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24.01.2022 Just a note confirming that the Members’ day is Nov 9th and not Oct 26th as appears in the newsletter.

24.01.2022 Although a longer video (21 minutes) it is worth watching given the relevance to our current political climate and the challenges we are all faced with. If you are going to spend any time online today, then please watch this video that highlights our recent piece of work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkExoYgC_Q#action=share

23.01.2022 If you work in the public sector then this event may be of interest. https://www.grouprelations.org.au//wellbeing-challenges-i/

23.01.2022 Join us next month for a special seminar by international speaker Dr Leslie Brissett. Further details on our website. https://www.grouprelations.org.au//leslie-brissett-semina/

22.01.2022 Invitation to GRA Members An open meeting to initiate a project on ‘Engaging with Racism In Ourselves and Society' WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019, 6:30 PM-8 PM... VAPP, 18 ERIN STREET, RICHMOND At the Members evening on 6 March, we proposed that Group Relations Australia undertake a two year project to explore the dynamics of racism. Our interest in suggesting this project is a response to events around the world and in Australia in which we are witnessing and experiencing political and social turmoil, [re-]emergence of fascist ‘strong man’ political leaders, white supremacist protests, nationalism, closed borders and deepening divisions in society, all of which appear to be primitive responses to collective and individual experiences of contemporary life. With the purpose of promoting understanding of the unconscious dynamics that result in racism in mind, we wish to explore this topic through a series of events and activities over a two year period, as was done in the GRA Seeking Asylum project. We invite interested GRA Members and Associates to an open meeting to initiate the project, brainstorm ideas for activities and events, and to form a Working Group for progressing next steps and coordinating project activities. To RSVP by 24 May: E: [email protected] T: Jinette de Goojier 0412 138 952

22.01.2022 Please see follow up COVID-19 Listening Post https://www.grouprelations.org.au//online-listening-post-/

20.01.2022 Bookings are now open for 'Light and Shade: Working across Cultural Boundaries' with Leslie Brissett on Dec 5th. This seminar is open to members and non-members to attend. Book your place below: https://lnkd.in/gSeY7xu

20.01.2022 Being a mother makes us real. It activates rawness in our being that has probably never been exposed before. We spend so much of our lives as mothers putting on ‘a face’ each day to go to work, to meet the expectations of other people in society and to avoid conflict with our loved ones. Being sleep deprived, having our bodies used as a machine to feed the life of another and not being able to attend to our own needs leaves little room for the construction of a false self ...although we usually try, or at least we did. In this state, we are raw. We are who we are in all the glamour and awkwardness. Our emotions are real therefore the way we interact is very human and this can make other people uncomfortable. The idea of this group came from two very real and accomplished working mothers. Kris has a background in law, leadership and organisational dynamics. Liz has a background in psychology, leadership and organisational dynamics, and we both experienced the struggles working women face each day. With our facilitation, GRA’s Working Mothers’ group is a way for working women to connect at a deeper level and explore the personal, organisational and societal structures that surround the issues relevant to working women. Words by Liz Brnjak Please watch our first video and follow our blog on the Group Relations Australia website www.grouprelations.org.au https://vimeo.com/431347675

19.01.2022 Welcome to the new Group Relations Australia website. Check out our events and stay in touch with the latest news in the field. https://www.grouprelations.org.au/

19.01.2022 Covid-19 and the Foggy Mind by Liz Brnjak I am a working mother to a two-year old active boy. I have been struggling with a pervasive sense of fatigue and exhaustion during the current COVID lockdown. A recent conversation with one of my neighbours, who is a mother of two primary school aged children and I found ourselves sharing the return of our ‘foggy’, fatigued and vague selves which to be honest we hadn’t experienced in its full form since the first few months of having ...Continue reading

19.01.2022 The juggle of being the ‘good enough’ mother, managing a career, keeping our relationships together, staying fit and healthy and not to mention the fear of staying relevant in a fast paced, changing world is very real to many of us working mothers. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it is a time to take stock of our collective achievements but also a time to bond together in acknowledging we have a long way to go. I do wonder what holds us back sometimes; is it ours...elves or society? Women are champions yet we don’t completely believe it. Hence why cards like this exist! Kris Karlsson and Liz Brnjak are both high achieving women attempting to juggle all these balls, sometimes with little success and disastrous outcomes! We wish to explore how these issues play out in the workplace therefore we are facilitating a 5 week group commencing 14 April to share these dilemmas, hear of other women's experiences and create meaningful change. Stay tuned for more info.

