An intimate and personal conversation with Brendan’s family, both witnesses to and participants in his back stage peace making work in Northern Ireland. They saw at first hand how his relationship with the Tavistock Institute nurtured him in this work and are pleased to have this opportunity to remember and celebrate their father with colleagues and current day practitioners. An … Read More
Ambient Jam Collective
Landscapes shift, wordless stories unfold, creative choices are made, and sometimes people move through journeys in themselves and with others. Landscapes shift, wordless stories unfold, creative choices are made, and sometimes people move through journeys in themselves and with others. Ambient Jam is a multi-media dance improvisation which is uniquely sensitive to place, context and people. The improvisation is forged … Read More
Testing Times: What Did it Take to be a War Officer in WWII?
Drawing on archive materials from the time of the Tavistock Institute’s birth, this event allowed members of the public to try a range of psychological tests used by the army to select officers during the Second World War. Drawing on archive materials from the time of the Tavistock Institute’s birth, this event allowed members of the public to try a … Read More
Living Archive Conversations
This session was an informal conversation about the earlier years of the Tavistock Institute and its interaction with and impact on ‘partner’ organisations and to contribute your memories and reflections. The session reflected on how shared lived experiences and memory of where we have traveled from may add important additional material to the Archive, as well as throwing new light … Read More
Group Relations Event for the Silver Generation
A group relations event for people aged 70-years or older was held over four mornings – Tuesday 17th October to Friday 20th October 2017 – as part of Reimagining Human Relations in our Time. A group relations event for people aged 70-years or older was held over four mornings – Tuesday 17th October to Friday 20th October 2017 – as part of Reimagining Human … Read More
Digital Transformation & Leadership in Times of Industry 4.0
Its impact on humans Its impact on humans The work life and the organisational world is changing very fast. Digitisation and the industrial revolution 4.0 is accelerating these changes. The impact on organisations and humans will be immense. Some new developments are organisations and their ecosystems, digital leadership, digital and agile organisational culture, new work places, robots in factories, big … Read More
Before the Beginning and After the End
This Dialogue Event, originally created and designed by Dr Sari Mattila, drew on Gadamerian hermeneutics, Bionian concept of container-contained, Winnicottian notion of play and Buberian philosophy of dialogue, introducing new dimensions to dialogue praxis. It’s an event that has been offered in Group Relations Conferences since 2010. This Dialogue Event, originally created and designed by Dr Sari Mattila, drew on … Read More
Tavistock Poetry Reading
A strong theme among Tavistock Institute practitioners is that they don’t just explore the world through their social science identities, but they also realise the value offered by the creative arts in making sense and communicating complex societal challenges. Over the last six years poets, artists, storytellers and filmmakers have visited the P3C (Practitioner Certificate in Consulting and Change) programme … Read More
Object Relations: A Still Life Exhibition
Metalpoint drawings and prints developed from work with the TIHR archive. Metalpoint drawings and prints developed from work with the TIHR archive. Through this exhibition, which took place in the Swiss Church, I bring my ongoing research on the question of art, objects, artefacts, cultural interventions, aesthetic forms in the work of the Tavistock Institute. How they are situated in … Read More
From Dystopias to Desirable Futures in Human Relations
Visioning the steps inbetween Visioning the steps inbetween The event took participants on a compelling journey in the possible futures of human relations. It was divided into three phases. Beginning from collective dystopic images that pervade our collective imagination (through cinema, video-games, mass-media, etc.) we approached the following questions: considering human relations in 2050, what sort of world would we … Read More
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