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Design thinking and the arts for social changeTavistock Institute staff Dr Kerstin Junge and Juliet Scott recently shared insights and findings from their current work at two symposia for Bowling Green State University’s (BGSU) Doctoral Programme in Organization Development and Change (OD&C).The...
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Redefining, reshaping and reinventing the work spaceAt our 70th Festival, I gave the keynote talk: ‘On being an orphan’ where I said:“…The Tavistock Institute’s unconscious narrative is also that of an orphan and so it has had to be abandoned at least three times in its history in order to be where ...
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The rich history of the Tavistocks.In September 1920, the Tavistock Clinic was founded and saw its first patient. Later, the Tavistock Institute was incorporated as a charitable organisation in September 1947, emerging from its early years as a social department within the Clinic, carrying out psych...
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It is undeniable that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically transformed the world in which we live.Whilst our workload has not slowed, we have had to adjust to a different way of working — moving a few of our Professional Development programmes online and carrying out the work for our research proje...
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A new programme working with the arts to deepen your relationship with organisation.“How do you
make that very fine line?”“It’s a drawing technique using metal wires called metal point and in this case, silverpoint. I start by laying down a layer of paint or ground that provides the material conditi...
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An emerging fieldFor over 70 years the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) has operated at the forefront of applying social science to organisational problems and the development of new theory and practice in pursuit of its charitable objectives - the betterment of working conditions for p...
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Introducing an Illustrated MonographThe Experience of Being 70 or Over: I am delighted to welcome and commend the publication of this Monograph by Dr Mannie Sher, describing a unique part of the Tavistock Institute’s 70th Festival last year – a Group Relations event for the silver generation: exclus...
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A dynamic exploration of consultancy and history – our new Practical SeminarThe Guardian columnist, Ian Jack, in the article (3 March 2018) Who do I blame? Eight reasons we ended up in this Brexit mess provides eight possible roots that can explain where the historical process that has led to Brexit...
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Deepening consulting practice at the Tavistock Institute.The ‘P’ in P3C stands for Practitioner and we encourage those interested in joining the programme to see their participation as a unique opportunity to develop and deepen their own consultancy practice. In this series of short articles leading...
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Notes from Festival Social Dreaming Matrices #2: Wed 18 Oct 2017Wednesday 18th October 10.30-11.45, Wellcome Collection Reading RoomHosts: Franca Fubini and Matt Gieve(NB. We changed our designation from Facilitator to Host)Context:25-30 participants present19 were dreams presentedContent:Several ke...
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A roundup of artistic interventions taking place as part of our 70th Festival.As you curate your own festival experience, you may like to see what artistic interventions you can choose from to enhance your visit. Heather Stradling has brought together the different festival events that approach the ...
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This blog is the first in a three part series about the experiences of an archivist, a historian and a social researcher in running the War Officer Selection Boards (WOSBs) in the Wellcome Library’s Reading Room last year.“And so if you think you are trainable as an officer, it is clearly your duty ...
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Hear more about our plans for the 70th anniversary festival, what to expect, the different opportunities to take part.There’s been a lot of activity going on around the festival in the last few months and we thought we would take a moment to step back and reply to some of the questions that have bee...
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On Friday 24th June, the day after the EU referendum, we held the first of a series of social dreaming events at the Wellcome Collection’s Reading Room.These social dreaming events marked the first activities of Tavistock Institute 2017 a cultural project which aims to celebrate and re-imagine the ...
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Tavistock Institute evaluates Fixperts impact.Fixperts is social innovation project/ campaign that aims to encourage design students, design professional and members of the public to engage in fixing and making in collaboration with members of the public who have a problem or need that is amenable t...
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The single most significant development of my relationship with The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations was the discovery of an area of psychological theory known as Object Relations. I don’t know when I first heard the term but it began to mean something for me when I attended a Group Relations ...
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Antonio Sama has always been interested in the relation between theory and practice and how individuals, groups and communities generate ideas from practice and how practical experiences shape ideas.
A verse of an Italian song says ‘If I can eat an idea I have done my revolution‘, the nurturing rela...
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Hannah Walsh, Operations and Communications apprentice, reflects on the process of finding herself at the Tavistock Institute.When I applied for the role as the Operations and Communications apprentice in September 2015 I remember being quite nervous about writing my covering letter as unlike other ...
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Dr Elizabeth Cory-Pearce’s talk outlined a new book project which will trace the career of Eric Miller (TIHR) to uncover a post-war ‘expansive moment’ when (some) anthropologists were directly applying their skills to understanding industrial working conditions and urban living conditions, with the ...
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Reflections on Black History MonthBlack History Month has a particular significance this year as globally the issue of race, identity and power have been part of mainstream conversation. How do we talk about difficult things without defaulting into the role of victim? How do we face ourselves, our o...