Utopia is Now

Josh is a researcher, writer, and public speaker interested in the humanities, legal education and employment policies. He has appeared as a guest on the BBC, Channel 7, ABC Radio,  2SER FM, RTR FM and spoken at TEDx. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English, History, and Law, and also a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law and Education from the University of Adelaide. Josh also runs a YouTube channel where he shared great videos about philosophy and literature!  

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Timestamps 

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0:00 - Teaser 

1:32 -  Intro: The World According to Joshua Krook + Experiment 

9:55- What is Romanticism? 19:32 - Joshua the Academic vs Joshua the Romantic 

25:37 - The Confused Moral Messaging of Mythology and Narratives

32:35 -The Trifecta of Epistemology, Story Telling and Morality - How do we tie it all together?

41:55 - A Quick Pause - A Meditation on How Environments Shape Decision-Making

50:58  - Returning to the Trifecta

1:00:00 - How can we encapsulate subjective truths and stories into our conception of Justice & Morality 

1:12:00 - What does Joshua's Utopia Look Like?

Suet Koon Lai, widely known as Koon, is the Director of PwC Australia and leads the transformation of PwC Assurance target operating model. She is known by senior leadership in the firm as the trusted go-to strategic advisor on the transformation of client service delivery operating model. She empowers others through her leadership style so that they can operate at a high standard of performance with integrity. Over the last 12 months, she has rapidly grown a following of more than 20,000 people from around the world under the #careerhack with a viewership of over 3 million. In that time she has authored over 250 stories on leadership, management, diversity & inclusion.  

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction 

2:30 - Briefing our New Experiment   

5:06 - Getting to Know Koon on a Personal Level  

9:50 - Discussing Childhood Stories

13:09 - Fostering Imagination for Children 

20:29 - How to nurture employees like children? 

26:30 - Redefining Corporate Culture  

31:29 - How to align and foster values in large companies? 

43:03 - Re-defining Leadership 

54:46 - Future of Leadership, Organizations & Careers 

1:11:48 - Future of Society 

1:16:21 - Koon's Utopia 

1:19:47 - Koon's Plug 

1:20:31 - Final Comments 

1:23:50 - Reflection Questions

Mentioned

1) Simon Sinek 

2) Leaders Eat Last - Book by Simon Sinek on Servant Leadership 

3) Brené Brown 

4) Naval Ravikant 

5) Taoism  

6) 7 Sins  

7) Black Box Thinking - Book by Matthew Syed

Credits 

Cover Art: Suet Koon Lai Headshot 

Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X  

#leadership #corporatecultures #pwc

Rob is the former General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb. Rob is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia. He worked for 14 years with the U.S. Justice Department. In 1999, Rob left the U.S. Attorney’s Office and moved to California to become eBay’s third attorney, handling a wide variety of litigation, IP and regulatory/compliance matters for the company globally. Later in his career, Rob joined Airbnb as General Counsel in the spring of 2016, where he grew the legal team from 30 to over 150 legal professionals in 20 offices around the world.   

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Timestamps 

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0:00 - Intro

2:29 - Diogenes the Cynic and the business world 

5:00 - What the hell is a Chief Ethics Officer? 

10:11 - Why did Rob become a Chief Ethics Officer? 

14:21 - Rob's gripes with Milton Friedman 

19:13 - How Important is a motive when doing the right thing? 

23:51 - Rob's definition of ethics 

27:01 - To what extent do companies, like Airbnb, do the right thing as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself 

29:47- Shashwats Story & the business culture of India 

37:49 - Where do we draw the line and hold people accountable for ethical quandaries? 

42:57 - How to create a more empathetic legal system and navigate 'grey' ethical spaces? 

46:41- How do we incentive ethical leadership? 

50:39 - How do we create an ethical environment? 

58:24 - How can we find the courage to be ethical leaders? 

1:01:15 - What is Rob's Utopia?  

