We attach importance to theoretically sound academic scholarship to substantiate our consulting practice.
As human beings, our actions derive from perceptions of ourselves and others around us; perceptions which are, in turn, heavily influenced by our cognitive understanding, as well as emotional experience of the social world. So yes, theoretical rigour is one of our quality measures when helping clients make sense of their organisational dynamics.
Based on the school of “Systems-Psychodynamics”, we follow two principles.
The systemic: to appreciate a client’/client team’s circumstances, we need to grasp their organisation-as-a-whole. You cannot interpret one part separate from its greater whole.
The psychodynamic: in order to shed light onto the entirety of our clients’ predicament, we need to pay attention to both - the readily talked-about organisational dynamics, as well as those that more likely fall outside the realm of awareness.
At the centre of systems-psychodynamics lies a solid interest in human relations and the way people shape relationships at work. Because interpersonal relationships are so complex, many of their nuances are somewhat acted out automatically - meaning, unconsciously. However, in order to scrutinise and eventually bring about change, we do need to call them into our awareness.