S3 Ep. 13 Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt – The ‘Good’ and the ‘Bad’ organization: an ethics perspective

Today we find out how to bridge philosophy, psychology and management science to understand how businesses can enable a "good society". We are joined by two experts in this field, Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt to find out what questions we need to be asking.

Professor Dr. Antoinette Weibel is full professor for human resource management at the University of St. Gallen. She is President of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance at the University of St.Gallen, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Media and Communications Management and the Institute for Business Ethics at the University of St.Gallen. Her current core project, ‘Good Organisations’, asks how organisations can become better members of society. 

Otti is a disruptive thought leader with over 20 years experience in implementing strategic business change in multi-cultural, complex businesses and in crafting human-centric learning organisations. As COO and Chief Transformation officer in ING, he was until recently accountable for ING’s global digital transformation programme and continuous optimisation of operational service performance for more than 20m customers worldwide. He is also a certified leadership coach, associate of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) and was recently named Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Agile. 

Tune in to this episode as we explore the power of framing the right questions, how we can enable each others’ flourishing, the role of high quality relationships and active reflection – and why no singular idea will solve everything. 

A full transcript of the episode can be found on our website: https://boundaryless.io/podcast/antoinette-weibel-and-otti-vogt/ 

Key highlights we discussed:

> What do we mean by doing ‘good’ or ‘bad’ in business?

> The impact of plurality and multiculturalism

> The power of sociality and facilitating higher quality relationships

> Defining a ‘flourishing’ individual and society

> Balancing globalism vs community and landscape

To find out more about Otti and Antoinette’s work:

> Otti’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ottivogt

> Otti’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Otti_Vogt   

> Antoinette’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinette-weibel/  

> Antoinette’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/antoinetteprof 

> Website: https://goodorganisations.com/ 

Other references and mentions:

> Good Organisations’ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMTzXIuJLFz0IcJYztHPShQ 

> Building a convivial society: autonomy, tools, scale, and capabilities - with L.M. Sacasas: https://www.boundaryless.io/podcast/l-m-sacasas/ 

> Lorsch, Jay W. “Organization design: A situational perspective.” Organizational dynamics 6, no. 2 (1977): 2–14, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0090261677900420

Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at https://boundaryless.io/resources/podcast/

Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: https://boundaryless.io/podcast-music

Recorded on 22 March 2022.