Events

Culture Dreaming^sm for Organizational Development and Community Building

3 Sundays: October 23, 30, and Nov 6 10am–1:00 $225
$250 with 9 CEUs for MFT, LCSW, MSW, Ph.D.
MCEP approval SAB009-110

There are times in the life of any organization when the question “How are we doing?” needs to be asked. This program will demonstrate how dreams can be converted into a resource for organizational development: for evaluating how well goals are being met; clarifying problem areas; brainstorming new modes of outreach; revitalizing the staff, board, or membership.

Culture Dreaming^SM is a deceptively simple yet powerful method, based on field and emergence theories, by which dreams told by participants are explored not for their meaning to the dreamer but their relevance to organizational issues. The assumption is that a cluster of dreams from people in the same organization will reflect, when viewed as a whole, the dynamics of that larger body.

In the first part, dreams are told by participants without comment, one dream triggering another in a cascade effect. In the second part, we listen again to this newly co-­created narrative as if it were one big dream. Facilitators then encourage “serious play” with the themes and motifs in the dream narrative to discover their links to larger issues. No personal information is disclosed.

Culture Dreaming^SM derives from indigenous dream council practices as well as the Social Dreaming Matrix method developed at Tavistock Institute by Gordon Lawrence. This three-part program will be a living laboratory, providing a didactic and experiential introduction to the unique Culture Dreaming^SM process. Participants will gain an appreciation for its use in organizations of any size, age, or mission, with staff, members, or board.

Open to: Organizational consultants, executive directors of nonprofits, CEOs, department heads, or managers from any field—educational, commercial, governmental, political, sociocultural.

Facilitated by Meredith Sabini and Richard Russo, who developed Culture Dreaming and have offered it at The Dream Institute and other organizations since 2004.

Meredith Sabini, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist, dream scholar and widely published author, and a state-certified Continuing Education Provider. From 1977 to 1997, she practiced individual psychotherapy. Since 1997, she has been doing individual and group Dream Consultation for therapists and the general public and teaching Continuing Education seminars on dreams. She founded The Dream Institute in 2003.

Richard Russo, MA, is past president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and editor of its publication, DreamTime. He edited the anthology Dreams Are Wiser Than Men (North Atlantic Books, 1987) and is author of the forth­coming Rough Guide to Dreams (Penguin, London). He is a dream educator with over thirty years of experience working with dreams, giving dream seminars, and leading dream groups.