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Art and Organisation at the Institute

The story of our work with arts. Expanding our disciplines and customising practice.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with flames and smoke rising against a twilight sky. The Seine River reflects the illuminated cityscape and glowing cathedral, capturing a dramatic moment.

The Notre Dame Fire

Endings, beginnings; re-vision and supervision.

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WGI Descriptor Report: 'Diving into the Women and Girls Initiative'

Gender & diversity

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Locating and Positioning Ourselves as Consultants for Organisational Change

thoughts across the boundary.

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Boarding the Mother Ship

Attending the Leicester Conference. Since its formation in 1957, the Leicester Conference has continued to represent the unique contribution to our...

Group relations

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TILT and the TIHR begin their Partnership in South Africa

The first module in this 4-modular programme gets off to a flying start.

Group relations

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TIHR wins National Archive Scoping Grant!

Born Digital - kickstarting the next phase of our archive strategy.

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Community Matters!

Leadership and People Management

'Leadership and People Management' is an ongoing professional development collaboration between King's College and TIHR.

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Dynamics at Board-Level

Soft skills for effective governance. We were very excited to take part in a Board Dynamics Summit on 1 March run by ICSA The Governance Institute on our speciality subject..

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Finalist! Award from Responsible Research in Business and Management

Dr Kate Lockwood Harris’ article in Human Relations.

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Are spiritual and religious organisations particularly prone to ethical lapses?

The challenges of humanising organisations.

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Results are in! 50 winners

Congratulations! Designscapes has revealed the first 50 winners of the Open Call – each designer / creative entrepreneur will receive a €5,000 grant for the delivery of a feasibility study..

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Why evaluation capacity development matters: the British Council approach

Defining critical factors for the success of any evaluation capacity training.

Education & training

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How to evaluate – or commission an evaluation – when everything is messy

A recording of a recent CECAN webinar. Presenters: Dione Hills (The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations) and Helen Wilkinson (Risk Solutions). Chaired by Martha Bicket (University of Surrey).

Talks & presentations

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Supervision: working through the loop of shame in learning

An acronym was invented in the office recently – ITYS: I told you so.

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Working in China - a second Group Relations conference

Tavistock Institute China: Creating Learning Organisations.

Group relations

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Reflections on interpretation: a Chilean adventure

Sense-making in Chile

Group relations

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Religion: hard to talk about?

Exploring what happens as the individual and their belief system enters a wider context.

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Working with Virtual Strangers:

The Dynamics of Leading and Working in Agile Teams

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