FIRST YEAR:
UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCING GESTALT WAY OF THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONS
18-20 February, 2027
BLOCK 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GESTALT APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONS 1
• Gestalt philosophy of being
• Contact and Organismic self Regulation
• Field theory
• Phenomenology
• Dialogue
22-24 April, 2027
BLOCK 2: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GESTALT APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONS 2
continuation of block 1 topics:
• Gestalt philosophy of being
• Contact and Organismic self Regulation
• Field theory
• Phenomenology
• Dialogue
3-5 June, 2027
BLOCK 3: PHENOMELOGICAL INQUIRY IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Phenomenological observation
• Coexisting through dialogue
• Assumption, awareness to difference
• Context, field
16-18 September, 2027
BLOCK 4: GROUP DYNAMICS IN ORGANIZATION
• Group theory and practice
• Belonging dilemma
• Influencing dilemma
• Productivity dilemma
• The phenomenon of shame
• To see and be seen in the team
12-14 November, 2027
BLOCK 5: CONTACT MECHANISMS WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
• Process of contact
• Contact styles and interruptions
• OSR (organismic self regulation)
13-15 January, 2028
BLOCK 6: DIALOGIC LEADERSHIP
• ‘I – thou –and I - It relationship’
• Presence in leading
• Strategic and intimate way of relating
SECOND YEAR:
INTERVENING IN ORGANIZATIONS USING GESTALT APPROACH: DILEMMAS IN ORGANIZATIONS
March-April 2028 (3 days, will be updated)
BLOCK 1: BODY EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Body awareness
• Blockages to awareness
• The concept of shame
• Variety of experience
1-3 June 2028
BLOCK 2: PARADOXICAL THEORY OF CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Contact modifications
• The paradoxical theory of change
September 2028 (3 days, will be updated)
BLOCK 3: DIVERSITY AND CULTURE
• The beauty and dilemmas of meeting diversity
• Phenomenology as a method
• Culture vs Results
26-28 October 2028
BLOCK 4: EXPLORING POWER STRUCTURES AND CONFLICTS
• Contact is the appreciation of difference
• Quality of contact
• Trusting the process
January 2029 (3 days, will be updated)
BLOCK 5: ENDINGS IN ORGANIZATION AND OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM
• Closing the experience
• The process of assimilation (owning and rejecting)
• Goodbye