Integrating Art in Organization Development and Learning

Integrating Art in Organizational Development and Learning -

feat. Juliet Scott from Tavistock Institute, London,
part of Bowling Green State University’s DODC Symposia Series: 

Juliet works with images and associations empowering a creative practice that bridges the roles of artist, curator, and organizational consultant in her work at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR). “It's thinking in different ways about change, but also showing the rigor and the science behind it. We tend to split off arts and science rather than considering them as integrated. Yet, they're all part of one thing.” Juliet has been able to integrate her self as an artist and consultant - rather than acting and working in separate roles to engage others in change. She has found in her work that often individuals may claim to “not be very creative” - yet they are able to partake in incredible creative group experience that connects shared experiences. 

Practitioners at the Tavistock Institute have used various approaches including Alexander technique, Dance, Poetry, and other artistic modalties for such engagement, including as part of Group Relations Conference  work (https://app.mylibrary.world/CCL_Snapshots/chapter/GroupRelations_1pg)

Juliet poses that literature, storytelling, and art - all link to pathos - what in In Stoicism is referred to as the "complaints of the soul." This can be an artist’s appeal to an audience’s emotions in order to evoke feeling - but it is also a key component of change processes which, like most forms of art, seek to inspire emotions and understand who that person is at the center. We invite you to dig deeper in the video linked here: https://youtu.be/yDKRijCV73c, as Juliet explores “Deepening Creative Practice.”