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The ‘work group’: Redressing the balance in Bion’s Experiences in Groups by Ross Williams
As a leader, you may find it useful to consider how the primary tasks of your own organisation are connected to dependent, fight, flight, or pairing relations. Bion’s theory of basic assumption groups, as he presents it, is essentially a theory of group-based...
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
NIODA EVENTS NIODA have a number of seminars and workshops coming up over the next few months. NIODA Group Relations Working Conference 2023Authority, Role, and Distributed Leadership in the Hybrid Workplace: the challenge of transforming experienceHybrid – onsite...
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
AAGP Sydney Large Group The freedom to speak and the freedom not to speak can cancel dialogue. Or, it can be a bridge to encountering the other, to learning, and to knowing our minds.We invite you to the Sydney Large Group, which has continued meeting for 9 years. It...
Vale Burkard Sievers
It is with sadness that I write these few words after the passing of a dear friend and colleague, Burkard Sievers. He was a past president and distinguished member of ISPSO and was Professor Emeritus with a chair in Organisational development at the University...
Group Relations & other meditations – Dr Carlos Sapochnik book launch
You are warmly invited to an online launch of ‘Group Relations and other Meditations’ by Dr Carlos Sapochnik, presented in conversation with Julian Lousada. This book examines the Tavistock tradition of using group relations conferences as temporary training...
Consultants’ Peer Learning Network – A blog: A successful and exciting member initiative
Since 23rd March 2021 five participants and two convenors - who identify in their work as consultants to other organisations - have met on Zoom every 3 weeks for 2 hours to share, to challenge and support, and to learn. The group quickly established itself as a work...
Online Conference from Group Relations India: Interrogating Narcissism – Towards Leadership for the System.
Group Relations India is hosting their 13th annual conference. This conference will be held online. 'Interrogating Narcissism – Towards Leadership for the System' The key ideas in the Group Relations framework – unconscious, task, role, individual in the group,...
ISPSO Online Conference: The Walls Within – Working with Defenses against Otherness
The next ISPSO Online Conference is now open for registrations.'The Walls Within - Working with Defenses against Otherness' During the corona pandemic, walls – also in terms of isolation and self-distance – have proven to be an effective protection against infection....
Disembodied Relations at Work – Conference Director’s Report
A summary report for the recent GRA Conference Disembodied Relations at Work - Exploring the Dynamics of Working Online During a Pandemic has been compiled by Conference Director Jinette de Gooijer. This conference was held online between the 16th February - 17th...
