OFEK 30 Anniversary Jerusalem, September 8-9 2017
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OFEK 30th Anniversary Jerusalem, September 8-9 2017 1 elPmaerP That our world is at a troublesome juncture is no news. We live in times of wars, massive migration, extreme social inequalities, religious extremism, the rise of authoritarianism and terrorism - to name some of the most obvious. Many of us are closer to the heat of events, others are farther away; but we are all affected. The media brings it all to our homes in vivid colors and real-time, making it less possible to deny. Can we better understand the present moment so as, perhaps, to learn to foresee and act, and not only to mourn in hindsight? OFEK devotes its 30th anniversary to the study of the in-depth processes that contribute to the Unstable World/s of our times. The Group Relations approach was developed in the 1950’s by the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London as a method of learning through experience about the nature of group, organizational and social dynamics: the exercise of authority and power, the interplay between tradition, innovation and change, and the relationship of organizations to their social, political, and economic environments. The GR approach assumes that the inner world and external reality are always interconnected in both conscious and unconscious ways, that the understanding of human behavior must include the exploration of the emotional factors operating at the individual and group level. This approach continues to evolve and develop. OFEK (Organization; Person; Group) grew out of this line of thinking and practice. In 1985, a small group of enthusiastic professional-cum-social activists initiated and founded OFEK, envisioning the development in Israel of an experiential learning methodology of group and organizational processes, both overt and covert, conscious and unconscious, and its dissemination for the benefit of Israeli society. Thirty years later, OFEK is a lively and vibrant organization with dozens of members in Israel and abroad. It is a success story and a leading organization in the Group Relations international network. stnevE During these two days, we will work in plenaries and various groupings. Each grouping will serve the overall Primary Task: Understanding currently pressing societal issues through a Group Relations perspective Plenaries The Opening Plenary will present the program for the two days and facilitate crossing the boundary into the event. Mira Erlich-Ginor and Daphna Bahat Review of the day: At the end of the first day and toward moving to the festivities we will have an opportunity to look at “what did we have.” Led by: Smadar Ashuach and Joab Kirsh The Closing Plenary at the end of the second day will provide an opportunity to look at the experience as a whole. Led by: Daphna Bahat and Mira Erlich-Ginor 2 Panels Panel I, Friday 9:30 It all started with some visionaries – from thought to action. With: Shmuel Erlich, Mira Erlich-Ginor, Yigal Ginat, Avi Nutkevitch, Jona Rosenfeld and Mannie Sher. Moderator: Miri Tsadok. The participants in the panel are the founders and enablers of the organization. The panel will be an opportunity to hear from the founders about critical moments in the founding of OFEK. The aim of the panel is to explore what can be learned from these moments about the DNA of the organization, and what can be learned about OFEK today and tomorrow. Panel II, Friday 11:30 Internal agents, external agents: Multiple subversive standpoints and views on Israeli Society. With: Yael Buchbinder-Shimoni, Tali Farkash, Ziva Mekonen Degu and Nagham Naseralla. Moderators: Ronit Kark and Hagit Shachar-Paraira. The participants in this panel are activists from diverse locales, different sectors of society, and of multiple identities. They will describe their activities and efforts to destabilize and challenge the status quo from their unique places and perspectives. The aim of the panel is to better understand the complex relationships between the different sub groups in Israeli society through the dialogue with these outstanding women, who strive to de-stabilize the existing social structures. Drawing on the group relations perspective, we will examine what facilitates and what holds back these women’s ability to act and to lead change and gain influence. Panel III, Saturday 11:30 Group Relations in Israel, OFEK in the network: A look from within and from without With: Eliat Aram, Gabi Bonwitt, Miriam Shapira, Dorothee von Tippelskirch-Eissing. Moderator: Shmuel Erlich. The aim of this panel is to review and examine OFEK’s influence and impact in promoting and fostering the Group Relations approach and application in Israel and its contribution beyond Israel. The panelists represent a cross section of people closely related to OFEK in various ways, as members, conference participants and staff, and involved in expanding and promoting GR in Israel and abroad. They will focus on their personal relatedness to OFEK, their perception and evaluation of it as a significant GR organization, its contributions and/or its flaws and deficiencies. The presentations will be followed by buzz groups and a plenary discussion with the audience. Buzz Groups Following the panels on Friday and Saturday there will be discussion in "buzz groups" with a small number of participants. The task of these groups will be to discuss the issues raised by the panels and to link it to the overall task of understanding societal issues through the Group Relations approach. Coordinator: Moshe Bergstein. Facilitators: Shmuel Bernstein, Boaz Gesthalter, Ada Mayer, Shely Sussman, Yael Shenhav Sharoni, Sivanie Shirani, Lionel Stapley. 