ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author begins with a description of her journey in the world of group relations (GR) conferences, her journey on the ladder, with specific attention to the themes of the third Belgirate conference, namely tradition, creativity, and succession. The relationship that unfolded between herself as director, the staff, and the members, had as a core issue the experienced contrast between the director being a young woman, a migrant to the United Kingdom, and the Leicester tradition. The emerging subconference, being directed by herself and consisting of people who had no previous experience in GR, was therefore a vulnerable subconference. There were unconscious attempts, particularly the one described above, to use its members as guinea pigs, particularly by advanced praxis members being mobilised by their back-home professions to protect and support the "victim" and unwittingly reinforcing their victimhood and potential collapse.
