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Time - For every purpose I have had reason recently, as perhaps many of us have had, to think about time. Tick, tock – the seconds pass. Less tick, tock nowadays; more a visual passing on the screen of a mobile electronic device. The division of time into equal parts...

. In this episode of Game of Teams with Tara Nolan, Brigid explains what is meant by Applied Systems Psychodynamics and her approach with clients and especially teams. She shared an important framework that is readily available online by The Grubb institute called the...

ILLUSTRATION: DIONNE GAIN 'An unexplored continent': What can dreams tell us about society?This article: 'An unexplored continent': What can was originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald, June 5 2020, by Felicity...

Sorry Business: A Kleinian perspective on Apology and Reparation seminar‘Sorry business’ is a term used by First Nation People’s of Australia to encompass the rituals and ceremonies associated with death and grieving. But Australia has a sorry business, left...

The authority to profess Susan Long The shorter Oxford dictionary defines a Professor as a public teacher of the highest rank in a specific faculty or branch of learning. The title designates one who is accorded the authority to profess their thoughts, understanding...

Working collaboratively during COVID-19 by Jennifer Burrows Eradication or controlled suppression of COVID-19 is the difficult choice facing Australia right now. The Weekend Australian (April 18 2020) described a project being undertaken by almost 100 researchers from...

We are all in this together – Between Basic Assumption Me and Basic Assumption Oneness ‘We are all in this together’ has become a worldwide slogan for the fight against COVID-19. The slogan attempts to unify peoples and countries by indicating that anyone can get the...

Working from home for years - tips I’ve been working from home for the last two years, at first I found it very difficult, but now I love it! Here are my tips: A little over two years ago, I started working for NIODA offering a real, dinky-di, fully accredited Master...

Understanding Socioanalytic Methods and COVID-19 In these difficult times of COVID-19, I think a note on socioanalytic methods might be helpful. The flood of information, as well as anxieties, is on the surface of the virus spread – some critical and helpful; keeping...

Is Reparative Leadership possible in 2020?  Dr Bruno Boccara considers Socio-Analytic Dialogue and its elusive quest... Is Reparative Leadership possible in 2020? by Bruno Boccara Disagreements about policies are often the consequences of deeper psychosocial issues,...