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Presented at UCL Research Seminar ‘Anthropology in the Professional World’, 30 November.

It has been virtually impossible over the past month to escape the fiercely contested American presidential campaigns. Newspapers, social media, and television have all been caught up in debating what makes a good leader. Donald Trump was chosen by the people – was he the right choice? ...

Lunchtime Talk: Heather Stradling 30th November

Staff of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations are in deep shock and mourning over the untimely and sudden death of our beloved Head of Finance, John Mulryan.

Why were psychological tests used in WWII for selecting war officers? How does going through the testing...

Using materials uncovered in the Tavistock archive, join us for a series of events to recreate war period psychology recruitment methods. Test your mettle through a combination of individual and group tests, including word association, thematic apperception, and some moustaches that Henry Wellcome himself would have been jealous of. Wednesday 16 November 15.00-17.00 Thursday 24 November 19.00-21.00 Friday 2 December 19.00-21.00 In the Reading Room, Wellcome Collection ...

16th Nov: Responding to resistance to evaluation in organisations. Book now

We appear to be fascinated - or petrified - by Donald Trump...and the task of coaching flawed leaders.

Looking to support organisations or interventions to replicate?

On a blue skied Monday in July I made my way to Euston station to join Elena Carter, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relation’s (TIHR) archivist, at the Wellcome Trust. This was the first day of my short placement where I was helping to catalogue the remaining registered document series reports (SA/TIH/B/1) before they were released in early September. As an apprentice at the TIHR opportunities come in a variety of places and as a member of the archive project team it seemed appropriate that I would be able to interact with the material and learn more about how the TIHR became what I now know it to be ...

Taking up responsibility: Leading our Transformation: a Group Relations conference this December.

Six months have now passed since the launch of the archive blog and Orhun Pamuk’s tale of museums and culture still resonates as the archive project develops into a cultural piece at the heart of the Tavistock Institute’s work.

An exhibition of still life prints, drawings and paintings by Juliet Scott.

Object Relations: an exhibition of still life prints, drawings and paintings by Juliet Scott Helmsley Arts Centre, Yorkshire Tuesday 4th October to Friday 28th October 2016 This exhibition in Helmsley Arts Centre, Yorkshire will be the first iteration of work emerging in my role as artist-in-residence of the Tavistock Institute’s archive project ...

Exploring why people resist and other issues…

Online-survey in regards to the evaluation of the Adoption Support Fund

Held in the Wellcome Library, Reading Room on Wednesday 7th September 2016 Attended by facilitators from the Tavistock Institute; staff from the Wellcome Library and two participants who hadn’t attended any of the matrices but were interested to hear all about them ...