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The 80th Leicester Conference 2026

Welcome to the Leicester Conference of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, the home of experiential learning and the place to engage with what it means to be human

Conference
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Lifelong learning in Europe: what has changed since 2000?

This research tells a story of rigid learning ladders gradually giving way to flexible learning networks across the European Union
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Podcast: the dynamics of shame, with Dr Eliat Aram

Dr Eliat Aram focuses on shame in this podcast, drawing on her research and practice over the last 25 years
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LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY ROLE Exploring Organizational and Personal Transformation

This Group Relations Conference will take place at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 17 — 19 October 2024, and is convened by Caribbean Group Relations Consulting,

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Leading from the screen: the visible and invisible in remote working

This is a practice-based, professional development training programme with an international staff team. From the University of Essex on 18, 19, 20, 26 July 2024
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The fortnight that changed everything

Arriving at my first Leicester Conference, by Jean Cooper
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A production to cherish and chew on

Just imagine … coming to London each season, starting in Spring 2023. Four times, four days of intensive learning in very different ways.
A newspaper clipping titled "Cash justice on rape line" describes students' fundraising efforts for Portsmouth's Rape Crisis Line, addressing funding concerns and actions taken for financial support.
PARCS History Safe Workshop

Explore learnings from the PARCS Grows Everybody project, and how to apply them to future projects.

Other
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Ancestral meaning systems, leadership and authority

An online Group Relations Conference, 11-13 April 2024, organised by Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA)
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Team Working: How to succeed

Online course on the dynamics of effective collaboration: join any time.

Professional development
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Exploring the voice in organisations

The voice is one of our most valuable tools for communicating with one another. Groups and organisations are often influenced by the voices that can most clearly be heard.
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Spring Workshop Series — Writing with the Poetic Lens

Three online workshops to explore your work through a poetic lens

Professional development
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Bringing out the best in times of uncertainty

In this talk, Professor Georgie Parry-Crooke explores what the right hat or hats might be for collaborative evaluation roles.

Lunchtime Talks
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Evaluation: from reflective to deliberative practice?

Giorgia Iacopini explores what drives policy-making, taking us beyond the assumptions of policy work that still inform the evidence-based policy movement.

Lunchtime Talks
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Certificate in Supervision for Coaching & Consultancy 2026

A non-residential training programme in 3 modules

Professional development
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Certificate in Supervision for Coaching & Consultancy 2024

A non-residential training programme in 3 modules

Professional development
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Certificate in Supervision for Coaching & Consultancy 2023

A non-residential training programme in 3 modules

Professional development
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Deepening Creative Practice 2023
Professional development
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A Learning Hub for the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF)
The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) is working with Ipsos MORI...
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The Magenta Book

New government handbook on evaluation now includes guidelines on how to handle complexity in policy evaluation.
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The 80th Leicester Conference in 2026

The 14-day experiential learning event that provides space to reflect and contemplate, within a global cohort, how you lead and follow in your organisation, your community and your life!



3 — 16 August 2026
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Coaching, Supervision & Therapy

Coaching, supervision and therapy serve the individual, the couple, the small group or the team.

Organisational Consultancy: Working with the Dynamics
Organisational Consultancy: Working with the Dynamics

A hybrid/online series of 6 reflective seminars, for experienced consultancy practitioners focussing on advanced consultancy skills in Tavistock Institute Systems Psychodynamics.
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Certificate in Dynamics at Board Level

A certificated programme on effective board leadership: acquire insights into group dynamics, unconscious processes, and emotional intelligence.
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Food for Thought — Lunchtime Talks

We invite you to consider yourself as part of our popular Food for Thought lunchtime talk series.

Informal sessions that take place on the third Wednesday of each month, between 1 pm – 2.30 pm in our London workspace. The intention is to provide a space for debate and reflection between Tavistock staff, those who are or have been collaborating with us and other interested researchers and practitioners.
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Spring Workshop Series: Writing with the Poetic Lens

These online workshops are designed for professionals who seek new ways of writing about their work and practice.
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Reading Seminars: Organisational Consultancy & Change

Explore Systems Psychodynamics at six live, online seminars with authors Dr Mannie Sher and Dr David Lawlor with Rachel Kelly.
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