Winnicott seminar with Lita Crociani-Windland

Winnicott seminar with Lita Crociani-Windland

Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

WINNICOTT

seminar

with Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

 📆 5.00 – 7.00 pm Wednesday 7 May 2025 (Melbourne time)

 

WINNICOTT seminar

Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

What is life about? Thirdness: from play to cultural life

The question of what is life about is key to Winnicott’s ideas of play, creativity and cultural life. Transitional space as a concept underlies such aspects. Transitional spaces and creativity are not aimed at production yet are productive in often unexpected ways in bringing innovations. The idea of thirdness is part of this framework and can help bring about change without eliciting resistance. We will explore these concepts to arrive at how they might also apply to organisational settings.

Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Psycho-Social Studies theme leader, School of Social Science, University of the West of England

Lita Crociani-Windland is senior lecturer in Sociology and leader of Psycho-Social Studies at the University of the West of England. She is executive committee and founding member of the Association for Psychosocial Studies, British Psychoanalytic Council scholar, Faculty member of NIODA (National Institute for Organisational Dynamics Australia) and Centre for Social Dreaming director. She recently stepped back from co-chairing the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society having been in post and directed its annual conference at Rutgers University NJ since 2016. She is Associate editor, peer reviewer for several applied psychosocial journals, and national/international funders. Her research interests concern affective dynamics in the light of psychoanalytic theory and continental philosophy, Group Relations tradition and experiential learning. She has been active in the development and deployment of psychosocial methodologies (chapters in Vol 1&2 Researching Beneath the Surface) and is very experienced in psychosocial visual methods such as Visual Matrix (Manley and Roy,2017) and Social Dreaming (Lawrence, 1998; Manley, 2018).

Design of the seminar

Each seminar comprises a presentation followed by small group discussions and a plenary with opportunity for questions of the presenter.

The seminar is live interactive online via Zoom and the presentation may be recorded.

Readings will be emailed to participants one week prior to the seminar.

WINNICOTT seminar with Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

📆  Dates

5.00 to 7.00 pm Wednesday 7 May Melbourne 🇨🇰
3.00 am – 5.00 am New York Tuesday 6 May (eek!) 🇺🇸
8.00 am – 10.00 am Wednesday 7 May London 🇬🇧
3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Wednesday 7 May Singapore 🇸🇬
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Wednesday 7 May New Delhi 🇮🇳

⏰ Timezones

Calendar invites will be sent to enable a digital calender to calculate your timezone.

💷  For only

AUD $35

👩🏻‍💻 Location

Live interactive online via zoom

WINNICOTT seminar with Dr Lita Crociani-Windland

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About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

PO Box 287, Collins Street West,
Wurundjeri Melbourne  8007  Australia
+61 (0) 414 529 867
info@nioda.org.au

NIODA acknowledges the Kulin Nations, and respective Traditional Custodians of the lands we work on.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring sovereignty which has, and continues to, care for Country.
NIODA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a collective movement for a better future.

Bion seminar with Richard Morgan-Jones

Bion seminar with Richard Morgan-Jones

Richard Morgan-Jones

BION

seminar

with Richard Morgan-Jones

 📆 6.30 – 8.30 pm Wednesday 2 April 2025 (Melbourne time)

 

BION seminar

Richard Morgan-Jones

This seminar will introduce some of the background of Bion’s life from being an early migrant to boarding school away from his beloved India aged 8, to his late migration aged 70 to California. In between we can track his own unique and stoical, but honest way of dealing with trauma both early in his life, through commanding tanks in the First World War, through war officers leadership selection boards and his vision of therapeutic hospitals for traumatised soldiers.

This will lead to an exploration three phases of his life’s work:

1. Group dynamics, including his reflections on health and finance

2. Elaboration of Klein’s use of projective identification and splitting in psychoanalysis

3. His focus on the “in-between” aspect of relatedness and its transcendent and truth-filled potential for transformation.