19.01.2022 Join us for in-depth, facilitated discussions as part of 'Leadership and Authority in Public Sector Organisations'. Weekly meetings, held over February and March, consider contemporary challenges in the increasingly complex public sector. Facilitated by GRA members, this program promises to explore responsibility, leadership and external influences with like-minded individuals. Registrations are now open. Click here for more https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/82146212533

19.01.2022 The latest edition of Socioanalysis, Volume 22, is now available. Covering a range of topics, this journal is now available in print or digital form. For more information, please see our website or contact [email protected] https://www.grouprelations.org.au/socioanalysis-volume-22/

18.01.2022 A very direct and real disaster to many of us right now is the devastating fires burning across Australia. Many of us are faced with terror, despair, hopelessness, rage and frustration as we watch humans, animals and nature being immediately affected, with communities being lost and fear about our future deepens. In no other time in history have we been bombarded with information available to us 24 hours a day through social media, television and technology. There is an a...bundance of information portraying disaster, tragedy, fear, hatred and turmoil, all of which affects us in sometimes direct but mostly subliminal ways. It is not uncommon to develop a degree of anxiety and worry about the state of the world. We can make a difference only if we are present and conscious ourselves. Unfortunately there is a somewhat melancholic realisation that the world will remain troubled whether we worry or not. So what do we do? There is little to be gained by excessively consuming our thoughts with worry. Instead we can focus on how we can make positive contributions to society. This can only be achieved if we can manage our emotional states, acknowledge our feelings and be present in our day to day life. As we have seen with the bushfire crisis in Australia, humans have the capacity for immense hope, compassion, giving and resilience. How can we bring these qualities in to our everyday life so we can grow as a country and support each other as we go about being human?

18.01.2022 GRA August/September Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/62f8f1384c95/gra_augsept_news-2595153

18.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the next blog for our dynamics of racism project. Looking forward to your thoughts and discussion. https://www.grouprelations.org.au/blog-dynamics-of-racism-/

17.01.2022 COVID 19 has highlighted many inequalities and structural racism within our society. The mantra has been 'well are all in this together' - but are we really? Come join in the discussion. https://www.grouprelations.org.au//are-we-all-in-this-tog/

17.01.2022 https://www.grouprelations.org.au/online-listening-post-gr/

16.01.2022 Disembodied Relations at Work is a conference for our time. It is a unique conference program, designed specifically for examining online working relations in real-time in a temporary organisational structure. The conference uses a 'triple task' framework to explore the experience and apply it to one's professional roles. The 'triple task' approach pays attention to group task, group process and dynamics, and technology as a boundary and mediator of all these and of time and ...territory. This is an opportunity to explore the multiple levels of engagement when working online and their particular influence on emotional engagement within groups and organisations. Participant numbers are limited to a maximum of 40 The conference will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons AEDT 16 February - 17 March 2021 Applications are now open. Participant numbers are limited to a maximum of 40. Book before 15 January 2021 to be eligible for early bird discount! Partial bursaries are available now. Learn more here: bit.ly/DisembodiedRelationsAtWork

16.01.2022 Hi Members, Here is the July Newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/b3b60c409af8/gra_july_news-2563297

15.01.2022 We are now taking submissions for papers. If you are interested in writing an article please get in touch. For further information please click on the link below. https://www.grouprelations.org.au/socioanalysis-vol-21-cal/

15.01.2022 https://www.grouprelations.org.au/pcca-conference-walls-op/

15.01.2022 Group Relations Australia are offering an exciting opportunity for experienced consultants to engage with a dynamic peer network. Click on link below for further information: https://www.grouprelations.org.au//explore-the-idea-a-con/

15.01.2022 OFEK hold their next group relations conference in February 2020 in amazing Israel. Click on the link below for further details. OFEK 2020 Brochure English.pdf

14.01.2022 Invitation for GRA Consultant Database https://mailchi.mp/b85515f3b565/gra_consultants?e=8f33d8a619

13.01.2022 On Dependency and resistance in a pandemic' is the latest in GRA's Covid-19 & Racism Blog series. Visit our website for more details. #grouprelations #covid19 #racism #groupdynamics #psychodynamics #socioanalysis #dependency #resistance #pandemics https://www.grouprelations.org.au/blog-dynamics-of-racism-/

13.01.2022 Hi Members, Check out this months newsletter. There are lots of activities happening in 2019 so be sure to have a look! Link: https://mailchi.mp/82eb0efe7b02/gra_april_news-2526829

12.01.2022 https://www.grouprelations.org.au//online-listening-post-/ As the country enters an uncertain and extremely anxiety provoking time, Group Relations Australia will be hosting a Listening Post on COVID-19. Please consider joining to share your views and be heard.

