The
International Society for
the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations
2004 Symposium
Coesfeld,
Germany
June 18 - 20, 2004
The Shadow of the Future
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Transformations in Organizations and Society
Friday,
June 19
Registration (07:30 until 07:00 p.m.)
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Social Dreaming Matrix
The
primary task of the Social Dreaming Matrix is to transform thinking through
exploring dreams by the methods of free association, amplification and systemic
thinking so as to make links, find connections and to discover new thinking
and thoughts.
Hosts:
David Armstrong, Ullrich Beumer, Kenneth Eisold, Gordon Lawrence, Susan Long,
Burkard Sievers.
Recorders: Damian O’Doherty and Nicola Wreford- Howard
9.15 a.m. Welcome
and Introduction
Kenneth
Eisold, Ph.D., ISPSO President
Kurt Ernsting, Owner "Ernsting's Family" - the host corporation
Ullrich Beumer, Symposium Chair
9:45 a.m. Plenary
Presentation:
The
shadow in the balance sheet:
The spectre of Enron and how accountants use the past as a psychological defence
against the future
David Cooper,
Cranfield (UK)
Richard Taffler, Ph.D., Cranfield (UK)
Richard Kwiatkowski, Cranfield (UK)
Kim James, Ph.D., Cranfield (UK)
11:15 a.m. Morning
Break
11:45
- 1:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions (1)
Children
of war - Second generation of post war Norwegian society.
Renate Gronvold Bugge, Kristansand (Norway)
Have we abandoned
the patient? Consumer representation -
a social defence against patient status in mental health
Hannah Piterman, Ph.D., St. Kilda (Australia)
"Pushing
the past backwards in front of oneself" -
A socio-analytic perspective on the (de-)construction of time and future in
contemporary organizations
Dr. Burkard Sievers, Wuppertal (Germany)
"Shadow
of the future"- an exploration of intercultural dynamics in an organisation
in transition
Marlene Spero, Ph.D., London (UK)
The hidden side of competition: mirroring external competition in conflicted
internal relations.
James Dalgleish, Northcote (Australia)
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:15 p.m.
Parallel Sessions (2)
On the relationship
between psychodynamic and organizational frames of reference
Dr. Lisl Klein, London (UK)
Systems of unconscious
agreements: Shadows across time
Susan Long, Ph.D., Melbourne (Australia)
The
Psychological Costs of Unsustainable Development
Terry Martin, Ph.D., Southhampton (UK)
Discerning the
outlines of the shadow of the future:
The challenge of reflection in contemporary organizations.
James Krantz, Ph.D., New York (USA)
Working in the
shadow of the future:
the psychodynamics of the World Health Organization
David Wasdell, London (UK)
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m.
Invited Plenary Address:
The current
situation and prospects for psychoanalysis in Germany in the mirror of its history
Dr. Dieter Ohlmeier, Kassel (Germany)
5:30 p.m. Break
5:45 - 6.30 p.m. Dialogue Forum
The primary task of the Dialogue Forum is to
facilitate a dialogue on what people are thinking about in relation to the theme
of the “shadow” after having attended various plenary presentations,
parallel sessions and discussions during the day. The working method will be
introduced at the beginning of the Dialogue Forum.
Facilitators: Dan Frank and Zanne
Lorenzen
Saturday June 19, 2004
8:00 - 9:00
a.m. Social Dreaming Matrix
9:15
a.m. Parallel Sessions (3)
Locating self-awareness
in socio-technical system perspective
Rodney W. Sappington, Ph.D., Baltimore (USA)
Laima Serksnyte,MA, Ph.D., New York (USA)
On
a quotation from Bion; towards a transformational model for future
Gerard van Reekum, CMC, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Organizational
psychoanalysis and personnel assessment in a high tech company
Dr. Thibault de Swarte, Cesson Sévigné (France)
Pr. Georges Trepo, Jouy en Josas (France)
The blur sensation: Shadows of the future
Damian O´Doherty, Ph.D. Manchester (UK)
The defensive
function of inter-organizational partnership
Leslie Boydell, (Ireland)
10:30 a.m. Morning
Break
11:00
a.m. Invited Plenary Address
The shadow of
the future, the shadow of the past-
The German-Israeli-Palestinian triangle
Dr. Dan Bar-On, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:00
p.m. Parallel Sessions (4)
The consultant
between the lines of fire:
managing the dynamics of trust and mistrust in organizations
Dr. Mathias Lohmer, München (Germany)
Contributions
of a psychoanalytic perspective on organizations to transformation in medical
education: Scientific thinking, reflective practice and leadership
Ernest Frugé, Ph.D., Houston (USA)
Stanley Gold, M.D., Millswyn (Australia)
Marc Horowitz, M.D., Houston (USA)
Susan Long, Ph.D., Melbourne (Australia)
Transformations
: Hope, illusions and reality. Concepts and practice
Leopold Vansina, Ph.D., Korbeel-Lo (Belgium)
Marie-Jeanne Vansina-Cobbaert, Ph.D., Korbeel-Lo (Belgium)
Creative
work in the era of the "culture industry"
Robert Gutmann, Ph.D., Princeton University, New York (USA)
Fear: between
past and future
Maryse Dubouloy, Ph.D., Cergy-Pontoise (France)
3:15 p.m. Break
3:45
p.m. Plenary Presentation:
The shadow of
a future without Bion
Kenneth Eisold, Ph.D., New York (USA)
5:15 p.m. Break
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Dialogue Forum
8:30 p.m. Gourmet
Dinner in a Westfalian Water-Castle
Sunday June 20, 2004
8:00-09:00 a.m.
Social Dreaming Matrix
9:15 a.m.
Parallel Session (5)
Changing structures:
un-changing processes
Paula Hyde, Ph.D., Manchester (UK)
Mutative magic:
The consultant in organizational transformation - do we make a difference?
Miranda Alcock, London (UK)
Organization in the
age of hysteria
Howard Schwartz, Ph.D., Rochester, Michigan (USA)
Towards
a psychoanalytic ecology of human resources?
A Lacanian contribution to the management of subjects at work
Gilles Arnaud, Ph.D., Toulouse (France)
Stijn Vanheule, Ph.D., Gent (Belgium)
Shadows in an
intercultural organizational consulting
process in Istanbul "Challenges of an international management - consulting
approach"
Hüseyin Özdemir, Erftstadt (Germany)
10:30 a.m. Morning
Break
11:00
a.m. Plenary Presentation
The Social Dreaming
Matrix for the transformation of thinking and the awakening of shadows of the
future
Dr. Gordon Lawrence, London (UK)
12:30 p.m. Closing of the Symposium Lunch
The Coesfeld Planning
Committee
Ullrich Beumer (Symposium Chair), Kenneth Eisold, Dan Frank, Robert French,
Donna Lofgren, Zanne Lorenzen, Rose Mersky, Aaron Nurick, Hüseyin Özdemir, Burkard
Sievers, Paula Singer
Invited Moderators:
David Armstrong, Ullrich Beumer, Philip Boxer, Frans Cilliers, Alfred
Colliander, Hebe Comerford, Willem de Jager, Robert French, Stanley Gold, Murray
Gordon, Thomas Hoffman, Kim James, Richard Jolly, Jim Krantz, Ross Lazar, Robert
Lipgar, Karien van Lohuizen, Zanne Lorenzen, Terry Martin, John Newton, Gila
Ofer, Hannah Piterman, Silvia Prins, Derek Rafielli, John Scheenen, Jutta Schultes,
Burkard Sievers, Paula Singer, James Urquart, Nicola Wreford-Howard