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Professional Development | Research and Evaluation | Consulting | Coachinghttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3mgpcbqntvk26Hello Bluesky We'd love you to sign up for our email news here: tavinstitute.org/subscribe & catch up with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tavistock-institute/?viewAsMember=true10 Mar 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpcbqntvk26https://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3ltys6ash4s2zNext week! join us online for this Lunchtime Talk on Black women in leadership, with Dr Ruth Pombi Chiraga Wednesday 23 July 2025, 1pm — 2.30pm BST Free (optional donation) Details: https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/lunchtime-talk-black-women-leadership-with-dr-ruth-pombi-chiraga #identity #leadership #research @eliataram.bsky.social @ljh0704.bsky.social15 Jul 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltys6ash4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lt4z3crjjc2lHuman-AI Systems are here to stay: What price are you willing to pay? One-night-only performance Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:30 - 21:00 BST In-person, British Computing Society, London Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../human-ai-systems-are... #AI #sociotechnical #systems https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-ai-systems-are-here-to-stay-what-price-are-you-willing-to-pay-tickets-1434166062299?msockid=3da4c354304f68e13ac9d73931b4695304 Jul 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt4z3crjjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lsj3kw6huc2iWe are so happy to be hosting Deepak Dhananjaya in London for a one-off workshop for coaches, consulting & MH practitioners. *The unconscious dynamics of oppression between practitioner and client* Mon 18 August, 10-4pm In-person Discount poss if in charity sector https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/oppression-inside-out26 Jun 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsj3kw6huc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lrfoypjpsc2kCoaches & consultants! are you developing a supervision practice? 📚 Supervision for Coaching & Consultancy 📚 🦜 Discount ➡️ 21 July https://tavinstitute.org/professional-development/certificate-in-supervision-for-coaching-consultancy Based on Tavistock systems & groups psychodynamics, complexity theory, theories of identity / difference & Gestalt psychotherapy12 Jun 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfoypjpsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lqu2qhgf5s2gNext week : ) You are invited to this free interactive session on action research theory and practice [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqu2qhgf5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lqrpkdnhgc2oBreathing the Archive: Tavistock activity day Sat 14 June 2025, 11am — 5pm Free, in-person (London) Register: https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/breathing-the-archive-tavistock-archive-study-day Explore our archive with researcher Henrietta Hale, incl work with a 1950s sulphur factory. How do those fieldnotes resonate today? Image: Heni Hale04 Jun 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrpkdnhgc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lqoycbgbak2eNew: Advanced Professional Development workshops with Deepak Dhananjaya Socio-economic & sex-related disparities inside the therapy room Single day, in-person, for mental health professionals Tues 29 July OR Mon 18 Aug #MentalHealth #ProfessionalDevelopment https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/deepak03 Jun 2025 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqoycbgbak2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lqmmkfojr22cSocial Dreaming is a method of enquiry in groups that uses the sharing of dreams in a social space to explore human experience. "The dreams shared are seen as objects existing in their own right (rather than as disguised messages from a private, psychic world)." https://tavinstitute.org/projects/social-dreaming-an-introduction02 Jun 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmmkfojr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lqf5gpfmj22iClimate change, mental health & wellbeing in Scotland: new evidence review from our research team 70% of people in Scotland are worrying about climate change Commission: @climatexchange.bsky.social Image: Ross Sneddon via @unsplash.com Report: https://www.climatexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CXC-Climate-change-mental-health-and-wellbeing-%E2%80%93-a-review-of-emerging-evidence-Sept-2024.pdf30 May 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf5gpfmj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lq7suyhgrs2aINVITATION: Lunchtime Talk with Hanne Finnestrand, Associate Prof, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Bridging theory and practice in action research Wed 11 June 2025, 1pm — 2.30pm Online How action research can revitalize democracy at work... https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/lunchtime-talk-building-democracy-at-work28 May 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7suyhgrs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lq5xdawtqc2yAre you a coach or consultant building up your supervision practice? You might like our Cert in Supervision for Coaching & Consultancy #EarlyBird Mon 2 June 🐦 Draws on ➡️ systems psychodynamics ➡️ complexity theory ➡️ theories of identity ➡️ Gestalt psychotherapy https://tavinstitute.org/professional-development/certificate-in-supervision-for-coaching-consultancy27 May 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5xdawtqc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lpjrdwoqlk2tAll welcome to this talk on Wednesday 1-2.30 pm (UK time)! this new framework is proving to be a blueprint for Just Transition monitoring. