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What can one say of someone who at the time of writing is aged 94, and who has seen the development of psychoanalysis in the United Kingdom, the post-war development of the Tavistock Institute and the growth of organisational consulting with a psychoanalytic perspective? Along the way he has worked in many countries and at different levels from advising on a PhD in Australia, to devising the development of a national scheme for therapeutic communities in Italy, and helping to set up the Bayswater Institute in London. He has also been honoured many times, including: the Bowie Medal conferred on him by the British Institute of Management - ‘for his innovative work …. In order to bridge the gap between the academic researcher and the operational manager’; the Rosa di Paracelso in Italy - ‘for his exceptional international contribution to management education and management science’; and at the first awards ceremony of the combined University of the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London, an Honorary Doctorate.
What follows will consist of some material drawn from an interview (Fees, 1996), personal recollections of working with Harold, some material from a further interview (Klein and Eason, 1991) and conclude with an edited version of previously unpublished discussions (Gold, 1999).
Although Harold has written some papers, it is not nearly enough. In fact one will find more information about his concepts, style and