Events
Connect, reflect, and learn with NIODA.
NIODA/ISPSO Symposium 2026: Holding the Turbulent World at Work
Holding the Turbulent World at Work
NIODA/ISPSO Symposium 2026: Holding the Turbulent World at Work
Holding the Turbulent World at Work
Colloquium 2026
PhD candidates and Master of Leadership and Management (Organisation Dynamics) students showcase their learning across their degree
Masters Preview Session
Meet the NIODA team and find out more about our unique Masters course
Seminar: Leadership Role Biography
This Leadership Role Biography presentation is about articulating the conceptual frame of role biography and how it has been developed to work with Leadership Teams. Experience has shown that Leadership Role Biography builds deeper understanding of each team member’s work practice which then becomes the basis for leading collaboratively as a team. Seminar participants will leave with developed understanding of how to use Leadership Role Biography in their own practice.
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DEI beyond the business case: a deeper look at inclusion in practice
What happens when Diversity, Equity and Inclusion becomes something we perform rather than something we meaningfully engage with?
Seminar: Humanity Mat
This seminar introduces the Humanity Mat as a socio-analytic and systems psychodynamic method for exploring the emotional, relational, and unconscious dimensions of encountering cultural difference. Adapted for an online environment, participants will learn about the method’s foundations and experience how positioning, association, and group dialogue can give form to what may be felt before it can be thought or spoken.
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Book Launch: Simon Western
Join NIODA for the launch of Entanglements: Weaving Our Futures, as author Dr Simon Western joins Associate Professor Brigid Nossal in conversation about leadership, psychoanalysis, and what it means to live well in a Precarious-Interdependent Age.
Master's Preview Session
Meet the NIODA team and find out more about our unique Masters course
Seminar: Social Dreaming
This seminar introduces the theory behind social dreaming and offers a 'taster' of it as a socioanalytic method. Social dreaming is concerned with dreams and their meaning for social systems—conducted in a matrix rather than a group, where members present dreams, associate and connect to them, and discover new thoughts together. The session will be conducted by Professor Susan Long, who has worked with social dreaming for over 30 years.
Seminar: Use of Drawing as a Socioanalytic Tool
This seminar explores the use of drawing as a socio-analytic tool in working with individuals and groups in organisations—giving form to experience that is often difficult to articulate, particularly the emotional and unconscious dimensions of organisational life. Participants will learn the theoretical underpinnings and applications of drawing in socio-analysis, and experience the method directly.
Connect, Reflect & Reimagine: AODA exclusive event
Engage with your peers, connect with the NIODA rebrand story (CEO, Sally Mussared), hear about course history (Professor John Newton) and updates (Master’s Course Lead, Thomas Mitchell), and join a guided discussion on today’s organisational challenges. After the event, you’ll be invited to feature in a short alumni story (video or written) — positioning yourself in the sector and helping future students understand the value of studying with NIODA.
The Theory and Practice of Critical Action Learning: An experiential workshop
The Theory and Practice of Critical Action Learning - An experiential workshop with Professor Russ Vince. The aim of the workshop is to learn about the main ideas in Critical Action Learning, their application through a tested model of practice, and the implications for the role of facilitator.