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjrdwoqlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3loxm6ziens22The archive of the Tavistock Institute is a window into the factories & meetings of rapidly changing companies in the 50s & 60s. One-off activity day on 14 June: encounter the roots of the psychologically-informed systems thinking we use today. #archive #systems https://tavinstitute.org/whats-on/breathing-the-archive-tavistock-archive-study-day12 May 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxm6ziens22https://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3loljqwyrvc2bTo understand emerging needs amongst international clients, one of our Principal Consultants Ryan Wise is offering a few free 30 min consults. Ryan says: "I'm keen to see your situation through your eyes so I'm happy to be your sounding board with no obligation". https://createsend.com/t/r-342F6521569A37A02540EF23F30FEDED07 May 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3loljqwyrvc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lo6lymlqe22qFree Discovery meeting online: Thursday 22 May 2025, 13:00 — 14:00 (BST) The #LeicesterConference: for the times when it seems impossible to think Learn more about this conference like no other. #experiential #ultimate #learning #leadership https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/discover-leicester02 May 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6lymlqe22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lnilrnt57k2xInvitation to our fresh new Bluesky friends Join our free Lunchtime Talk on the new Just Transition framework for Scotland, researched & developed by our team with Uni of Edinburgh, now gaining traction in Ireland. 21 May 1-2.30 pm (UK time) online. Register: https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/the-new-national-just-transition-framework-for-scotland23 Apr 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnilrnt57k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lmyzp7lehk2kFind a fresh approach to your work with the Tavistock certificate in Consulting and Change - aka P3C Deadline is MON 21 April (but Monday is a holiday in the UK so 10am UK time on 22 April will work fine). ***space for just 1 or 2 more, it's a small cohort*** https://www.tavinstitute.org/professional-development/practitioner-certificate-in-consulting-and-change-p3c17 Apr 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyzp7lehk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lmwz5idyhc2pWhat does digital transformation look like? (don't read on if you want images of robotic hands or strings of neon data). Better Images of AI collects and freely shares creative visions of human/AI interactions and this competition is open until 18 May... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwz5idyhc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lmw4xad2h42mIn dealing with the impossible-to-predict, do you long to release your creativity? Our Deepening Creative Practice professional development programme may be for you. It's modular, in-person, London UK. Early Bird deadline Monday 21 April https://www.tavinstitute.org/professional-development/deepening-creative-practice-with-organisations16 Apr 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmw4xad2h42mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lmhnmucrfs2hHave you heard of the Leicester Conference? This fortnight long deep dive is the ultimate learning experience: in-depth, in-person, about leadership, group dynamics and systems thinking. The team are happy to talk, if you'd like to know more https://www.tavinstitute.org/professional-development/the-leicester-conference10 Apr 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhnmucrfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lmenblq3a22nNew evaluation of innovative pain management service in Stockwell, London. We found this community-engaged programme improved patient outcomes + reduced service utilisation. Hard to replicate though: needs ambitious staff commitment + ££ https://www.tavinstitute.org/projects/chronic-pain-management-evaluation-of-an-innovative-service-for-people-with-chronic-pain09 Apr 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmenblq3a22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3llt2ax4hps2jHow do we make sense of endings in organisations? Join Dr Majken Askeland at our ONLINE Lunchtime Talk, Weds 23 April 2025, 1pm — 2.30pm Free, optional donation Dr Askeland is at AFF Norway & Saïd Business School @ox.ac.uk Link to register ⏬ https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/making-sense-of-endings-and-beginnings-in-life-and-leadership?fbclid=IwY2xjawJZ3TxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSQ8NTo3_fUfisWJ1QN_UFd81lTv6gbnqiicRvq85kZWwCF0Y2Ck6iAeBg_aem_LBrAboyHBlge3Xpv4ZWR2w02 Apr 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llt2ax4hps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lkvruwlm4k2fWe collected up our forthcoming free invitations, dates & discounts [very soon] Please have a look and drop us a line if you'd like to talk about our Professional Development programmes https://createsend.com/t/r-54314A2FBF255CB22540EF23F30FEDED21 Mar 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvruwlm4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lkvkasvcf22pDo you feel the office politics vibrating even in remote meetings? Wondering what's going on behind the screens? And the private chats 😱 NEW: Leading from the screen Learn about the visible and invisible dynamics of remote working, live over 4 days online https://www.tavinstitute.org/professional-development/leading-from-the-screen21 Mar 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvkasvcf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lkt4tipgpk2cDiscover the Leicester Conference - the home of experiential learning Meet the team: Weds 26 March online at 9 am UK time. Dr Mannie Sher will reflect on why the Leicester experience is so relevant today. New £600 discount for if you can apply by April 1st. https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/discover-leicester20 Mar 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt4tipgpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lkl63jrp2s2rOD practitioners! Researchers! join us to think about the unconscious dynamics at large in systems as we study them. Wednesday 19 March 2025, 1pm — 2.30pm (UTC) Speaker: Dr Peter Shepherd, independent OD consultant #OD #systems #ethnography #identity https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/youve-got-the-part-wanted-and-unwanted-roles-in-organisational-ethnography17 Mar 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl63jrp2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3ljibg2zlck2g#OD researchers/consultants: this Lunchtime Talk is for you! 'You’ve got the part! Wanted & unwanted roles in organisational ethnography' Dr Peter Shepherd, OD consultant & shapeshifter Wed 18 Mar 2025, 1pm — 2.30pm (UTC) #systemspsychodynamics #WilfredBion https://www.tavinstitute.org/whats-on/youve-got-the-part-wanted-and-unwanted-roles-in-organisational-ethnography03 Mar 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljibg2zlck2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tavinstitute.org/post/3lizmgct7zs2fGreat to see these opps to support the mission of @youthendowmentfund.org.uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:mkvvx2b4alyu6feuijtg7dhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizmgct7zs2f