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Ambassador Stefano Baldi was born in Città della Pieve (Italy) on April 8, 1961. He is a career diplomat in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna, 4 January 2021.
He was Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2020 and previously Training Director at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. He was Head of the Science and Technology Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.
From 2006 to 2010 he was First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Union, responsible for legal and financial aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as Relex Counsellor.
He has also served at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva and to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York in charge for disarmament affairs. He has been the first head of the Statistical Office of the Ministry from 2000 to 2002.
He has lectured in with many Italian universities (Roma La Sapienza, LUISS, Roma TRE, LUMSA, Trento, Pavia, Firenze), holding seminars and courses in international affairs, particularly in multilateral diplomacy.
His most recent researches focus on diplomatic management, Social media for International Affairs and Books written by diplomats. He is author and editor of more than 30 books. His recent publications include several books on the activities of diplomats (Diplomatici, 2018) and a book on Management for diplomats (Manuale di management per diplomatici, 2016). He has also published, both in Italian and in English, the results of a comprehensive research on books written by Italian Diplomats (Through the Diplomatic Looking Glass, Diplo, 2007). His most recent books concern a photographic research on Italian Diplomatic History.
From 2013 to 2016, he has been producer and speaker of a weekly Radio Programme on Diplomats at Radio LUISS. He has a personal website and he is responsible for the Blog on Training “Diplo Learning Corner” and for the website “Immaginario diplomatico” dedicated to historical photos of Italian diplomats.
“It always seems impossible until its done.” – Nelson Mandela
What does impossible really mean? Is anything truly impossible?
These are things that obviously aren’t impossible, but because either:
they inherit the label “impossible.”
There’s the problem. And the solution, believe it or not, isn’t all that complicated…
In the early days, the blogs (WEB LOG) were nothing but a form of a personal diary or journal available on the web. As the Internet evolved, so did the blog; making it a very powerful medium through which you could get your voice heard.
The book, Business Blog, freely downloadable at Bookboon.com, describes why blogs are an important business tool and how blogs can add value to any business in terms of branding, credibility, achieving goals for the company, driving targeted traffic to generate inbound leads and getting conversions in a very cheap and effective manner.
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In their book “Getting to Yes”, Roger Fisher and William Ury develop four principles of negotiation, which can be used effectively on almost any type of dispute.
The four principles are:
1) separate the people from the problem;
2) focus on interests rather than positions;
3) generate a variety of options before settling on an agreement;
4) insist that the agreement be based on objective criteria.
Read more on http://www.negotiations.com/book-reviews/getting-to-yes/ or http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/example/fish7513.htm
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Italian folklorists tell the story of three workers cutting stones in the hot sun. When the first was asked what he was doing, he replied, “I am chipping these stones to make them just the right size.” The second replied, “I am earning my wages.” To the same question the third replied: “I am building a cathedral.”
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Last week, it was stressed the importance of getting ready before starting a negotiation (link al post precedente). A specific tool, the Four Quadrants, was introduced in order to help negotiators think systematically and collect the right information beforehand. Today, a second tool, the Seven Elements, is introduced. For more information on these tools please check the book Beyond Machiavelli of Fisher, Kopelman, and Kupfer Schneider .
According to the authors, most of the Seven Elements “were originally introduced as a way of explaining the different components of negotiation, but subsequent experience has proven their usefulness as a preparation tool in any situation where persuasiveness may be demanded.” Therefore, before sitting at the negotiating table try and fill out as carefully as possible each of the items in the chart below.
| SEVEN ELEMENTS OF A CONFLICT SITUATION | |
| Interests |
Have the parties explicitly understood their own interests? |
| Options |
Are sufficient options being generated? |
| Legitimacy |
Have relevant precedents and other outside standards of fairness been considered? |
| Relationship |
What is the ability of the parties to work together? |
| Communication |
Is the way the parties communicate helping or interfering with their ability to deal constructively with the conflict? |
| Commitment |
Are potential commitments well-crafted? |
| Alternatives |
Does each side understand its Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement – its BATNA? |
In this TED talk, statistician Nic Marks, founder of the Centre for Well-Being at the UK think tank New Economics Foundation, paints a positive picture of the future where it could be possible to lead happier lives while preserving our planet, introducing the Happy Planet Index.
He also suggests five remarkable actions that each of us can do to improve wellbeing, based on research and studies:
– Connect
– Be Active
– Take Notice
– Keep Learning
– Give
Could this be the recipe for happier (and more productive) nations without costing the Earth?
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
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