3 3. Experiential Events a. Organizational Event: Israel World Event (IWE) The organizational event, which is named 'Israel World Event' (IWE), will be a space where we will be able to explore one of the themes of the conference in the spirit of the learning and ways of exploration that characterizes the Group Relations approach. The primary task of the 'Israel World Event' will be to explore from the experience in the 'here and now' of the event what Israel 'represents' for the world in conscious as well as unconscious layers, and in what way this 'representation' affects Israel as a country and as a society. We will work in small groups, hold inter-group meetings and end in a plenary that will collect the work done in the small groups and continue the work of exploring the topic. Directed by: Avi Nutkevitch. Facilitators: Louisa Brunner, Saliem Khliefi, Mannie Sher, Simi Talmi and Yossi Triest. b. Social Dreaming Social Dreaming is a method developed by Gordon Lawrence in England in the early 1980s. The Social Dreaming Matrix is a space in which participants are invited to tell recent dreams, dream fragments, thoughts, feelings, sensations, memories, symbols and ideas that arise as associations to the dreams. The emphasis is on the dream and not on the dreamer. We explore rather than interpret. The matrix is a space in which we try to tap into the unconscious life of the organization we are part of, and into the hidden “underground currents” that exist in the wider social context. The Primary Task of the Social Dreaming Matrix is: To tap the social and systemic unconscious life of the event as a whole, through dreams, dream fragments and associations. The Matrix will be hosted by Yigal Ginat, Ilana Litvin and Hanna Marder. There will be two matrices. 4. Anniversary Party When British culture and humor meet the Israeli culture and humor. The “critical event” that created OFEK. The aim of the event is to celebrate, share and enjoy. Led by: Michal Granot, Judy Levy, Yael Mass Mike Tepliz , Nadav Ovadia and friends. In Role Event Director Mira Erich Ginor MA, Clinical Psychologist and Training Psychoanalyst, the Israel Psychoanalytic Society; Organizational Consultant; Directs and Consults in Group Relations conferences; member, founding member and past chair of OFEK, founding and board member of PCCA; European representative, IPA Board. 4 OFEK Chairwoman Daphna Bahat MA, Clinical Psychologist - Supervisor, Organisational Consultant; Teaches psychotherapy and the Psychoanalytic-Systemic Approach for groups and organisations at various institutions, including 'Touch OFEK'; Leads workshops for women's empowerment using dance; Member, OPUS; Chairwoman, OFEK. Administrators Iris Segal Joab Kirsch Joab Kirsch MBA; Founder & facilitator at Space for Change consulting organizational, management and business development processes; Organizational and business consultant; Combines in his work his experience as CFO and in various management roles in companies in Israel and abroad; Graduate: the Program for organizational consultancy & development - a psychoanalytical systemic approach; Member of OFEK and the Audit committee of OFEK; Iris Segal MSc, Behavioral & Management, MSW, Executive Organizational consultant and supervisor, Psychotherapist , Group Facilitator; Former Head of the Organizational Development Branch in the IDF; Former Board Member OFEK, Member IPPA; Member OFEK; Panel I It all began with some visionaries S. Erlich M. Erlich-Ginor Y. Ginat A. Nutkevitch J. Rosenfeld M. Sher M. Tsadok Prof. Shmuel Erlich, Clinical Psychologist, Training and Supervising Analyst and Past President, Israel Psychoanalytic Society; Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis (Emeritus) and former Director of the Freud Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; consultant to organizations; Founding Member, OFEK and PCCA. 5 Mira Erlich-Ginor (see above) Prof. Yigal Ginat, MD. worked for 30 years in the Mental health area, more than half the time as the director of Mental Health Centers. Devotes his time to rehabilitation of mentally disabled in the community. Awarded Yakir Yerushaleim. Directs a three-year psychotherapy course in Ben-Gurion University. Founder of Ofek, past chair and member. Avi Nutkevitch Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Training Psychoanalyst, Israel Psychoanalytic Society; Organizational Consultant; Lecturer and Supervisor, The Israeli Psychoanalytic Institute, The Relational track of The School in Psychotherapy at Tel-Aviv University; Co- Director The program in Organizational Consultation and Development: A Psychoanalytic- Systemic Approach; Founding Member and Past Chairman, OFEK Prof.