Time – For every purpose

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 – seconds, minutes and hours, […]

Tara Nolan’s The Game of Teams: A Conversation with Dr. Brigid Nossal

. 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 Transforming Experience Framework. Essentially what presents as an issue on teams […]

‘An unexplored continent’: What can dreams tell us about society?

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 Lewis: https://www.smh.com.au/national/an-unexplored-continent-what-can-dreams-tell-us-about-society-20200604-p54zcs.html Many of us have had vivid dreams during this pandemic. What are we dreaming about? What subterranean zeitgeists might they reveal? And what […]

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The Authority to Profess

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 and sentiments to a public that should be willing to listen and […]

Working collaboratively during COVID-19

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 Australia’s Group of Eight universities who have been tasked by the government with analysing the consequences of the […]

We are all in this together

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 virus, that the virus knows no borders and that […]

Working from home for years tips

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 of Leadership and Management […]

Understanding Socioanalytic Methods and COVID-19

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 us connected; some not; but can we also hold onto our minds […]

Reparative Leadership in 2020

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, which in turn are displaced into the public policy sphere. The daunting challenges of our times will only be […]

‘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. We evacuated at 3 am […]

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 a state of believing A and not A at one […]