FIRST YEAR:
UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCING GESTALT WAY OF THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONS
INTRODUCTION
April, 15-17, 2021
For those without Gestalt background - introductory course about Gestalt principles and basic practice.
BLOCK 1&2: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GESTALT APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONS
May, 13-15, 2021
July, 1-3, 2021
• Gestalt philosophy of being
• Contact and Organismic self Regulation
• Field theory
• Phenomenology
• Dialogue
BLOCK 3: GROUP DYNAMICS IN ORGANIZATION
September, 9-11, 2021
• Group theory and practice
• Belonging dilemma
• Influencing dilemma
• Productivity dilemma
• The phenomenon of shame
• To see and be seen in the team
BLOCK 4: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF CULTURE
November, 11-13, 2021
• Phenomenological observation
• Coexisting through dialogue
• Assumption, awareness to difference
• Context and field
BLOCK 5: CONTACT MECHANISMS WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
January, 20-22, 2022
• Process of contact
• Contact styles and interruptions
• OSR (organismic self regulation)
BLOCK 6: DIALOGIC LEADERSHIP
April, 7-9, 2022
• ‘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
September, 15-17, 2022
BLOCK 1: PARADOXICAL THEORY OF CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Contact modifications
• The paradoxical theory of change
November, 3-5, 2022
BLOCK 2: EXPLORING POWER STRUCTURES AND CONFLICTS
• Contact is the appreciation of difference
• Quality of contact
• Trusting the process
February, 9-11, 2023
BLOCK 3: BODY EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Body awareness
• Blockages to awareness
• The concept of shame
• Variety of experience
March 30 - April 1, 2023
BLOCK 4: DIVERSITY AND CULTURE
• The beauty and dilemmas of meeting diversity
• Culture
• Results
June, 8-10 (11), 2023
BLOCK 5: ENDINGS IN ORGANIZATION AND OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM
• Closing the experience
• The process of assimilation (owning and rejecting)
• Goodbye