Richard Morgan-Jones

Richard Morgan-Jones

Group Relations and Organizational Consultant, Supervising and Training Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with British Psychotherapy Foundation, Author.

Registered member of British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Distinguished member of International Society for Psychoanalytic Society of Organizations (ISPSO). Mentor of the AK RiceInstitute, member of the Organization for Promoting the Understanding of Society (OPUS). Visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, India and the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Consultant and Director of GRC Program Association for Psychoanalytic Coaching and Business Consulting (Moscow Russia) 2019-present. Director of Work Force Health: Consulting and Research. Author of the Body of the Organisation and its Health and co-editor of Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors.

Design of the seminar

Each seminar comprises a presentation followed by small group discussions and a plenary with opportunity for questions of the presenter.

The seminar is live interactive online via Zoom and the presentation may be recorded.

Readings will be emailed to participants one week prior to the seminar.

BION seminar with Richard Morgan-Jones

📆  Dates

6.30 to 8.30 pm Wednesday 2 April Melbourne 🇨🇰
3.30 am – 5.30 am New York Tuesday 1 April (eek!) 🇺🇸
8.30 am – 10.30 am Wednesday 2 April London 🇬🇧
3.30 pm – 5.30 pm Wednesday 2 April Singapore 🇸🇬
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Wednesday 2 April New Delhi 🇮🇳

⏰ Timezones

Calendar invites will be sent to enable a digital calender to calculate your timezone.

💷  For only

AUD $35

👩🏻‍💻 Location

Live interactive online via zoom

BION seminar with Richard Morgan-Jones

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Hour(s)

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Minute(s)

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Second(s)

About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

PO Box 287, Collins Street West,
Wurundjeri Melbourne  8007  Australia
+61 (0) 414 529 867
info@nioda.org.au

NIODA acknowledges the Kulin Nations, and respective Traditional Custodians of the lands we work on.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring sovereignty which has, and continues to, care for Country.
NIODA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a collective movement for a better future.

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on Educated by Tara Westover

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on Educated by Tara Westover

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on “Educated” by Tara Westover and studying Systems Psychodynamics

Helen McKelvie, Consulting Director

Helen McKelvie

Over the summer break, the highlight of my holiday reading was Tara Westover’s confronting memoir, Educated. A global bestseller published in 2018, I was late to join the millions who have been affected by her remarkable story of resilience, and deeply moving exploration of the transformative power of education. I found the unflinching account of growing up in a strict, survivalist family with no formal schooling, enduring physical danger, abuse, and neglect both hard to read and to turn away from. For me Tara’s reflections on breaking free from her father’s overpowering worldview to seek knowledge beyond her upbringing, including earning a PhD from the University of Cambridge, hold profound lessons about the nature of learning. 

Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on Educated by Tara Westover

Accepting ‘not knowing’

Educated by Tara Westover illustrates a universal truth: to learn, one must first accept not knowing. Tara’s upbringing in rural Idaho, where her father’s beliefs about religion, the medical establishment, and government dominated every aspect of family life, left little room for questioning or exploring alternative perspectives. Her path from unschooled child labourer in her father’s scrap yard to a best-selling author and historian with a PhD was driven by intellectual curiosity and determination that led Tara to confront what she didn’t know—and to embrace the uncertainty and discomfort that come with the experience of not knowing. Her story shows that the first step in acquiring knowledge is to accept the limits of one’s current understanding.

The edge of learning

In our field of systems psychodynamics Wilfred Bion’s concept of “the edge of learning” provides a valuable lens for understanding this process. Bion suggested that true learning occurs at the boundary between the known and the unknown—a space where uncertainty and discomfort are inevitable. He called for learners to adopt “negative capability,” a term he borrowed from the poet John Keats, which refers to the ability to remain curious and open in the face of ambiguity. For Bion, this is the space where new thoughts and insights can emerge. Not an easy space as it requires a willingness to tolerate the anxiety of not having immediate answers.

