1: Pandemic Psychodynamics in the USA with Zachary Green

Simon is joined by Professor Zachary Green to discuss pandemic
psychodynamics in the USA.  Zachary is Professor in
Leadership Studies at University of San Diego, co-founder and
director of Group Relations International. Zachary has three
decades of experience studying, coaching and consulting to
unconscious and systemic dynamics of global organizations, most
notably through the World Bank.  Zachary discusses how
projections and splitting are creating a secondary wave of
challenges for the US that are particularly influenced by
political polarization and exacerbated by culture wars. The
pandemic is also exposing pronounced racial divides in health and
welfare provision like never before. Simon and Zachary reflect on
these gaps, and how psychoanalysis teaches us that lack creates
desire….  could Covid-19 provoke a new push for greater
social cohesion?  Faith, psychoanalysis and leadership are
in the mix, enjoy this podcast!