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'Close to home' my reality of fire in Australia by Robyn Hartley 'Close to home' my reality of fire in Australia.  I want to share with you my journey... I live in Brogo NSW. Our local communities of Cobargo and Quaama were devastated on new years eve, two among many....

Climate Change Denial and Australia's Devastating Bush Fires Denial is a psychological defence employed when an individual or group is challenged in what they believe and when that belief is central to their sense of self. But what is most intriguing is that denial is...

Academic Excellence Award 2019 winner Cameron BrooksDr Brigid Nossal presented the John F Newton Award for Academic Excellence The award for the student who has received the highest grades across the years of the degree has been named in honour of Professor John...

     Change the company cultureThoughts on the practical application of systems psychodynamic learning I have just given a speech to the graduating class of 2019 which has caused me to reflect on what I have gained from my study of psychodynamics and my association...

Reflections on my PhD journey, NIODA Graduation 2019 As well as exploring face-to-face and online ways of working, I wanted my thesis to integrate cognitive and intuitive ways of knowing. To this end, I developed an art-based systems psychodynamic method. Reflections...

Trust at work Contemporary workplaces tend to be flatter, more collaborative and more distributed and, as such, require leaders and managers to develop trusting relationships with staff and stakeholders. But how do we define trust? This article draws upon different...

Reflexivity: Learning to Reflect in-action The idea of reflecting on our experience is often associated with having the luxury of time to spend in quiet contemplation, looking back and ruminating on what was and what might have been; recollecting the forks in our road...

Together with the concepts of ‘leadership’ and ‘strategy’, ‘organisational culture’ must surely be one of the most fascinating and infuriating objects of study in organisational life. Beneath the lotus flower: discovering organisational cultures On 13 September 2019,...

Authority is the legitimate use of power. But what do we count as legitimate authority and how is such legitimacy achieved?Authority - a short enquiry The NIODA Group Relations Working Conference in November 2019 (Identity, Gender, Authority and Community at Work) has...

Trump's style of executive functioning Introduction In assessing Donald Trump as a president, it is common enough to evaluate his character in psychodynamic terms, for example, to highlight his apparent narcissism, grandiosity or impulsiveness. There is nothing wrong...