Systems psychodynamics education

This idea—the necessity of “not knowing”—is central to both Tara’s journey in Educated and the work we do in systems psychodynamics education. At NIODA our students are experienced professionals, managers, and consultants skilled in their different fields and accustomed to being experts, relied upon for answers and solutions. However, often it’s not having the answers that motivates their desire to learn about systems psychodynamics. Our students come to us frustrated with trying to make sense of chaos, and what seem like irrational behaviours from otherwise sensible work colleagues and clients. They have a desire to help create healthy and productive workplaces, but need help to know how. In our course we look at organisations as complex systems and explore what might lie beneath the surface to help make sense of confounding workplace dynamics and blockers to change. We encourage students to consider what might be happening at an unconscious level, both within themselves and in the systems they inhabit. This requires a willingness to step back from certainty and tolerate the ambiguity of incomplete answers on the way to finding more effective ways to collaborate and create new ways of working.

Learning through curiosity and humility

Embracing the vulnerability of ‘not knowing’ can feel profoundly unsettling. Especially for seasoned professionals taking up a student role, there can be a tendency to put pressure on themselves to ‘already know’. It requires unlearning the impulse to dismiss discomfort or uncertainty and instead approaching these feelings with curiosity. I had the experience as a student at NIODA and also as a class teacher, a new role I took up after completing the masters in 2017. It was enormously relieving coming to understand that my teaching role at NIODA is not all about having the answers and imparting them, but more about holding the space for learning to occur. I no longer panic about not knowing enough, rather lean into the uncertainty, curious and trusting that the learning happens with the students. It’s often not comfortable, but ultimately very rewarding.

The NIODA courses are academic, with plenty of reading, but so much of the learning is experiential, where what happens in the ‘here and now’ of the class and in the small group work with organisations makes the difference to understanding. A critical component of this involves paying attention to feelings and free associations that arise in the classroom and in professional settings. These often-overlooked aspects of experience can offer valuable insights into the unconscious dynamics at play. We start to see the patterns in behaviors, and understand them as defences and ways of coping with the anxieties that are inherent to the work being done. By contemplating what isn’t immediately visible or understood, students develop a deeper awareness of themselves and the systems they work within. This dual focus helps develop a more nuanced understanding of leadership, decision-making, and group dynamics. Importantly, it equips leaders and managers to approach complex challenges with humility and curiosity rather than relying on pre-existing expertise.

Courage to learn through experience

One of the key takeaways from Educated is that learning requires courage—the courage to confront what is unknown, to question deeply held beliefs, and to embrace change. Tara’s story is a testament to the transformative power of education, not just in an academic sense but in a profoundly personal and relational sense as well. Her willingness to engage with “not knowing” allowed her to redefine herself and her place in the world.

Similarly, at NIODA we support students to step into the discomfort of “not knowing,” and in doing so open the door to new possibilities, insights, and ways of being.

For those interested in exploring these ideas further, I encourage you to visit NIODA’s webpage, where you can learn more about our courses and approach to education. If you are an experienced professional seeking to uncover what’s really going on in yours or your client’s workplace, we welcome you to join us on this journey of discovery.

Helen McKelvie, Consulting Director, Academic Staff Member, PhD Candidate

February 2025

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on “Educated” by Tara Westover and studying Systems Psychodynamics

Embracing ‘not knowing’: Reflections on “Educated” by Tara Westover and studying Systems Psychodynamics

About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

PO Box 287, Collins Street West,
Wurundjeri Melbourne  8007  Australia
+61 (0) 414 529 867
info@nioda.org.au

NIODA acknowledges the Kulin Nations, and respective Traditional Custodians of the lands we work on.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring sovereignty which has, and continues to, care for Country.
NIODA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a collective movement for a better future.

Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy and Change

Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy and Change

Reading Seminars on
Organisational Consultancy & Change

Drs Mannie Sher and David Lawlor

 📆 Monthly 3 April – 11 September 

A collaboration between

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Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy and Change

Book 1: An Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics

A live interactive online series of 6 reflective text-based seminars

Are you interested in an introduction to consultancy in organisations? Join a group of practitioners to learn more about what happens between consultant/s and client organisations and expand your understanding of the philosophy, methods and techniques of consultancy.

The recently published 3 volumes on Systems Psychodynamics by Dr Mannie Sher and Dr David Lawlor form the basis for these Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy & Change.

This series of six 3-hour seminars is a unique opportunity to study the fundamental concepts of Tavistock systems psychodynamics through discussions in a group setting facilitated by the two authors.

In this first series we focus on An Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics (Vol I)
An introduction to systems psychodynamics

Reasons for joining the Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy & Change

The reflective Reading Seminars introduce both the newcomer and experienced consultant to the field of systems psychodynamics, organisational development and change. The seminars offer deep and holistic learning that focuses on principles, links and meaning, and tolerance of uncertainty. Together with the two directors, participants are active explorers, in whole and small groups.

The series provides opportunities to:

  • discuss the theory and real consultation dilemmas, examine the roles consultants are sometimes unwittingly ‘invited into’ by the client system and how to remain task-orientated (and avoid anti-task pressures) problem-solve, plan and collaborate on consultation issues and dilemmas present your consultative practice in your search for new ideas
  • expand your ability to work with issues of dynamics at micro, mesa and macro levels in organisational systems to learn and share from our collective understandings of what happens between consultant and client system, i.e. the organisational transferences
  • increase your capacity for reflection be open to the emotional experience of work discover the unconscious dynamics of debate, communications and behaviour in organisations that may help or hinder its work.

Who is this for?

The Reading Seminars are open to all. You may be working in a training and development context, you may work in human resources from which you provide change processes internally, or you may be self-employed as consultant, coach or mentor. You may be interested in learning more about system psychodynamics, or you may already be well-versed in this way of working and looking to enjoy reading the books alongside others.

Programme directors

Dr Mannie Sher

Dr Mannie Sher

Trustee; Principal Researcher & Organisational Consultant; Psychotherapist; Executive Coach Tavistock Institute of Human Relations

Dr David Lawlor

Dr David Lawlor

Professional Partner Research and Consultancy, The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.

Design, how we will work

Each series comprises 6 seminars and all seminars are held live interactive online (via Zoom). Seminars build on each other and broadly follow the same pattern:

  • Introductions
  • Present chapter/theory (whole group)
  • Break
  • Work presentation (in small groups)
  • Review (whole group)

The Reading Seminars participants are encouraged to reflect on their dreams and associations, the theories and with examples of their practice. The Reading Seminars establish both a supportive and a challenging culture

Certificate

A Tavistock Institute Certificate of Attendance at the Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy & Change can be awarded for CPD purposes.
Each cohort will be limited to 20 places.

The seminars fee is: AUD$ 1,800

Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy & Change

Drs Mannie Sher & David Lawlor

📆  Dates

Seminar 1 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 3 April Melbourne time (8.30 to 11.30 BST)
Seminar 2 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 1 May Melbourne time (9.30 to 12.30 BST)
Seminar 3 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 5 June Melbourne time (9.30 to 12.30 BST)
Seminar 4 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 3 July Melbourne time (9.30 to 12.30 BST)
Seminar 5 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 7 August Melbourne time (9.30 to 12.30 BST)
Seminar 6 – 6.30 to 9.30 pm Thursday 11 September Melbourne time (9.30 to 12.30 BST)

⏰ Timezones

Please be aware that there is a time shift to BST and another shift to AEST
The timezone you are joining from may also shift on a different date. 
Calendar invites will be sent to enable a digital calender to calculate your timezone.

