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‘Sorry Business’ Seminar: Dr Kate Dempsey
Sorry Business: A Kleinian perspective on Apology and Reparation seminar on 13 May 2020 in MelbourneSeminar, online from Australia via Zoom Dr Kate Dempsey (PhD) Kate Dempsey is an organisational consultant who has successfully operated her own business, Kate Dempsey...
Teamwork is Destroying Organizations
Professor Smith's most recent book is titled The Abundance-Scarcity Paradox. He is currently working on a book to be titled: Teamwork is Destroying Organizations.Teamwork is Destroying Organizations: Public Lecture, Melbourne, Australia Professor Kenwyn K Smith (PhD)...
Writing & Editorial Workshop 2020
This workshop aims to help participants become authors of their written pieces; to discover the role of author; to allow their imagination to flourish. It also looks to the fundamentals of good writing and editing. Four-day Writing & Editorial Workshop, live...
‘Close to home’ my reality of fire in Australia
'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
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 Brooks
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 culture
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
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
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
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...
Master’s Information Session
This information session aims to illuminate what you can gain from the master's course. It is also an opportunity for prospective students to meet others who might study with them.Monday 18 November in Melbourne Tuesday 19 November in Sydney Dr Wendy Harding,...
NIODA Colloquium 2019
Final year students in the Master of Leadership and Management in (Organisation Dynamics) present the outcomes of their action research.Friday 18 October The NIODA Colloquium is a forum where final year students in the Master of Leadership and Management in...
Native or Alien Seminar
9 October 2019 Katy's research, Native or Alien, has been conducted using the theory, procedures, and wisdom from the theoretical framework of system psychodynamics and creative and experiential arts inquiry. Native or Alien is designed to illuminate the social...
Beneath the lotus flower: discovering organisational cultures
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,...
Where do words come from?
4 September 2019 Where do words come from? My journey of transformation from the ‘perfect active obstetrician’ to the ’contemplative spiritual director’ who works from the place of the unknown, utilising the lenses of Wilfred Bion and Quaker...
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