Health in Organizations, Organization of Health
ERM 2025 Amsterdam, 28-30 March

IntroDuction

How healthy is the organization you work for?

What does it mean for an organization to be healthy or unhealthy?

The cliché paints a healthy organization as a place where everyone is happy, efficient, and friendly—perhaps all enjoying an apple a day to keep the doctor away. In contrast, an unhealthy organization can feel unsafe, stifling, or exclusionary. Here, sharing your thoughts or expressing your identity might lead to negative consequences or toxic gossip.

Are unhealthy organizations defined by burnout, absenteeism, or poor lifestyles? Is an organization unhealthy if it loses focus on its primary task? What role do external forces—world conflicts, climate change, pandemics, and polarizing politics—play in shaping organizational health?

Exploring Questions and Approaches:

At the European Regional Meeting (ERM) in Amsterdam we will analyse and explore:

• distinctions between healthy and unhealthy organizations;
• conscious and unconscious factors influencing organizational health;
• interventions such as free fruit, massages and sports programs — are they genuine solutions or defenses masking deeper issues?;
• organizational efforts to maintain and restore health;
• psychoanalytic coaching and consultancy methods that improve organizational well-being.

Aims of the European Regional Meeting:

The ERM combines theoretical inspiration with practical insights. Participants will explore systems-psychodynamic and psychoanalytic interventions, and collaborate to identify new approaches for fostering healthier organizations.

Keynote Talk: 
“Health in Organizations, Organization of Health” by ISPSO member Prof. Dr. Erik van de Loo.

For questions or comments, please contact us at: info@proconsult.nl

Warm regards,

The Planning Committee;
Joost Levy, Lies Ruiter, Alexandra Gerny, Niels van Steenbergen, Nicola Wreford-Howard (Advisor)