Introduction to The A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
For almost 50 years, the A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems (AKRI) has helped individuals and organizations understand the complexity, beauty, power and importance of groups in our lives. Broadly, our mission is to support and advance the study of group relations through educational initiatives and among our individual and organizational members and their activities.
Using a model originated in part at the Tavistock Institute in London by A. Kenneth Rice, AKRI and the practitioners of its work facilitate learning by doing, being, thinking and feeling within a "group relations conference" event. This experiential approach helps us identify the often hidden, unexamined or unconscious aspects of how we live and work in groups and organizations. Anticipating and exploring these dynamics can have a significant, positive impact on the functions of working teams and organizations and your ability to participate or lead effectively.
In addition to holding our own Leadership Institute, supporting other group relations conferences and organizing the AKRI Symposium, we also help to train practitioners and skilled consultants in this field through our training & certification program and offer or sponsor consultant training events.
A. Kenneth Rice
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