TranslateCollaborative North America Northeast Regional Meeting - 24 October
The Scaffold and the Storm: Holding Structure While Welcoming Change
Join ISPSO & The New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations & Social Systems for it’s Northeast North America event
October 24, 2026
The William Alanson White Institute
20 West 74th Street, New York, NY
Organizations are continually asked to do two seemingly contradictory things: Provide enough structure for people to feel secure while remaining flexible enough to adapt, learn, and transform. Too much structure can stifle learning; too little can leave people feeling overwhelmed and fragmented. How can organizations create scaffolds that support both stability and change? To provide enough structure for people to feel secure, while remaining flexible enough to adapt, learn, and transform.
Questions We Will Explore
- What makes a container strong enough to welcome difference?
- How do we remain thoughtful, ethical, and adaptive while holding organizational structure during times of uncertainty?
- How much instability can a system tolerate before it fragments?
- When do organizational scaffolds become protective—and when do they become cages?
- What happens when there is no scaffold at all?
More details coming soon.
For questions, please contact Committee Chair jrosebowman@gmail.com