Start Date: July 2024 Masterclass Format: 24 Self-Learning Online Sessions with 5 Interactive Q&A
Programme Impact
The Leaders for Humanity Masterclass aims to address the complex challenges leaders face today by nurturing ethical literacy and cultivating practical wisdom. Guided by our “Leaders for Humanity” interviews with highly distinguished global thought leaders, participants will embark on a profound journey to redefine 'good' leadership.
Challenging reductionism and championing critical thinking the Masterclass encourages a more profound understanding of our societal challenges. Instead of offering simplistic answers, it poses deeper questions and provides support and curated resources for personal exploration.
Our world is complex and in need of thoughtful responses, demanding that leaders enhance their understanding of philosophy, economics, management and psychology. We must step into our civic and human responsibility, beyond simple profit maximization. Over the course, participants will embark on a quest to review our leaders for humanity interviews, going deeper and broader in their examination. Their mission: to uncover how to make wiser choices and take more responsible actions in their daily lives and careers.
This unique masterclass promises an exploratory journey, empowering inquisitive leaders to redefine their perception of organizations and leadership, and examine their own role in shaping a better economy.
What is the good life?
Good questions, good friends, good work, good money. In this order.
“We need to understand that everything is embedded. That is very difficult for a Western mind, because we have never learned ‘embeddedness’. We always learn to isolate, to categorise, to classify. We must start to think more in embedded terms.”
What really matters is that humans have no purpose. What we have is a role in an ecosystem. Being able to keep that ecosystem healthy means submitting ourselves to a whole life of being nested in a world that we affect and that affects us and our ability to play our role - not to figure out what we want.
We are social beings, we always need other people. Fact is: what we're looking for is not something you could achieve isolated from the rest. Rather, all the other people have to be able to achieve it at the same time as you. Flourishing is a common good. It's something we can achieve only together with everyone else in a political community.
Programme content
This module is not just an introduction; it's a recognition that capitalism is in crisis. We will start the course by taking a look at the many challenges our economic system has created.
In order to begin our journey of transformation, we must first develop a toolkit to ground our understanding of leadership. In this chapter, we start by asking the timeless question of what is good, what is purpose, and what is value across ethics and politics.
We progress with the critical question of how does a good economy look like? This module brings you face-to-face with renowned experts in heterodox economics who challenge conventional economic thought and inspire new visions for a sustainable and prosperous economy.
In this chapter, you will gain insights from distinguished experts such as Emanuele Quintarelli and Hari Tsoukas about the question how to transform organisations.
During this chapter of our masterclass we delve into the realms of Leadership, Moral Development, and Wisdom. This module is dedicated to unraveling the profound question: What makes a good leader, and how can we develop them?
In the final chapter we bring it all together, by exploring the evolving concept of the 'Good Organisation.' Embracing a philosophical approach and transdisciplinary dialectics we seek to develop new narratives and practices for ethical organizations that prioritize human and ecological flourishing.
YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Generally speaking, we are looking for individuals who bring solid life experience and expertise in their chosen fields, with a desire to go deeper into philosophical thinking and inquiry. Moreover, our aim is to bring theory and practice together, so ideal joiners have a desire to apply and experiment with new insights in their respective jobs and careers, especially as educators or leaders focused on people and organisational development.
faculty & speakers
A REBELLIOUS PROFESSOR & A BUSINESS INSURGENT
We are both passionate about developing organisations that are good for the people inside them, as well as good for the wider ecosystem. In our respective professional life we have tried to make a positive difference for several decades, and we feel it is time to bring together lessons learned - across academia and business, and across disciplines like philosophy, psychology, management science, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience. Our aim is to enable a global dialogue about how to craft good organisations and create a movement for positive change, to build back better.
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GREAT MINDS: Many thanks to all the wonderful participants in our Leaders and Business for Humanity series!
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how to join
Welcome to Our Masterclass - A First Prototype
We have created this prototype for the benefit of all, aiming to support "good leaders"—wherever they are—to become their very best. Our goal is to equip them with the necessary insights and experiences to contribute to a hopeful future for everyone.
In our quest "for good," we have been inspired and uplifted by the thoughts and conversations of many friends and colleagues. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of you—you know who you are!
We wish all participants of this course much success and joy on your personal leadership journey,
Antoinette and Otti
P.S. You can join the class at any time, even after the official start.
A new series of interviews to examine alternative models for the economy! Launching in March 2024
Our Leaders for Humanity Masterclass will launch on June 28th!
Join our global quest to chase organisations for good and revolutionise responsible leadership education!
Pilot participation now open for Fall 2024!
✿ Business for Humanity is our monthly webcast series dedicated to exploring alternatives to capitalism. We interview global thought leaders on economic models that promise greater sustainability, and critically examine them in our ongoing meta inquiry with an interested community
✿ Leaders for Humanity and Leaders for Humanity Masterclass represent our PhD-level research where we engage with exceptional minds to explore the development of good leaders and organizations. This series provides extensive resources and background reading materials.
✿The Flourishing Manifesto is a global initiative uniting HR and business leaders, consultants, and researchers in a collaborative effort to redefine performance management as a catalyst for responsible business transformation and leadership.
✿"Business as a Force for Good" is our pilot program developed in collaboration with Duke University, designed to create a practical module for responsible leadership education, with a particular focus on business and MBA students.
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