Online Conference 5-11 July 2021
The Organising Committee and the ISPSO Board are pleased to invite ISPSO members and
non-members from all countries to join the ISPSO 39th Annual Meeting & Conference to participate in exploring our theme.
This is an opportunity to explore the interplay of traditional and postmodern psychoanalytic theory and African wisdom to yield understanding to resurface, reimagine, reawaken soul and spirituality in organisations.
We aim to further the intent of ISPSO to share organizational research, consultation and experiences utilizing the lens of psycho- and sociodynamic thinking. Not only will we celebrate the 40th year of existence of the society, we also hope to further ongoing discussions on the topic and encourage scholarship and research in the field of study.
We welcome practitioners (consultants and leaders), academics (teachers and researchers) and clinicians interested in psychoanalytic work in organisations to engage in professional development workshops, paper presentations, panel discussions, social dreaming and other events and enhance our exploration on how psychoanalytical thinking can further our understanding of organisations and the wider societal influences that impact them.
This is a residential conference. We will stream papers, keynotes and panels for those who cannot come. Some of the workshops may also be virtual workshops – but it is not a fully-fledged hybrid conference.
Ultimately, we hope that the event in South Africa, can contribute to the promotion and the support of functional, healthier, more humane and better performing organisations.
Warm wishes and we hope to meet you at the 2023 AM at 26 degrees south, Johannesburg.
Come and join us please, we would like to share our true African hospitality with you!!
Dr Rica Viljoen, Co-chair
with the AM2023 Organising Committee Thabo Mofomme, Prof Michelle May, Dr Adrian Parsadh, Calum McComb
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Co-Chair AM2023
Email: ricaviljoen@me.com
Dr Rica Viljoen is a well-known HR Executive, researcher, sought-after international systems psychodynamic-facilitator and Jungian coach, specialising in group dynamics, culture and multiculturalism. She associates with Da Vinci Institute, the Jungian Coaching School Africa and is the Strategic HR Executive for Meridian.
Rica adopts a scholarly-scientific-practitioner organisational developmental approach and has supervised more than 90 PhD and Masters students in the field of organisational dynamics. She is well published. Her life purpose is to tell untold stories and help leaders to find their voice.
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Co-Chair AM2023
Email: Thabo.Mofomme14@gmail.com
Thabo (Master of Public Admin, UP; BA Police Science, Unisa and Dip in Education, Hebron College). He is registered master HR professional organisation development in SABPP. Thabo is an Organisational Development Specialist with extensive experience in the systems psychodynamic (group relations) approach in Diversity and Transformation, Leadership Development, Strategy Development and Talent & Leadership Development. He is a qualified Coach with UCT and a registered member of Coaching and Mentoring in South Africa. He is currently employed as HC&D Manager at SARS. He was a consultant in Robben Island Diversity Experience for over 13 years. Thabo was invited to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to establish an OD division and provide training.
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Chair Paper Selection AM2023
Email: Mayms@unisa.ac.za
Michelle S May (D Litt et Phil, Unisa) is a full professor in the department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at University of South Africa (UNISA). She is a registered clinical psychologist. She is the manager of the PhD programme in Consulting Psychology (IOP, UNISA) and the coordinator of the Research Focus Areas Systems psychodynamics and Socio–analytic Methods (IOP, UNISA). Michelle received training in systems psychodynamics, from ISLA and the Tavistock Institute (UK), and consulted to GRCs nationally and internationally. She directed the Robben Island Diversity Experience (RIDE) from 2002 until 2014. She consulted in The Institute for Leadership and Transformation (TILT)’s annual GRC in 2016 and 2017 and directed the annual online Group Relations conference in 2021. She is an Executive Member, Interest Group in Systems Psychodynamics of Organisations (IGSPO) under the auspices of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology South Africa (SIOPSA).
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Chair Professional Development Workshops AM2023
Email: adrianparsadh@gmail.com
Adrian Parsadh (Ph.D. Psychology, UNISA) is a psychodynamic systemic executive coach and consulting psychologist. Adrian (a military veteran) has past professional consulting and work experience in organisation development in the defence, public and private sectors, notably in a large financial services organisation. He is certified integral coach from GSB, UCT and Analytic Network Coach, Eco Leadership Institute, UK. He is a member of SIOPSA (IGSPO), staff member of GRC’s and convened Listening Posts. In his practice he uses an integrative approach, systems psychodynamics, socio-analytic, psycho-analytic consultation, and coaching. He enjoys the outdoors, gardening, and cooking.
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Chair Technology, Conferencing AM2023
Email: calum@peoplesense.co.za
Calum is a consulting psychologist and works in private practice. He has consulted to small family-owned business, large national, and international organisations. Passionate about deriving psychodynamic insights, he has convened listening posts, social dreaming matrixes and has consulted to a group relations conference. He is the former chair of IGSPO and remains on the executive committee. He is a certified Analytic Network Coach and a member of the Eco-Leadership Institute. In his spare time, he loves to go paragliding, riding horses and walking his dogs.
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