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Book launch: Timeless Lessons, by Dr Mannie Sher

Celebration of the memoir Timeless Lessons: A Psychotherapist’s Journey and Insights for His Family
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Timeless Lessons: A Psychotherapist’s Journey and Insights for His Family

Dr Mannie Sher's new book
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Measuring and Evaluating Success in the Scottish Just Transition

This world-first framework for measuring Just Transitions is already gaining traction in Scotland and beyond.
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Monographs from the Tavistock Institute

Explore the story of the Institute with Dr Eliat Aram and Dr Mannie Sher


On being an Orphan | On being 70 and Older | The Eric Miller Memorial Lecture
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The History Safe toolkit: an oral history resource

This oral history toolkit is an accessible guide to the 'sustained relational approach' for those working with people and communities.
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The Systems Psychodynamics trilogy

Three books by Dr Mannie Sher and Dr David Lawlor distilling 75 years of Tavistock practice
A book titled "Strategic Thinking, Design and the Theory of Change" by Luca Simeone, David Drabble, Nicola Morelli, and Amalia de Götzen. It's about designing impactful social interventions. The cover features abstract yellow and orange shapes.
Strategic Thinking, Design and the Theory of Change

Theory of Change is a strategic design tool to foster innovation and impact. Contributions from over 30 leading authors and co-edited by Dr David Drabble.
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Measures to tackle labour shortages: lessons for future policy

The 2023 Eurofound report finds that pay, working conditions and quality of life measures are important alongside investment in training plus holistic support for vulnerable groups.
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The Ecosystem of Group Relations: latest in our Belgirate series

Culture, Gender and Identity in Groups and Organisations, co-authored by contemporary Group Relations thinkers
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For the digital age — an Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics

This book describes this new and expanding paradigm – bringing together the social-technical and the people dimensions for the first time. 
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Dreaming Of Compassion
Archer, C (2021) ‘Dreaming Of Compassion’. In K. Waddington (ed.) Towards the Compassionate University: From Golden Thread to Global Impact. London: Routledge.
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Policy Evaluation for a complex world

Special issue of the Evaluation Journal dedicated to the work of CECAN – the Centre for Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus.
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The Magenta Book

New government handbook on evaluation now includes guidelines on how to handle complexity in policy evaluation.
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The Vocational Potential of Anthropology: Teaching Organisational Research Through Practitioner Archives
Cory Pearce. E. and Scott J., (2020).  'The Vocational Potential of Anthropology: Teaching Organisational Research Through Practitioner Archives' in  Teaching Anthropology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 10-24.
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The Experience of Being 70 or Over
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On Being an Orphan – an untold story
Cover of the book "Dynamics at Boardroom Level: A Tavistock Primer for Leaders, Coaches, and Consultants" edited by Mannie Sher, Leslie Brissett, and Tazi Lorraine Smith. It features a colorful molecular structure on a yellow surface.
Dynamics at Boardroom Level
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New ground-breaking research emerging from EmerGent

Six papers reporting the research outcomes from the EmerGent project that looks at social media use in emergencies.
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Data mining Twitter during the UK floods: Investigating the potential use of social media in emergency management
Spielhofer, T., Greenlaw, R., Markham, D., & Hahne, A. (2016, December). Data mining Twitter during the UK floods: Investigating the potential use of social media in emergency management. In Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM), 2016 3rd International Conference on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
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Social media in emergencies: A representative study on citizens’ perception in Germany
Reuter, C., Kaufhold, M. A., Spielhofer, T., & Hahne, A. S. (2017). Social media in emergencies: A representative study on citizens’ perception in Germany. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM): Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 1(2), 1-19.