12.01.2022 This new GRA sub-project The Dynamics of Racism and COVID19 aims to explore racism in ourselves and society, continuing an existing GRA project, with particular reference to COVID19. Please see our most recent blog written by Stan Gold https://www.grouprelations.org.au/blog-dynamics-of-racism-/

10.01.2022 Liz Brnjak and Kristina Karlsson on behalf of Group Relations Australia invite all working mothers to attend this free and relevant online zoom event on 28th September 3-4.30pm. You can be involved in any kind of work (paid or voluntary) and kids/babies are welcome. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

09.01.2022 The 2020 Group Relations Conference 'Working with Diversity: Exploring the Dynamics of Cross-cultural Relations in Groups, Organisations and Communities' has been rescheduled to be held in 2021. The Covid-19 health crisis that is so severely impacting on social and economic livelihoods worldwide is likely to continue for many months. The uncertainty poses too great a risk for holding a conference in 2020. The Conference Executive Directorate will continue to meet and work on planning the conference and updates will be communicated once a new schedule and details for 2021 is in place. If you have any queries or would like to be placed on the conference mailing list, please contact us at [email protected]

09.01.2022 https://www.grouprelations.org.au//listening-post-austral/

09.01.2022 https://www.grouprelations.org.au/event/2020listeningpost/ Many challenging and confronting events are happening around the world. Where does Australia fit in and where to in 2020? It is a time for change but what does that look like. Come and join Jenny Smith in the January 2020 Listening Post in Melbourne. Check out our website for further details or click on the link below.

09.01.2022 How can we better understand the reality of working with diversity? What is the significance of group dynamics, public voice, personal authority and clear roles for shaping constructive cross-cultural engagement? Group Relations Australia’s 6th residential group relations conference, Working with Diversity: Exploring the Dynamics of Cross-cultural Relations in Groups, Organisations and Communities will be held from 23-28 November in Melbourne, Australia.... https://www.grouprelations.org.au//gra-2020-conference-cu/ #experientiallearning #leadership #culturaldiversity #Melbourne #Grouprelations #groupdynamics #experiential #learning #workingtogether #diversity #culture #crosscultural #thoughtleadership

09.01.2022 Registrations are now open for 'Mistrust and Trust in Institutions'. These online workshops are run over Sept & Oct, and ask the questions of: Whom can we now trust in Australian society and why? How can we better understand what is happening? Can this be related to the psychological underpinnings of trust and mistrust? To book your place, please visit our website for more details. #mistrust #institutional #psychodynamics https://www.grouprelations.org.au//mistrust-and-trust-in-/

09.01.2022 Save the Date! Members day and AGM. Information below https://mailchi.mp/2c5265035c93/gra_oct_news?e=8f33d8a619

08.01.2022 Just a reminder folks the Leadership and Authority in the public sector 4 week series starts tonight at 6pm. For details please go to https://www.grouprelations.org.au//leadership-and-authori/

08.01.2022 I came across this interview with previous Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the very relevant topic 'Women in Leadership'. Very relevant to Liz and Kris' Working Women in Leadership group and blog. https://www.facebook.com/dymocksbooks/videos/3138959789527861

08.01.2022 RSVP for Group Reflection on Racism Seminar Saturday 26th October 2019 from 9:00-11:00am https://mailchi.mp/6c299b4734bc/rsvp_reminder?e=8f33d8a619

08.01.2022 Group Relations Australia are very excited to announce a new blog that will cover issues such as: - the dynamics of racism - working mothers in leadership Please stay up to date by going to our website; for now please read our latest update:... https://www.grouprelations.org.au/blog-dynamics-of-racism-/ See more

07.01.2022 The 2020 ISPSO conference is currently accepting abstracts. Due date is 30 November 2019. Click on link below to find out more: https://www.grouprelations.org.au/2020-ispso-symposium-ber/

06.01.2022 Our second racism blog is now up for viewing. Group Relations Australia is a member organisation striving to make a difference on important societal issues. Please click on below link for further information. Please also share with your friends and family. https://www.grouprelations.org.au/sparks-of-action-reflect/

06.01.2022 Social Dreaming Matrix and Book Launch NIODA and GRA are pleased to invite you to the Social Dreaming Matrix and Book Launch. Please check out the link to our website below to get more information. ... https://www.grouprelations.org.au//social-dreaming-matrix-

06.01.2022 Hi Members, Here is the May edition of the newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/f6090212680d/gra_may_news-2552849

