Format: 6-Week Live Course Hosted over Zoom

Dates: Fridays – October 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13, 2026

Times: Fridays – 7:30am – 10:30am PT/10:30am – 1:30pm ET/3:30 pm – 6:30pm GMT

Credit Amount: 18 credits

Cost: $199 for all guests

This 6-week virtual seminar will focus on critical concepts in systems psychodynamics and field theory such as the social unconscious, projective identification, splitting, social defenses, complex identities, and intersubjective processes. Widening our conceptual lens so that we can think of individual, group, organization, and the environmental surround as co-creating the field and influencing and shaping each other, we will use these concepts to deepen our understanding of the unconscious uses and abuses of power across the constructive and destructive spectrum. Each session will be evenly divided between theoretical and experiential components. In the large group, faculty and members will discuss key points in the assigned readings; break into pre-assigned small self-study groups to reflect on our own group process as it relates to our primary task of learning together about the uses and abuses of power; and return to the large group to continue our self-reflection and organizational self-study. Ultimately, the primary aim is to enhance our individual and collective efforts, particularly in the face of hate and human destructiveness, to become more inclusive as leaders, more open in our thinking, and equitable in sharing power.

Learn more about the 6-week Advanced Leadership Seminar.