REGISTRATION OPEN

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

JAN. 22-26, 2025

LOCATION: The Connors Center
20 Glen St., Dover, MA 02030, USA

Director: Sheri-Ann Cowie, PhD

Join us at our 5-day immersive group relations conference and learn, in real-time, how you lead in complex systems.

REGISTRATION OPEN

WEEKEND CONFERENCE 

OCTOBER 19-21, 2024

LOCATION: Brookline, MA

Director: mak wemuk

Join us for our 3-day in-person Weekend Group Relations Conference to learn, in real time, how you exercise authority and leadership in various contexts and groups.

ONGOING DONATIONS

We invite you to join us in supporting our mission to reduce economic barriers for those who do not have the financial resources to attend our events and conferences. Your donation will fund scholarships for those in need.

Our Mission, Our Values


The mission of CSGSS is to further the understanding of groups and organizations as conscious and unconscious social systems through experiential learning, education, and application.

 

We value learning from experience through reflection on the conscious and unconscious processes in group life.

We are committed to learning about how group members take up leadership and authority in various contexts.

We value a systems framework that respectfully engages our differences to deepen our understanding of how groups work and survive.

We aspire to mitigate economic barriers for those who desire to attend our events.

We are committed to developing an authorized membership that is active in the Center's mission and work.

We are committed to furthering the application of psychodynamic organizational thinking to real-world dilemmas.

We are committed to cultivating a community of people who are interested in group relations and using group relations thinking to erode barriers to dialogue and belonging.

 

 

 

 

 

"I got a hold of how unconscious baggage held back my effectiveness. The conference freed me to work much more effectively and enjoy work that had previously exhausted me."

Dwight Jewson, PhD. Strategic Frameworking

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Using the Tavistock group relations tradition of open systems and psychodynamic theories, CSGSS,  the Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems develops group relations conferences, meetings, and other events to further learning about group processes.

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Join or Renew your CSGSS membership

See our membership page for information on how to join CSGSS. Or, renew now.

Relentless change, globalization, technological disruption, and increasing complexity pose deep challenges for our organizations and institutions.  How leadership and authority are exercised play a decisive role in meeting these challenges. They too evolve as organizations evolve, requiring new ways of thinking that shape our effectiveness as individuals and the ability of our Institutions to fulfill their purposes. The pressing need to enhance individual, group, and systemic capabilities require deeply attending to the realities that people and organizations face today.

The Boston Affiliate of the A K Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.

CSGSS Group Relations Reading Group

The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, the Boston Affiliate of the A. K.  Rice Institute, is pleased to announce a reading group series. Open to members and non-members of CSGSS. Attendees receive recordings of the talks. Visit the events page to find out about our upcoming events!