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Dreaming of Compassion

Coreene Archer writes in this new book about the desire of a university system to implement compassion across the system...

Leadership
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Coaching for Leadership: Psychodynamic Approaches
Thinking about becoming an executive coach?
Leadership
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Using lifeworld analysis to understand people’s experience of disasters

Embracing innovative methodologies in a series of case studies for European project that aims to increase communities’ resilience to natural disasters.

Community
Environment
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Reflections on London
Our visiting Artist in Residence arrives
Arts & culture
Thought pieces
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Still time to get your application in for Deepening Creative Practice
The deadline for applications is approaching -  2nd September
Arts & culture
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Belgirate meeting: Group Relations 2021
A Selfie: Portraying our Identity, Theory & Practice
Group relations
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Preventing another serial killer?

A briefing demonstrating how women’s support services can help stop perpetrators in their tracks.

Community
Gender & diversity
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Lucian Hudson elected Chair of Board of Trustees
We welcome (back) Lucian Hudson as Chair of Trustees
Unconscious
Group relations
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Innovative methods for training young people

Unraveling the collusive dynamic of the shared unconscious belief that low-skilled individuals are beyond hope

Children & families
Education & training
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No ostriches in the sand

Working to open up our ‘Born Digital’ archive. In autumn 2014, we established our paper archive at the Wellcome Library. It holds a comprehensive record of the formation, establishment and development of TIHR over a period of 70 years...

About us
Thought pieces
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#14 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 – a year on. Notes from 17th June 2021
Children & families
Social dreaming
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#15 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from the final matrix and review 24th June 2021
Social dreaming
About us
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Why don’t we put people first?
The unthinkable and unsayable in Caribbean leadership
Group relations
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A beuy for all seasons: Joseph Beuys

'Every person is an artist – every action, a work of art'

Arts & culture
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The Institute sponsors Spring Learning Intensive
Experiential Leadership Development Program
Leadership
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#13 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 - a year on. Notes from 10th June 2021
Unconscious
Young people
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# 12 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from 3rd June 2021
Social dreaming
About us
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Digital work courses at the Tavistock Institute
Rewriting sociotechnical systems for remote teams.
Socio-technical
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# 11 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from 27 May 2021
Social dreaming
About us
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The Dione Hills Tavistock Institute and UK Evaluation Society Prize - deadline extended
In memory of Dione Hills, whose contribution to the field of evaluation has been invaluable over her 35 years at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations...
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