John Rice

Background

About John Rice

John Rice is the originator and developer of the thrilling, breakthrough WinCrafting ideas and methodology, which empower people to use their creativity to be quickly and consistently effective in the presence of conflict, instead of being chewed alive by conflict, and often having large portions of life dominated by it! WinCrafting allows people to walk away from hundreds of years of ideas which have failed the test of time, such as "win-lose," and “conflict management.” It’s a good idea to manage, say, a hotel or a restaurant, because a major goal is to keep those things around, right? A conflict? Not so much! During John’s early years as an attorney in Arizona, he became one of the first three individuals in the United States to advocate mediation as a better alternative than the adversary system. His successful results led to his being invited to speak to Arizona’s judges, to advocate mediation as a requirement before the start of adversary trials. They turned that suggestion into state law three months later, making Arizona the first State to adopt such a law in the United States. John was then named Director of a two-state region of the American Arbitration Association. after which he became Director of the International Mediation Association. In 1985, John founded The Win-Win Institute. In that role, he taught students from all over the world to be effective in the presence of conflict, in his now-renowned seminar, “How to Make a Conflict Disappear,” and also in his Mastery of Mediation course. By 2023, when John’s book, WinCrafting, was published, he had completed nearly successful WinCrafting sessions. Almost always, it takes John only 20 or 30 minutes of working with people, and they are no longer in conflict, but instead have found a way, as individuals or in partnership with one another, to come up with inspiring creations. Given the breakthrough which his work represents, John has taught at such places as annual conferences of the American Psychological Association, the American Bar Association, and the staff of the National Education Association. He has also led training programs for corporations, schools and churches. He works to share his discovery that whenever such efforts as mediations are successful, a specific set of steps has always been followed. Identifying and clarifying those steps is what led to WinCrafting. John’s hope is that people will come to understand the steps which lead to satisfaction and joy, and away from such things as the pain which attends ineffectiveness in the presence of conflict!