Thinking Class

Ryan Hopkins is Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ,  author of '52 weeks of wellbeing: a no nonsense guide to a fulfilling work life' - published 03/01/24. Before joining Jaaq, Ryan led the Future of Wellbeing at Deloitte. He's a LinkedIn Top Voice for Work Life Balance, host of the Audacious Goals Club and Creator of Toilet Break Wellbeing. Ryan is also a TEDx Speaker - Shoreditch.Expect to hear about the impact of discovering philosophy in our lives, why business leaders need to read philosophy, the common reasons cited for a lack of wellbeing at work,  the wellbeing crisis as a spiritual crisis and so much more. Enjoy the show, classmates.  Show notesInstagram/TikTok- @futureofwellbeingLinkedIn - Ryan Hopkins | LinkedInWant is the Acid - by Paul Kingsnorth (substack.com)Enchiridion: Amazon.co.uk: Epictetus, Long, George: 9781548647797: Books

Hello everybodyJoining me in Thinking Class today is Katrin Gülden Le Maire. Katrin is a trained theologian, a strategic advisor, and an independent scientific researcher with more than 20 years experience in various European markets. She works across all industries and sectors, with special expertise in finance. She has been nominated as board member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ESG in Westminster in 2022 and is a member of the board of the FIIT Institut at the Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg in Germany.  Katrin conducts scientific research, focusing on Cyber Ethics, democracy development and social cohesion as well as epistemology. I loved this conversation and had so much more to say but time was against us. During our discussion, Katrin makes the argument that the western world is desecularising. We talk about why we should have a basic grasp of theology, why those of us in the West still live in a world dominated by Christian values, the similarities between the British, the French, and the Germans, and why business leaders are suffering from a crisis of understanding. Shownotes- kglemaire.com- The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution: Amazon.co.uk: Trueman, Carl R., Dreher, Rod: 9781433556333: Books- WOF 386: Christianity, History, and the Modern Age w/ Tom Holland - Word on Fire

Kahlil Corazo is the author of How to Turn Ideas Into Reality: Project Management for Entrepreneurship and Creative Work and the founder of Advenient.co, a Philippine-based outsourced partner of digital agencies handling the technical side of internet marketing. His current writing project is Explorations.ph, where he explores the applications of the ideas of thinkers such as René Girard and Venkatesh Rao to Philippine history and culture. Kahlil's Linkedin bio says that he is a "gentleman scholar." In the podcast, he explains what this means. Today we talk about the influence of Rene Girard, the three-city problem, the problem of meaningless work, conversion, thick desires vs. thin desires, and designing ecologies of attention to desire good things.Kahlil is a true gentleman and this was a conversation that will stay with me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.You can follow Kahlil's work on:- Substack: https://lnkd.in/ePY3ZvRj- X: https://lnkd.in/esdysWnZShow notesThe World Beyond Your Head: How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction: Amazon.co.uk: Crawford, Matthew: 9780241959442: BooksThings Hidden Since the Foundation of... by René Girard (amazon.co.uk)The Three-City Problem of Meaningless Work | by Luke Burgis | Medium - Kahlil's guest post

Tom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition.Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time.  ShownotesThe revenge of the technocrats - UnHerdThe New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism : Gray, John: Amazon.co.uk: BooksESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (I/II) (illuminem.com)ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (II/II) (illuminem.com)