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Oct. 5, 2018

Emotional Intelligence

Mediator Alice Shikina’s human, creative approach shines in heated disputes.

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Shikina Mediation & Arbitration (Oakland)

OAKLAND — Alice Shikina used to be a play director.

She was also an English teacher in Czechoslovakia, a graphic designer and an admissions officer.

“I feel [mediation’s] so creative,” she said. “It’s not creative in an artistic sense, but it requires a ton of problem solving and thinking outside the box, which is what I tried to emphasize in my careers.”

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