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Break out of the same-old... 

Whether you’re starting your first job, moving to a new one, or trying to break out of the same-old, there are ways of working that can give you a big advantage

Young people
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Art and Organisation at the Institute

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

Arts & culture
Organisations
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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A new dawn for Caribbean leadership
Are you ready? We are pleased to announce that the second Group Relations Conference takes place in the Caribbean...
Group relations
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WGI Descriptor Report: 'Diving into the Women and Girls Initiative'
Community
Gender & diversity
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Locating and Positioning Ourselves as Consultants for Organisational Change
thoughts across the boundary.
Organisations
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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...
Unconscious
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
Exhibit display titled "Past, Present & Future: From the Tavistock Institute Archive." Features informational panels, framed documents, a chart, and publications. The setup is on a white wall with a white display table containing archival materials.
TIHR wins National Archive Scoping Grant!
Born Digital - kickstarting the next phase of our archive strategy.
About us
Thought pieces
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Community Matters!
About us
Thought pieces
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Leadership and People Management
'Leadership and People Management' is an ongoing professional development collaboration between King's College and TIHR.
Leadership
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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..
Leadership
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Finalist! Award from Responsible Research in Business and Management
Dr Kate Lockwood Harris’ article in Human Relations.
Organisations
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Are spiritual and religious organisations particularly prone to ethical lapses?
The challenges of humanising organisations.
Organisations
Spirituality
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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
Organisations
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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).
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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.

Young people
Coaching
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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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