More Than a Conference

This gathering is designed as a shared experience rather than a sequence of presentations.

Drawing on the traditions of organisational systems psychodynamics, psychoanalytic thinking, group relations and reflective practice, participants will engage with one another through keynote dialogues, Social Dreaming, facilitated conversations, application laboratories and scholarly paper presentations.

The emphasis is not on solving organisational problems, but on deepening our capacity to notice, think and work with the unconscious processes that shape organisational life.

Hosted in South Africa, this gathering also provides an opportunity to engage with organisational realities from both international and African perspectives, recognising that leadership, authority and belonging are always experienced within particular historical, cultural and societal contexts.

Themes we will explore

Inheritance and Interruption

This theme focuses on intergenerational inheritance within organisations and the unconscious carrying of authority, trauma and aspiration. It explores how turbulence is inherited across generations and considers the conditions under which renewal becomes possible.

The Unconscious of Localisation and Globalisation

This theme examines power, identity, migration and belonging within interconnected systems. It explores the unconscious dynamics of localisation and globalisation, asking how organisations can hold difference without splitting into defensive polarities.

Social Dreaming: Collective Reparation and Renewal

This theme engages social dreaming as a practice of collective reparation and renewal. It positions dreaming not as private fantasy, but as shared organisational work, recognising dreaming as a way of holding and working with what might otherwise remain unsayable.