💷  For only

AUD $1,800

👩🏻‍💻 Location

Live interactive online via zoom

Reading Seminars on Organisational Consultancy and Change

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About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

PO Box 287, Collins Street West,
Wurundjeri Melbourne  8007  Australia
+61 (0) 414 529 867
info@nioda.org.au

NIODA acknowledges the Kulin Nations, and respective Traditional Custodians of the lands we work on.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring sovereignty which has, and continues to, care for Country.
NIODA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a collective movement for a better future.

Colloquium 2024

Colloquium 2024

NIODA Colloquium 2024

Final year students in the Master of Leadership and Management (Organisation Dynamics) course showcase their learning from across the program and their action research projects.

NIODA Colloquium 2024

The NIODA Colloquium is a forum for the final year students in the Master of Leadership and Management (Organisation Dynamics) to present to an audience of the NIODA community. This year the students will be choosing a focus from their learning across the program and the outcomes of their recent action research projects undertaken with participating organisations. The research projects are the culmination of three years of postgraduate study for the students, carried out under NIODA staff supervision, with ethics approval, and using systems psychodynamic methodological approaches.

By joining us at the colloquium, you will have access to a showcase of student learning and some of the latest research in systems psychodynamics as well as supporting the development of candidates in the field. Attesting to the calibre of work in the program is the knowledge that many past graduates have presented their work at international conferences and had their work published in refereed journals.

There will be six live half-hour presentation and discussion sessions, you are invited to join for any session throughout the day.

NIODA Colloquium 2024 schedule

10.30 – 10.35 AM

Welcome & introduction
HELEN MCKELVIE

10.35 – 11.20 AM

BRIGID O’BRIEN
Visualising anxiety

11.25 – 12.00 AM

STEPHANIE GAYLARD
Containing leadership

12.00 – 12.40 AM

lunch break

12.45 – 1.20 PM

CARLA MARTINS
Sleeping through leadership

1.25 – 2.00 PM

JO TILKERIDIS
Making space for decoding trauma in organisations

2.00 – 2.10 PM

break

2.10 – 2.45 PM

JUSTINE MCLEOD
Navigating the career in the mind

2.50 – 3.30 PM

CHARLOTTE GREER
Masking culture

3.30 – 4.00 PM

MS HELEN MCKELVIE
Plenary

Colloquium 2024

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NIODA Colloquium 2024

Six live interactive presentation and discussion sessions

FREE!  Please register to receive the details

We invite you to attend the sessions across the day that work with your timetable.

📆  Date

Friday 25 October 2024

⏰. Time

10.30 am – 4.00 pm 🇨🇰  Melbourne
12.30 mid – 6.00 am (eek!) 🇬🇧  London
7.30 pm – 1.00 am 🇺🇸  New York
7.30 am – 1.00 pm 🇸🇬  Singapore

💷  For only

FREE!  Please register to receive details

👩🏻‍💻. Location

Onsite in Bourke Street, Melbourne &
Live interactive online via Zoom

About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

PO Box 287, Collins Street West,
Wurundjeri Melbourne  8007  Australia
+61 (0) 414 529 867
info@nioda.org.au

NIODA acknowledges the Kulin Nations, and respective Traditional Custodians of the lands we work on.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise their enduring sovereignty which has, and continues to, care for Country.
NIODA welcomes the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s invitation to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a collective movement for a better future.

The systems psychodynamics of Decolonising Minds, Workplaces and Curricula for a better future

The systems psychodynamics of Decolonising Minds, Workplaces and Curricula for a better future

The systems psychodynamics of

Decolonising Minds, Workplaces & Curricula

for a better future

The goal of NIODA’s 7th symposium The systems psychodynamics of Decolonising Minds, Workplaces and Curricula for a better future is to deepen our collective understanding of the underlying psychological and systemic forces at play in the project of decolonisation—understood as the process of addressing and dismantling oppressive and discriminatory colonial structures and mindsets.