Mentioned 

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1) Diogenes the Cynic 

2) Brian Chesky 

3)#MeToo Movement 

4) Milton Freedman 

5) Conscious Capitalism 

6) Stakeholder Capitalism 

7) Alex Edmans 

8) Give and Take by Adam Grant 

9) The Power of Ethics by Susan Liautaud 

10) Gunda's (Hindi word for gangsters) 

11) Free Will by Sam Harris 

12) Paul Millerd 

13) Mahatma Gandhi 

Credits

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Cover Art: Airbnb Logo

Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

Rob Karpati is a Finance and Transformation leader who believes that social value is the starting point for business value. Rob is the VP and Strategic Transformation Leader at O Trade where social engagement turns potential conflict into collaboration, resulting in dignity for potentially at-risk communities. His role focuses on defining and leading organizational transformation in order to multiply social benefits through partnerships between his team and customers. He also integrates an analytical Finance approach, modeling the economic benefits of social engagement from the company, community, and investor points of view. Rob has been a long-term Finance leader in the multi-national corporate environment, focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career. He uses finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, and has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:00 - Rob's Story with O Trade

6:03 - Can Mining be Sustainable?

9:30 - Corporate Social Engagement

14:10 - Finance for Social Good

16:52 - How can we be more sustainable?

20:54 - Diversity, Inclusion & Corporate Ethics

30:43 - Socially Responsible Investments

35:15 - Finding New Ways to Measure Value

39:50 - Corporate Ethics & Economics

51:36 - Rob's thoughts on the Future & Utopia

Mentioned:

1) Monica Ospina - Founder of O Trade - https://otrade.ca/monica-ospina/

2) Rebel Ideas - Book by Matthew Syed

3) Grow the Pie - Book by Alex Edmans

4) John Elkington is an author, advisor, and serial entrepreneur with an authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development.

5) Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician

6) The Good Ancestor - Book by Roman Krznaric

Credits

Cover Art: James O'Brien

Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

Welcome to Utopia is Now.  

In today's conversation, we talked to Cheryl Kiser, the executive director of the Lewis Institute for Social Innovation at Babson College. Cheryl inspires people to create a positive social impact in any role, any sector, and any community and empowers people to see the UN Global Goals as a $12 trillion market opportunity for addressing the biggest challenges of our time, such as poverty, climate action, and inequality. She is a global leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social innovation and is the author of the book Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Changemakers. Her infectious energy is sought by countless corporate executives and luminaries, so much so that she has directly influenced the strategy, operations, and mindsets of dozens of Fortune 500 companies, global NGOs, community organizations, and academic institutions.   

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Timestamps

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0:00 - Introduction 

2:54 - Cheryl's story 

10:00-  The evolution of business since the 1960s 

21:24 - What the hell is a business? 

29:19 - Return on relationships - A societal mispricing problem 

46:43 - Purpose-driven value & positive-sum games 

50:18 - The role of language in transforming the world 

1:03:52 - Cherly's gripes with 'Utopia' 

1:09:56 - What is Cherly's Utopia   

1:13:27 - Wrapping up  

Mentioned in this episode: 

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1) The Lewis Institute for Social Innovation 

2) Corporate Social Responsibility & ESG 

3) Two Beats Ahead by Panos A. Panay & R. Michael Hendrix 

4) Martin Buber 

5) The Uncommon Table 

6) Merck Pharmaceuticals

7) Alex Edmans 

8) Grow the Pie by Alex Edmans 

9) Good Company by Arthur Blank

11) Neighbour of Choice Program 

12) Terence McKenna 

13) Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers by Cheryl Kiser 

14) David Stangis 

15) Marcel Proust 

16) Eduardo Galeano  

17) Khalil Gibran

Credits 

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Cover Art: Henri Matisse - The Beast on The Loose

Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X  

#Language #Relationships #Business #Utopiaisnow

Paul Millerd is a Curious Human & Solopreneur, Writer, Host of the Reimagine Work Podcast, Teacher at Strategy U, Independent Consultant and Adviser (for companies like VIVO, Wrangler, Russel Reynolds Associates, Good Jobs Associates among many others), and a Career Coach for people who carve their own paths beyond the default path.

In his past life, Paul worked for companies like General Electric, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and studied at the University of Connecticut and MIT.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

4:00 - Why did Paul leave BCG & McKinsey to live a Pathless Path?

8:05 - What path should you take in life?

11:43 - Management Consulting & what made Paul leave it?

16:30 - Paul coaches Shashwat over his career dilemma

20:33 - What do work & career REALLY mean?

