PNODN Workshop - Trauma Informed OD - Understanding the Neuroscience of Healing in our Organizations
Reut Schwartz - Hebron Faith Addicott
Join us on January 13 from 5 - 7 PM PT for a session with Reut Schwartz-Hebron and Faith Addicott.
No organization is immune to the collective trauma of our times. From global conflicts and political polarization to economic instability and the ongoing impacts of systemic inequities, both leaders and employees are carrying unprecedented levels of stress in their bodies and brains. In this experiential workshop, we'll explore the neuroscience behind organizational trauma and examine how current societal challenges are manifesting in workplace behaviors, decision-making, and team dynamics. Through the lens of trauma-informed organizational development, we'll discuss how chronic stress and uncertainty affect the nervous system and why traditional change management approaches may need to evolve to meet this moment.
Participants will engage in small group discussions to share their own experiences of workplace trauma and stress, whether from external pressures like inflation and geopolitical tensions, or internal challenges around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We'll create brave spaces to discuss how different identities – including race, gender, and neurodivergence – intersect with organizational trauma, and examine why mental health can no longer be separated from organizational health. Through structured dialogue and reflection, we'll practice naming these often-unspoken impacts on ourselves and our clients.
Drawing from the latest research in neuroscience and trauma-informed care, we'll collaboratively develop strategies for creating psychologically safer workplaces and supporting organizational healing. Participants will leave with practical tools for recognizing trauma responses in organizational systems, facilitating difficult conversations about mental health and wellbeing, and designing change initiatives that honor both individual and collective experiences of trauma. Together, we'll explore how OD practitioners can help organizations build resilience while acknowledging the very real human impacts of living and working in these challenging times.
Learning Objectives for this Session
1. Identify and explain how current societal stressors manifest as trauma responses in organizational systems, using a neuroscience framework to understand the biological impacts of chronic stress on workplace behavior and decision-making.
2. Develop competency in recognizing and naming mental health impacts in professional settings, with specific attention to how different identities and lived experiences intersect with organizational trauma.
3. Apply trauma-informed principles to OD practice by designing interventions that create psychological safety, support healing, and build organizational resilience while honoring both individual and collective experiences of trauma.
About Your Facilitator
Reut Schwartz-Hebron is the Founder of the Key Change Institute. She is an internationally recognized authority in the area of Unlearning and the Neuroscience of Transformation, a Board Member of neuroscience and change-related organizations, a published author of multiple books and articles about Neuroscience applications (in renowned publications), a speaker, a TV and media guest expert (with guest appearances on channels like Fox and CNN and interviews in documentaries), a Master Neuroplastician, and a master coach.
For the past 17 years, Reut had the honor of studying neuroscience and collaborating with world-renowned neuroscientists and change experts. Reut started her career in the field of change and transformation more than 25 years ago. Since then, she continued to work as an OD consultant, team development facilitator, coach, and HR leader with some of the leading corporations and organizations in the world (across various industries).
Faith Addicott is President of the Board for PNODN, a fierce advocate for bravery, transformation, and a better tomorrow for all people. She is a dynamic and results-oriented consultant with a deep passion for organizational transformation, systems change, and community healing. With advanced degrees in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and Positive Organization Development and Change from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, Faith combines rigorous academic training with practical experience and a good sense of humor to help organizations evolve and thrive.
COST:
$15 Members when pre-paid & pre-registered
$25 Non members when pre-paid & pre-registered
$10 for students/seniors pre-registered
AGENDA:
4:45 - 5:00 pm Join Zoom Meeting
5:00- 7:00 pm Training
Please be aware that our trainings could be recorded or photographed.
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