Many people and organisations are waking up to the need for decolonisation. This symposium is about generating actionable insights for fostering inclusive and equitable work, learning and community environments. We invite leaders, managers, researchers, practitioners, activists, students and interested others to engage in a rich dialogue about the complexities involved.

Live interactive online 19, 20 & 21 November 2024

The systems psychodynamics of

Decolonising Minds, Workplaces & Curricula

for a better future

Timetable

This symposium has been designed to enable live interactive online participation in global timezones.
The fee reflects that timezone differences mean participants will not be able to attend all sessions.

🇦🇺

Melbourne Australia

Tuesday 19 November

5.00 – 7.00 pm Opening
7.30 – 9.30 pm Panel & reflections

Wednesday 20 November

8.00 – 9.00 am Social dreaming
9.00 – 11.00 am Parallel papers & reflections
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5.00 – 7.00 pm Parallel papers & reflections
7.30 – 9.30 pm Panel

Thursday 21 November

8.00 – 9.00 am Social dreaming
9.00 – 11.00 am Panel
~
5.00 – 6.30 pm Parallel papers
6.45 – 8.00 pm Gathering threads & closing reflections

Friday 22 November

8.00 – 9.00 am Social dreaming

🇸🇬

Singapore

Tuesday 19 November

2.00 – 4.00 pm Opening
4.30 – 6.30 pm Panel & reflections

Wednesday 20 November

5.00 – 6.00 am Social dreaming
6.00 – 8.00 am Parallel papers & reflections
~
2.00 – 4.00 pm Parallel papers & reflections
4.30 – 6.30 pm Panel

Thursday 21 November

5.00 – 6.00 am Social dreaming
6.00 – 8.00 am Panel
~
2.00 – 3.30 pm Parallel papers
3.45 – 5.00 pm Gathering threads & closing reflections

Friday 22 November

5.00 – 6.00 am Social dreaming

🇮🇳

New Delhi India

Tuesday 19 November

11.30 am – 1.30 pm Opening
2.00 – 4.40 pm Panel & reflections

Wednesday 20 November

2.30 – 3.30 am Social dreaming
4.00 – 6.00 am Parallel papers & reflections
~
11.30 am – 1.30 pm Parallel papers & reflections
2.00 – 4.00 pm Panel

Thursday 21 November

2.30 – 3.30 am Social dreaming
4.00 – 6.00 am Panel
~
11.30 am – 1.00 pm Parallel papers
12.45 – 2.30 pm Gathering threads & closing reflections

Friday 22 November

2.30 – 3.30 am Social dreaming

🇺🇸

 New York USA

Tuesday 19 NOVember

1.00 – 3.00 am Opening
3.30 – 5.30 am Panel & reflections
~
4.00 – 5.00 pm Social dreaming
5.00 – 7.00 pm Parallel papers & reflections

Wednesday 20 NOVember

1.00 – 3.00 am Parallel papers & reflections
3.30 – 5.30 am Panel
~
4.00 – 5.00 pm Social dreaming
5.00 – 7.00 pm Panel

Thursday 21 November

1.00 – 2.30 am Parallel papers
2.15 – 4.00 am Gathering threads & closing reflections

Friday 22 November

1.00 – 3.00 am Social dreaming

🇬🇧

London UK

Tuesday 19 NOVember

6.00 – 8.00 am Opening
8.30 – 10.30 am Panel & reflections
~
9.00 pm – 10.00 pm Social dreaming
10.00 pm – 12.00 am Parallel papers & reflections

Wednesday 20 NOVember

6.00 – 8.00 am Parallel papers & reflections
8.30 – 10.30 am Panel
~
9.00 – 10.00 pm Social Dreaming
10.00 pm – 12.00 am Panel

Thursday 21 November

6.00 – 7.30 am Parallel papers
7.45 – 9.00 am Gathering threads & closing reflections
~
9.00 – 10.00 pm Social dreaming

