For organisations
Understanding people is the starting point for better practice.
MIYIR is a psychology-led consultancy for organisations. We begin by understanding the people and context behind an issue, not only the issue itself, then shape a response that fits, whether that means strengthening everyday practice, culture or the wider system.
Start a conversationWe look at what sits around the problem, not only the problem itself.
The way a person is struggling, or a team keeps getting stuck, usually makes more sense once you understand what surrounds it. Relationships, culture, the histories people carry and the ordinary pressures of the work can all be part of what is really going on.
So we start with curiosity rather than assumptions. We do not claim to understand every culture or every life, and we are cautious about any model that promises to explain everyone.
Understanding comes before intervention.
Every engagement takes its shape from the organisation and the question in front of us. The work may differ, but the thinking behind it follows a clear path.
Understand
Learn what is happening now, what may be contributing to it and what the organisation wants to be different.
Explore
Make sense of what we hear and observe, bringing psychological thinking together with the organisation’s own knowledge and experience.
Design
Shape an approach around the people, context and outcomes that matter.
Deliver
Put that approach into practice. This might involve consultancy, education, training, reflective practice or another form of psychologically informed work.
Embed
Support useful changes to become part of everyday practice rather than ending when an intervention finishes.
Evaluate
Consider what the work was intended to change, what has been learned and, where appropriate, how progress or impact can be understood.
From trauma-informed principles to trauma-informed practice.
Many organisations understand the principles of trauma-informed practice. The harder task is translating that understanding into what happens every day, across teams and services, in leadership, communication and the ordinary workings of an organisation.
People experience and respond to difficult experiences differently. Relationships, culture, identity and the systems around them can all shape what those experiences mean and what support is helpful.
Depending on the organisation and the question in front of us, the work may involve leadership and staff consultation, education and training, reflective practice and culturally responsive approaches.
Throughout, the focus remains on strengthening organisational and professional practice, working alongside the responsibilities, expertise and safeguarding arrangements already held within the organisation.
Women at Work
There is more to supporting women at work than any single issue.
Conversations about women at work are often organised around one issue at a time. Menopause, wellbeing, neurodiversity or leadership may each matter, but none necessarily tells us the whole story.
A woman’s experience of work can be shaped by health, neurodiversity, professional identity, relationships, culture, responsibilities beyond work and the organisation around her. These factors can interact differently for different women. MIYIR takes time to understand that context rather than deciding in advance which part matters most.
The question is not only what support a woman needs. It is also what the organisation needs to understand.
That shifts the conversation towards organisational practice too: how people are understood, how communication happens, how leaders respond and whether the working environment allows different women to thrive.
Discuss Women at WorkNeuroinclusive Organisations
Neuroinclusion is about the environment as well as the individual.
Organisations often begin their neurodiversity work by raising awareness, or by considering support for individual neurodivergent people. Both can be useful.
A more complete psychological question is what happens between a person and the environment around them. Communication, expectations, management, everyday workplace practice and wider organisational systems can all make it easier or harder for different people to work well.
MIYIR helps organisations look at that relationship, rather than assuming the difficulty sits entirely within the individual. Sometimes individual support is relevant. Sometimes it is the environment or organisational practice that needs to change. Often several things interact, so we take time to understand what is happening before assuming what any one person needs.
What might become possible if an organisation looked at the environment as carefully as it looks at the individual?
What follows is shaped around the organisation and its context. It might involve manager and workforce education, clearer communication, attention to organisational barriers and workplace practice, psychologically informed approaches to reasonable adjustments where appropriate, and consultation as neuroinclusive practice develops. Training may be part of the response when it is useful, alongside other changes the organisation may need to consider.
Discuss neuroinclusive practicePsychologically Informed Culture & Practice
Sometimes you know something needs attention before you know what to call it.
Not every organisational question arrives with a clear label. MIYIR helps make sense of what is happening, what surrounds it and what may need to change before deciding what kind of response would be useful.
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Why I created MIYIR
I created MIYIR after years of working across communities, clinical settings, education and organisations. Across very different settings, I kept seeing the same thing: wellbeing and how people work are shaped not only by the individual, but also by culture, relationships and the systems around them.
MIYIR grew from a desire to make those influences easier to understand. When we can see what may be getting in the way for an individual, a team or an organisation, we can make better-informed choices and create better conditions for people to work, develop and do well.
Grounded in psychology. Informed by practice.
MIYIR brings together psychological knowledge, research and experience to inform how we understand people, practice and organisations.
Designed for organisations where understanding people matters.
- Healthcare & public services
- Businesses & employers
- Universities & education
- Community organisations
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