This two-part series explores trauma and coaching. Part 1: Ty Francis looks at organisational trauma

  Around five years ago, I stumbled across a blind spot in my own theory of practice as a coach and organisational development (OD) consultant. I’d taken for granted the reality of individual trauma. Events including the #BlackLivesMatter and #metoo movements, Brexit, Covid and recently the war in Ukraine have been sensitising me to the reality of collective trauma. Yet as a systemic OD practitioner I was shocked that I’d not considered...