Program Schedule

🔖 PRESENTATION

Opening

📆  DATE

Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

5.00 - 7.00 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Sarai Roe

SARAI ROE

Dr Brigid Nossal

DR BRIGID NOSSAL

An Opening Yarn: Exploring Connection with Place

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🔖 PRESENTATION

Panel

📆  DATE

Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

7.30 - 9.30 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Professor Ageet Mathur

PROF AJEET MATHUR

Professor Peliwe Mnguni

PROF PELIWE MNGUNI

Fan Yang

MS FAN YANG

Panel discussion

 

This session is moderated by Dr Cath McKinney.

🔖 PRESENTATION

Social dreaming

📆  DATE

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

8.00 - 9.00 am

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Kristina Karlsson

KRISTINA KARLSSON

Thomas Mitchell

THOMAS MITCHELL

Social dreaming

Social Dreaming is sharing dreams, and associations to those dreams, with fellow participants in order to make connections, amplify themes, think systemically and generate new thoughts. The idea is that shared dreams are reflective of something alive in the context / culture of the day but that may not be in conscious awareness. The practice of social dreaming offers participants an opportunity to explore thoughts, experiences, and society in ways they may not have encountered previously.
A series of three social dreaming matrices will contribute to the symposium goal of deepening our collective understanding of the underlying psychological and systemic forces at play in the project of decolonisation. The final matrix is the morning after the symposium’s closing sessions, offering participants an opportunity to dream and reflect on the overall symposium experience.
We look forward to dreaming, associating, and reflecting with you.

🔖 PRESENTATION

Paper (parallel)

📆  DATE

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

9.00 - 11.00 am

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Joanna Campbell

JOANNA CAMPBELL

He Awa Whiria - weaving socioanalytic and Māori knowledge systems in PhD research

Alice Feng and Dr Anita Tan

ALICE FENG & DR ANITA TAN

Jumping into the Messiness: Decolonising Allyship through Intersectional Reflexivity

Drs Janelle Joseph, Tanya Lewis and Barbara Williams

DRS JANELLE JOSEPH, TANYA LEWIS & BARBARA WILLIAMS

Our Bodies Are in the Room: Lessons from A Decolonial Embodied Approach to Leadership Pedagogy for Social Justice Leaders

🔖 PRESENTATION

Paper (parallel)

📆  DATE

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

5.00 - 7.00 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Dr Leslie Brissett<br />

DR LESLIE BRISSETT

At War against Nature - The Iceman Legacy

Alicia Kaufmann

DR ALICIA KAUFMANN

Enough is enough: from humiliation to empowerment: the case of spanish sports women

The fundamental methods in psychoanalytic and socioanalytic research

PROF SUSAN LONG

Decolonising Nature: Consciousness and Unconsciousness beyond the human

Prof Julian Manly and Dr Neo Pule

PROF JULIAN MANLEY & DR NEO PULE

Decolonising the Mind and Higher Education: Exploring Decolonisation through Social Dreaming in South Africa and the UK

🔖 PRESENTATION

Panel

📆  DATE

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

7.30 - 9.30 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Dr Jennie McShannon

JENNIE MCSHANNON

Dr Rebecca Nestor<br />

DR REBECCA NESTOR

Dr Kay Trainor

DR KAY TRAINOR

What we love is part of the problem.

Capitalism, our addiction to fossil fuels, and sacred activism

This session is moderated by Dr Brigid Nossal.

