Sally Kohn: I'm keeping busy. My foundation in Sweden, the Oak Island Foundation, we have our own island outside Stockholm where we are exploring the connection between our inner worlds and societal change. The Emerge Project is a nonprofit open source digital platform to really democratize in the development and growth. All that in 40 hours a week? Not really. It's a bit more than 40 hours. Yeah. Well, your overview of your work of integrating natural science, anthropology, sociology and psychology, naturally you would be a guest on this show because that is exactly what I'm trying to articulate to a lot, hopefully a lot more humans on how things fit together.
On this episode, author and social entrepreneur Tomas Björkman joins Nate to discuss his recent projects promoting inner development based on his books The Nordic Secret and The World We Create. Tomas unpacks the philosophical framework of ‘metamodernism’ and ultimately why having more mindful, engaged, global citizens is so critical to our coming challenges. How can we as individuals contribute to a more positive transition by becoming more thoughtful and resilient?
About Tomas Björkman:
After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, the Co-creation Loft, the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org personal development platform, and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). He divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.
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