From Dystopias to Desirable Futures in Human Relations

sam_TFFriday 20 October, Transacting with the future

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

Democracy at Risk: How Group Relations Illuminates

sam_TFEvolving practice and the informed society, Wednesday 18 October

We believe group relations work is ultimately a means to transformation. In this talk we present our own experiences of using group relations in service of teaching, learning and facilitating engagement across multiple contexts and diverse populations in organisations and in society. We believe group relations work is ultimately a means to transformation. In this talk we present our own … Read More

From ‘Authority & Leadership’ to Identities & Cultures in Violent Conflict

sam_TFEvolving practice and the informed society, Wednesday 18 October

In this talk we describe a process of progression and shift in the application of Group Relations. In a personal, professional, and organisational journey, we move from an initial significant learning experience to the unique application and method of intervention in deeply ingrained and resistant residues of traumatic histories and their present impact. The integration of individual, meta-individual, group and … Read More

Virtual Simulations

sam_TFFriday 20 October, Transacting with the future

Drawing on group relations methodologies, this event took the established elements of time, task and territory and marries them together with the virtual world. Drawing on group relations methodologies, this event took the established elements of time, task and territory and marries them together with the virtual world. The event explored the dynamics and impact of the broadening boundaries of … Read More