · Neutral ChairingA director may have an interest on both sides. The board must handle it visibly well.Special committee process21Boards & governanceNeutral Chairing · Neutral EvaluationA transaction or investigation needs a process that visibly does not depend on the people involved.Founder and investor tension22Boards & governanceFacilitation · Neutral Chairing · MediationThe investors want a plan. The founder wants to run the company.Nonprofit and association governance23Boards & governanceFacilitation · Neutral Chairing · OmbudsA mission-driven organisation is divided over how to pursue its mission.A live project under strain24Projects & contractsDispute Board · Standing Neutral · Neutral EvaluationThe project must keep moving. The people delivering it have stopped trusting each other.Payment tension25Projects & contractsNeutral Evaluation · Expert DeterminationWork is done. Payment is not. The supply chain is waiting.Supplier and customer strain26Projects & contractsMediation · Neutral Evaluation · ConciliationA long supply relationship is failing on quality, price or delivery.Technical interface problem27Projects & contractsExpert Determination · Neutral Evaluation · FacilitationTwo systems, two contractors, one interface that does not work.Long-term contract friction28Projects & contractsStanding Neutral · Facilitation · Neutral EvaluationThe contract was signed for ten years. The world changed in two.Insurance coverage question29Projects & contractsNeutral Evaluation · MediationA loss happened. Whether the policy responds is now the question.A development the community disputes30Community & public lifeFacilitation · Neutral Evaluation · MediationA new road, plant or building is planned. The people who live there were not part of the plan.Public–private project interface31Community & public lifeStanding Neutral · Dispute Board · Neutral EvaluationA public authority and a private partner share a project, and different accountabilities.Multi-stakeholder policy dialogue32Community & public lifeFacilitation · Neutral Chairing · Neutral EvaluationMany interests must shape one policy. None of them trusts the others’ process.Tension within a community33Community & public lifeFacilitation · MediationA neighbourhood, faith group or community organisation is dividing.School and campus conflict34Community & public lifeMediation · Ombuds · FacilitationStudents, parents, teachers and leaders disagree, and learning suffers.Cross-border commercial strain35Cross-borderMediation · Neutral Evaluation · Arbitration · ConciliationTwo companies, two countries, two legal systems, and one contract under pressure.International distribution strain36Cross-borderMediation · Neutral Evaluation · ConciliationA distributor and a brand built a market together. Now they disagree about its future.Technology, data and AI licensing37Cross-borderExpert Determination · Neutral Evaluation · MediationCode, data or a model was licensed. Now the parties disagree about what it may be used for.
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