The Eco-Leadership Institute is an Irish-based organisation founded by Dr. Simon Western to promote the development of Eco-Leadership theory and practices. It was founded to support Eco-Leadership formation, to train coaches to support Eco-Leaders, and to work directly with leaders and organisations on culture change to adapt to technological, social, and environmental disruptions and challenges.
This YouTube channel is a space where we explore new leadership paradigms for a networked, interconnected world. We share ideas that challenge dominant power structures, inspire ethical action, and reconnect us to self, others, and the wider ecosystem.
The Eco-Leadership Institute proudly sponsors the Edgy Ideas Podcast — a space for subversive thinking and deep dialogue.
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A ten point polemic challenging the mainstream norms of LD
Click the link below to read more:
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This is a very special podcast with the exceptional Anton Obholzer. Anton is a hugely respected organisational consultant from the Tavistock tradition, and it is a delight to hear his wisdom and insights on this podcast.
The Emotional Life of Organisations with Anton Obholzer
Podcast Link: audioboom.com/posts/8908780-the-emotional-life-of-…
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What kind of human beings are we becoming while doing this work?
Entanglements explores leadership, power, society and the urgent need to rehumanise our organisations and institutions in a precarious and interconnected age.
Purchase your copy here: www.karnacbooks.com/product/entanglements-weaving-…
Join us to engage with our work: www.ecoleadershipinstitute.org/membership
#HumanisingLeadership #EcoLeadership #LeadershipCulture #SimonWestern #EntanglementsBook
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What happens to soul connection at work when pressure rises, anxiety deepens and relationships begin to strain?
In most contexts, staying emotionally connected - to ourselves and to one another - can feel increasingly difficult just when it matters most.
Join us for the next webinar in the Soul & Work series:
Soul Connections at Work: Staying in touch when it matters most
with Caroline Bainbridge
Drawing on psychoanalysis, leadership, organisational practice and coaching, Caro will explore the emotional dynamics that shape connection in working life:
- Why openness can collapse into withdrawal or over-exposure
- How anxiety, power and emotional strain affect relationships at work
- What helps meaningful connection endure within complex systems
This will be a reflective and participatory session, including small-group dialogue, shared inquiry, and collective reflection.
For leaders, coaches, activists, changemakers, and anyone seeking a more human conversation about work.
Eco-Leadership Institute members receive free access to the full Soul & Work series.
Become a member: lnkd.in/gZ_XaPBT
#SoulAndWork #EcoLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SystemsThinking #Psychoanalysis #OrganisationalLeadership #Coaching #ReflectivePractice #FutureOfWork #HumanCentredLeadership #EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership #Simon Western
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FREE LIVE WEBINAR: (Eco)Systems-Psychodynamics
with Dr.Simon Western, hosted by the Eco-Leadership Institute
In this interactive session, we’ll explore how (Eco)Systems-psychodynamics can help leaders navigate change in our precarious and interdependent world.
Traditional models of organisational life are disrupted by today’s fluid, networked ecosystems. Simon will share his framework (NIPI) which he has been using in organisations and Group Relations Conferences, (most recently in China)
NIPI Networks, Identity, Power, and Influence - offers these four lenses to observe and learn how unconscious dynamics play out in teams and organisational ecosystems.
Simon combines Lacanian psychoanalytic thinking with his Eco-Leadership theory and practice to take traditional systems-psychodynamics into new territory.
WHEN Date: 25th November 2025
TIME: 4pm - 5.30pm GMT
Know more: www.ecoleadershipinstitute.org/events/eco-leadersh…
Register free: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuqtVhid6D5-Lhpd…
Bonus: Free Book Chapter
We’ll send you a free chapter from “ Coaching and Mentoring A Critical Text” (2012) by Dr. Simon Western - a powerful read on the Network Discourse, essential for any coach working in today’s interconnected world.
#EcoLeadership #Webinar #Coaching #LeadershipDevelopment #SystemsPsychodynamics #OrganisationalChangeg#NIPI #Networks #Psychodynamics #FreeEvent #SimonWestern #NIPI
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Join Leslie for a reflective webinar exploring the coach as existential anthropologist. When meaning fades and familiar frameworks fail, we may be facing a soul-crisis - an invitation to reflect on what truly matters in our work and world and beyond.
This session is for coaches and consultants who are ready to accompany others through this vulnerable, emergent space. We will explore how renewal arises from the edges of culture, where creativity and the unconscious offer fresh insight.
Leslie, an analytic coach and Hudson Institute faculty member, will guide us through reflection, composting, weaving, and application.
Register here: www.ecoleadershipinstitute.org/events/eco-leadersh…
#SoulCrisis #EcoLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #ExistentialCoaching #SimonWestern #ReflectivePractice #Coaching
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‘My grandfather told me that a Sangoma must be able to draw knowledge from what he called ‘the hidden lake’. There is, he said, a huge unseen lake somewhere in the spirit world where all the knowledge of the universe – past, present, and future – is to be found. You must never again say that you do not know something. You must just ask the lake, the unseen lake. To provide you with the knowledge that you seek.’ (Credo Mutwa 2003).
Beginning with the philosopher Schelling, through psychoanalytic thinking to an understanding of the unconscious in nature, the idea of unconscious process as collective spirit is somehow ever present.
The Unconscious as Spirit | Susan Long | Webinar
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9:30 AM 11:00 AM
Online (Zoom)
Click here to know more about the webinar: lnkd.in/eZGJGuuJ
Click here to become a member of the Eco-Leadership Institute: lnkd.in/gZ_XaPBT
#ancestralwisdom #hiddenlake #collectiveunconscious #spiritualknowledge #unseenrealms #sangoma #innerknowing #depthpsychology #credomutwa #mysticinsight #psychoanalyticthinking #schelling #natureandspirit #sacredwisdom #universalconsciousness #intuitiveknowledge #indigenousspirituality #soulmemory #cosmicwisdom #healingthroughspirit Simon Western
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To become aware of the unconscious and emotional life of your organisation, we invite you to explore our Diploma in Leadership Coaching.
This course takes you on a personal journey that aims to radically influence how you coach and deepen personal insights. The course starts this September and combines two certificates - Depth Approaches and Systems Approaches to Leadership Coaching.
View the brochure here:
www.ecoleadershipinstitute.org/diploma-in-coaching
#leadershipcoaching #executivecoaching #coachtraining #emotionalintelligence #consciousleadership #organisationaldevelopment #leadershipdevelopment #selfawareness #innerwork #systemsthinking
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