A talk by Tim Dartington.

This talk took place in February 2014 as part of the TIHR’s ‘Food for Thought’ lunchtime series.

In this fascinating talk Tim explores how may we usefully explore underlying states of mind – greed, hatred and delusion (the three ‘poisons’ in Buddhist thought) – in working with the dynamics of contemporary organisations. Tim asks what has the current interest in mindfulness to do with our consulting and research practice?

The three sets of questions at the core of the talk are:

• First, what is the current interest in mindfulness all about? what is it symptomatic of? If this is the answer to something, what do we think is the question?
• Second, more specifically, what is the application of this interest in mindfulness to our work with groups and organisations?
• And third, to reflect on the impact of a mindfulness practice on Tim’s own work with organisations, in particular the NHS at this time.

Recording of the talk

Tim Dartington (Staff, TIHR, 1970-76; Director, the Leicester Conference, 1999, 2001; and currently a Professional Partner) has a PhD on developing a systems psychodynamic approach to health and social care. See Managing Vulnerability, (Karnac, 2010).