06.01.2022 We are in a very interesting time with the worldwide pandemic gaining full force and challenging the way live our lives. We are social beings by nature and derive our sense of connectedness, purpose and meaning by interacting, contributing and achieving. Our frame of reference is being challenged as we are asked to work from home, reduce social contact and spend more time in close quarters with the people we share our homes with. In all corners of the globe right now peopl...e are highly anxious, understandably distressed as jobs and homes are lost, increased death toll and the impact on our lives as we know it. Anxiety is a very contagious disease, even more so than COVID-19. Anxiety has the power to divide people, to activate our survival instinct of fight or flight and look after ourselves at the expense of others. When this occurs we are no longer in the thinking/wise mind but coming from a place of reactivity Strict conditions imposed by the government are needed, as relying on people to be considerate and utilise common sense is not happening frequently enough. Unfortunately for many families these stricter conditions will mean an increase in family violence, child abuse and mental health disturbance. Someone suffers no matter which way we look at it: if we don’t have stricter rules then our most vulnerable will die as a result of the virus, yet having stricter rules means innocent children, women and our psychologically fragile will be tested and suffer immensely. All this places excessive demands on an already under resourced mental health system. It is easy to judge when we come from a place of privilege but for many people these changes could threaten their safety and livelihood. We are seeing the best of humanity with many people giving of their resources, time and energy. This is similar to what we observed in the recent Australian bushfire devastation. Who we really are is tested at times of adversity. It is easy to be kind and generous when life goes well, but not as easy during times of stress. Now is the time for self-examination. One day in the future we will return to our previous lives, but what would have changed? This is the question we need to contemplate if real change is to occur. This pandemic has happened for a reason and we are responsible for it. We also have the power to change the course of the future, but are we really ready to give up comfort, money, power and individualism to achieve it? These are the bigger philosophical and fundamental questions to be considered.

06.01.2022 We have 3 spots left in our free working mother's reflective session tomorrow afternoon. If you are a working mother or know someone who is, then this might be interest you. Click on the link for further information https://www.grouprelations.org.au//working-mothers-reflec/

05.01.2022 The Disembodied Relations at Work conference will give participants the opportunity to explore the lived experiences, interpersonal and unconscious group dynamics of working online during a pandemic and to develop and experiment with new approaches for building more effective online working groups and teams where members can encounter each other more fully and productively. The conference focus is on experiential learning, unlike more traditional conferences. There are no ‘c...onference presentations’ for example. You will be engaged in various organisational and learning tasks in groups with different configurations designed to challenge ways of thinking about self, others and group behaviour. Learning happens within programmed events, and in interactions with others in informal gatherings invirtual space. The learning is participative, immediate and continues long beyond the time of the conference. It is an intensive model of learning with a ratio of one staff to every four participants. Participant numbers are limited to a maximum of 40 The conference will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons AEDT 16 February - 17 March 2021 Applications are now open. Book before 15 January 2021 to be eligible for early bird discount! Partial bursaries are available now. Learn more here: bit.ly/DisembodiedRelationsAtWork

04.01.2022 Please see our latest blog written by the very talented writer, woman and mother Kristina Karlsson Over a year ago, I became entranced by a painting of a young woman hanging in my local café. It was by a local artist, Pascale Garlinge. The young woman looks out of the frame into the distance. Her gaze is strong, and humbly defiant. My strongest association with that painting, as I sat there day after day wondering whether I could buy it, was that she was comfortable with the ...Continue reading

03.01.2022 GRA members day and AGM https://mailchi.mp/824e09c99398/agmreminder?e=8f33d8a619

03.01.2022 Disembodied Relations at Work online conference A group relations style conference for exploring the dynamics of working online during a pandemic. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 16 February - 17 March 2021 Covid-19 has forced many to work remotely. Several months on, we are learning that the reality of working online during a pandemic exposes and amplifies relational dynamics that are already present in organisational and societal cultures.... Co-sponsored with the Tavistock Institute, this conference offers the opportunity to examine and explore the lived experiences of working online and to develop new capabilities for managing these experiences. Learn more here https://bit.ly/GRA2021Conference We’d love you to join us.

03.01.2022 The Centre for the Study of Groups and Social Systems is inviting applications for the role of Residential Conference Director, for three conferences beginning in January 2023. You do not need to be a CSGSS member to apply. For more information or to see the application form, please visit the link below (Links to our website, where the PDF application form is, as they haven’t got it available on their website!) https://www.grouprelations.org.au/csgss-call-for-applicat/

02.01.2022 Reminder - AGM RSVP's due 6th Nov https://mailchi.mp/40224d6858f9/rsvpreminder-2631501

02.01.2022 The second working mothers video blog by Kristina and Liz is now available. Due to COVID-19 the working mothers reflective group will be held virtually via zoom commencing in September. Stay tuned for further details on how to register. https://youtu.be/liv_4jirE6I

01.01.2022 GRA's recent Covid-19 Listening Post series is launching a summary report on September 30th. Join us for this online event to discuss the findings from three Listening Post sessions during lockdowns in Australia. Registrations are free but bookings are essential. #covid #australia #listeningpost https://lnkd.in/gBMyTXs