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Feb 07, 2025

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We have ambitious plans to grow the Salon having had great feedback based on the four interviews and three live sessions offered so far. New interviews are about to be published and the dates of the next three live sessions have already been announced. And, as we continue the Inflection series during 2025, many more great thinkers have agreed to participate. More details are given below.

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THE INFLECTION SERIES

“Inflection” is the title of the first salon series, exploring reasons we are at an inflection point in human history. If we make the right decisions, we can achieve another leap of progress in the human story. But the nature of the challenges we face mean the future of humanity is threatened if we make the wrong decisions. And the quality of our existence during the transition is also threated. In this context, our ability to make the right choices has never been more important.

In this series we are undertaking a systematic investigation of the issues from multiple perspectives with experts from a wide range of disciplines. They are taking part in interactive dialogues with our global audience. And each dialogue is based on a pre-recorded interview to stimulate the dialogues. DETAILS ON THE SERIES

THE INTERVIEWS SO FAR

In the first interview Indy Johar explained how we must get beyond our delusions and recognise we are on a path to mutually assured destruction, so we can start to think how we might get ourselves on a path to mutually assured flourishing instead.

In the second interview Lord Alderdice spoke of Saving ourselves from ourselves and the need to overcome conflict and establish enough trust to be able to cooperate effectively in addressing our challenges.

We then heard from Donna Hicks in the third interview. She talked about leading and living with dignity requires us to be more conscious of our own dignity and the dignity of others. This is how we can overcome conflict and improve our relationships with one another.

And in the fourth interview with Neil Hawkes we explored his work on Values-based education in schools around the world, so that future generations might have the knowledge, and a vocabulary, to use effectively in their relationships with themselves and each other.

NEXT INTERVIEWS

Recorded and soon to be published will be the interview with Mary Crossan, Professor of Strategic Leadership and Character Researcher at the Ivey Business School, Western University and Co-Founder of Virtuosity Character. Mary is also a co-author of “Developing Leadership Character” (2015) and “The Character Compass” (2023).

The interview will be published in advance of the live session with Mary and special guests on February 28th. Details below.

Being recorded soon is an interview with Mary Gentile, Creator/Director of Giving Voice to Value and author of the book Giving Voice To Values. That book was followed by a series of 13 practice focused books. Mary is a former Professor of Practice at University of Virginia Darden School of Business; Senior Advisor, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program; and independent consultant. Previously she was a faculty member and manager of case research at Harvard Business School.

he interview will be published in early March prior to the live session with Mary and special guests on March 26th. Details below.

NEXT LIVE DIALOGUES

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