30:59 - The false dichotomy of Work-Life Balance

33:58 - Traditional vs Unconventional Lifepaths

39:20 - How to embrace your weirdness and follow your heart?

46:15 - What does Paul's life look like right now?

49:58 - Philosophy of Life: Work vs Leisure

54:57 - Future of Work

58:06 - Bridging the gap between Education & Work

01:05:44 - How to find your life path?

01:09:47 - Do we owe any responsibility to our economy to continue traditional work?

01:11:48 - Paul's views on Utopias

Mentioned in this Episode:

Credits

Art Work: The Road Not Taken - Michael Cook

Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

Ryan Bourne is an economist and currently occupies the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato Institute. Before joining Cato, Ryan was head of public policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Head of economic research at the Centre for Policy Studies. He holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of the new book 'Economics in One Virus' which draws upon the dramatic events of 2020 to bring to life some of the most important principles of economic thought. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:22 - Who is an economist? What is their role in society?

5:02 - What does Ryan do and what motives him?

10:41 - What is Economics?

15:00 - A Glimpse of Insight into an Economic Way of Thinking

19:40 - Thinking on the Margins & Banning Things

25:00 - How to deal with Externalities?

32:38 - Economic way of thinking about Environmentalism

39:25 - Risks and Benefits of conforming to a Political Label & Ideological Framework

45:13 - What is Libertarian Economics?

49:07 - Moral Challenges against Libertarianism

58:53 - Information, Truth, Markets & Freedom

01:07:24 - Finance vs Economics

01:11:57 - GDP, Pandemic & Nature of our Economic System

01:18:09 - How to make better decisions & Ryan's Utopia

Mentioned in this Episode:

1) Peter Joseph Boettke

2) The Institute of Economic Affairs

3) The Cato Institute

4) Andrew Mark Cuomo

5) Joseph Raymond McCarthy

6) Ronald Harry Coase

7) Susan Liautaud

8) Eduardo Hughes Galeano

9) Roman Krznaric

10) Adam M. Grant

11) Michael Joseph Sandel

12) John Stuart Mill

13) Elinor Claire

14) Niall Campbell Ferguson

15) Dwight David Eisenhower

Kellen is a student, entrepreneur, actor, and comedian dedicated to telling stories and learning about others. In this podcast, Kellen and Shashwat discuss the role of expectations in our everyday life, finding amusement in the absurdity of life, finding the courage to experiment, alongside various philosophical tangents. 

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro 

1:55 - Keller’s Story 

3:12 - Gravity’s Not Real 

7:11 - Finding Amusement in Absurdity 

12:57 - What Motivates Kellen? 

15:50 - Kellen’s Social Experiments and Experiences 

26:00 - Where to find the courage to experiment 

38:24 - Subverting Expectations 

41:43 - Purposeful Purposelessness & Immanuel Kant 

48:40 - Kellen’s actions: Treating action as ends in themselves or consequentialist reasoning 

53:47 - Kellen’s Utopia

Mentioned in this Episode

Immanuel Kant 

John Mulaney 

George Carlin 

Aldous Huxley

Credits

Art Work: Pablo Picasso - The Weeping Women (1909) 

Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

Formerly a corporate attorney, advertising copywriter, and carpenter, Weston Miller teaches intermediate Humanities and introductory writing courses at Babson College. Specifically, he teaches a popular class on 'Utopias/Dystopias', and also the 'The Literature of Guilt'. He lives in Hyde Park, MA, with his wife. You can read more about him using the links below.

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Timestamps

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0:00 - Professor Weston Miller's Story and the Pursuit of Fiction Writing

6:09 - Justice, Fairness, and Dystopia

19:16 - Who are 'The Others' and the Importance of Cognitive Diversity

24:45 - The Philosophy of Zero-Sum vs Positive-Sum Games

33:58 - Disruption and the Balance of Power

39:39 - Feminist Epistemology and Dystopia

50:24 - Is Utopia possible? A Brief Exploration

59:02 - Do we need "Losers" to motivate "Winners"

1:08:42 - Professor Miller's Utopia

Books/People Mentioned

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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Black Mirror

Credits

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Art Work: Pablo Picasso - The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro (1909)  

Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X