Who we are
PsyOpus is a consulting service that uses the very latest research and practice in the field of organisational and industrial psychology. We understand that all organisations whether big or small, private or not for profit rely on the very best of their people. PsyOpus has a proven track record over the past 15 years to understand what are the psychological conditions necessary for healthy, and effective workers, teams and organisations.
Solving Wicked problems
Modern organisational problems are so complex that you have to know everything about them just to be undecided about which way to act. Complex or wicked problems need collaboratively mature teams to solve them. Dr Neil Preston, an Organisational Psychologist, has had extensive experience in tackling extremely complex wicked organisational problems by developing collaboratively mature people and teams. Using the very latest research in organisational psychology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology and project management, Dr Preston provides the tools and conditions necessary to create and sustain highly collaboratively mature performance.
Dr Preston is well acquainted to complex systems theory and how complex systems organise themselves to become functional or dysfunctional, particularly in large scale private and public organisations. Since most organisational systems like project management and program delivery are becoming increasingly more complex and interdependent, it is important to understand the conditions which enable strong collaboration both within and between organisations. Dr Preston has worked on some of the largest project alliances in Western Australia, and over the past 15 years he has developed a sharp eye on what conditions are conducive for collaborative performance within an organisation and what disables this performance. Setting the right conditions for high performance is critical to the success of complex project delivery. Without these conditions it is difficult for leaders to manage success.
Whether it be strategic planning, complex project management, or sophisticated change management strategies, PsyOpus has a long and successful performance in all these services in many diverse sectors and industries.
It is not enough just to develop teams. It is also critical in developing collaboratively mature leaders. Dr Neil Preston, is an experienced Organisational Psychologist, well trained and competent in both interpersonal and transpersonal psychology. Both forms of psychology are needed in today’s business environments. It is not enough to know about your personality type, leadership style or cognitive biases (interpersonal psychology), it is also important to be open to other’s perspectives, authentic in concern for others and genuinely interested in other people’s ideas (transpersonal psychology) for high performance to emerge. Both the interpersonal and transpersonal are considered in our coaching models.
This unique technique of coaching and development focuses not only on the leader but how the leader works with others to seek the hard work of shared goals. The unique focus of PsyOpus coaching and alignment services is to understand the psychological conditions to establish collaborative maturity in individuals and teams.
