[1] Nevis taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management for almost 17 years; he directed the Program for Senior Executives.
In 1956 he was one of the founders of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland; he was its president until 1973 and created its Organizational & System Development and International OSD programs.
In 1979 he and his wife, Sonia M. Nevis, founded the Gestalt International Study Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts; he was its president until 2007.
[4] The Gestalt International Study Center is unusual in working with couples, groups, and organizations in an experiential and not solely therapeutic manner.
Nevis characterized it as a "hands-on [approach whose] goal is to create tools that will enrich our participants' lives with greater self awareness, interpersonal and professional skills.