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This contribution opens with some reflections on the significance of group relations thinking in the global context. Utilizing the transcript of a paper presented by Bruce Reed to a meeting of the Great Britain and Ireland Group Relations Forum held at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations on 21 February 2003 (indexed as Reed, 2003 in the text), it outlines ways that The Grubb Institute has developed its own group relations work. Bruce Reed worked with John Bazalgette to develop the transcript of Reed's paper and together they worked on sections of this essay until Bruce's death on 4 November 2003. John Bazalgette is responsible for the final version and wishes to acknowledge the contribution of his colleagues at The Grubb Institute, but to give special thanks to Professor Kathleen B. Jones for her help in reducing a very long paper, to Amy Fraher for helping to clarify the more obscure passages, to Karen Izod and to Vega Roberts for their suggestions and encouragement about the final writing.
Human beings seek ways to stabilize thinking about their complex, often confusing, environment. One way to manage our temptation to