🔖 PRESENTATION

Social dreaming

📆  DATE

Thursday 21 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

8.00 - 9.00 am

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Kristina Karlsson

KRISTINA KARLSSON

Thomas Mitchell

THOMAS MITCHELL

Social dreaming

Social Dreaming is sharing dreams, and associations to those dreams, with fellow participants in order to make connections, amplify themes, think systemically and generate new thoughts. The idea is that shared dreams are reflective of something alive in the context / culture of the day but that may not be in conscious awareness. The practice of social dreaming offers participants an opportunity to explore thoughts, experiences, and society in ways they may not have encountered previously.
A series of three social dreaming matrices will contribute to the symposium goal of deepening our collective understanding of the underlying psychological and systemic forces at play in the project of decolonisation. The final matrix is the morning after the symposium’s closing sessions, offering participants an opportunity to dream and reflect on the overall symposium experience.
We look forward to dreaming, associating, and reflecting with you.

🔖 PRESENTATION

Panel

📆  DATE

Thursday 21 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

9.00 - 11.00 am

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Michael Hercock

MICHAEL HERCOCK

Pastor Ray Minniecon

PASTOR RAY MINNIECON

Professor Kenwyn Smith

PROFESSOR KENWYN SMITH

Panel Discussion

 

This session is moderated by Thomas Mitchell

🔖 PRESENTATION

Paper (parallel)

📆  DATE

Thursday 21 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

5.00 - 6.30 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Ajoy Datta<br />

AJOY DATTA

Perfection, positivity and the elimination of difference: consulting, leading and diversity in the global development sector

Gwen Hanrahan and Vartika Jaini

GWEN HANRAHAN & VARTIKA JAINI

An exploration of dynamics, resistances and challenges when aspirations of decolonisation inhabit the work

Charlotte Williams

CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS

The Politics of Difference: Uses and Abuses

🔖 PRESENTATION

Closing reflections

📆  DATE

Thursday 21 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

6.45 – 8.00 pm

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Dr Brigid Nossal

DR BRIGID NOSSAL

Helen McKelvie

HELEN MCKELVIE

Thomas Mitchell

THOMAS MITCHELL

Sally Mussared

SALLY MUSSARED

Gathering threads and closing reflections

Reflective practice in action with each member of the symposium committee raises the highlight of the symposium for them, then small group discussions to discuss highlights of the symposium and what was gained from the papers and presentations attended. Followed by gathering threads discussion together.

🔖 PRESENTATION

Social dreaming

📆  DATE

Friday 22 Nov 2024

⏰  MELBOURNE TIME

8.00 - 9.00 am

⏰  LOCAL START TIME

time start

Kristina Karlsson

KRISTINA KARLSSON

Thomas Mitchell

THOMAS MITCHELL

The systems psychodynamics of Decolonising Minds, Workplaces and Curricula for a better future

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The systems psychodynamics of

Decolonising Minds, Workplaces & Curricula

for a better future

📆  DateS

Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 November 2024

⏰. Session Times

5 pm, 7.30 pm, 8 am, & 9 am 🇨🇰  Melbourne
6 am, 8.30 am, 9 pm, & 10 pm 🇬🇧  London
1 am, 3.30 am, 4 pm & 5 pm 🇺🇸  New York
2 pm, 4.30 pm, 5 am & 6 am 🇸🇬  Singapore
11.30 am, 2 pm, 2.30 am & 4 am 🇮🇳  New Delhi

💷  For only

AUD $250 including; panel explorations, parallel paper discussions,
social dreaming sessions, gathering threads and reflections.

This symposium has been designed to enable live interactive online participation in global timezones. The fee reflects that timezone differences mean participants will not be able to attend all sessions.

👩🏻‍💻. Location

Live interactive online sessions via Zoom

About NIODA

The National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia (NIODA) offers internationally renowned post-graduate education and research in organisation dynamics, and decades of experience consulting with Australian organisations. 

The study of organisation dynamics brings together socio-technical and psychoanalytic disciplines to explore the unconscious dynamics that exist in every group, team or organisation. Learning more about these theories, and reflecting on the experience of them, can support leaders and managers to unlock great potential in their organisations, tackling issues through a whole new light.

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Melbourne  8007  Australia
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info@nioda.org.au

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