How well do you know yourself?
What makes you uniquely you?
Perhaps it’s your identity: name, ethnicity, citizenship, political affiliation, religion.
Perhaps it’s your genes. Or how you look?
Perhaps it’s how you feel.
You may be pretty sure of who you are.
But maybe sometimes, with some people, in some situations, you are not so sure.
The answer to the question of “who we are” is not as simple as it may seem at first blush. But few of us spend much time digging deeper. We simply assume an identity— derived from where we find ourselves, where we live, whom we associate with. Then we go on auto-pilot, rarely diving below the surface of our existence. Until something blows us off course and we become unmoored— unknown, even to ourselves.
Wouldn’t it be better to explore the landscape of our lives before we are lost. Seek self-knowledge, examine our deepest impulses, our values, our reasons for being? Wouldn’t it be preferable to take that understanding and live a more deliberate life— to happen to the world, before it happened to us?
That was the thinking that led us to develop this program of self-inquiry, which draws on our own investigations over 20 years, including through readings, discussions, insights and experimentation on how to live a meaningful life. We took a practical, critical and evidence-based approach that builds on the thinking of leading scientists and philosophers.
Instead of prescribing one perfect way to be, our program guides you on a path that illuminates different perspectives, habits of mind and concepts to help you create your own reasons, and discover your own answers to the questions of who you are, what matters to you and how to live a life that is meaningful to you.
Our offering
A structured program; a mental toolbox
No Answers
There is no shortage of advice on how to live your best life, how to lead, how to work well with others, or how to become a world-class organization— whatever that means. We’re not here to peddle yet another theory or even to give you answers. Instead, we focus on showing you different ways of looking at yourself and the world around you, to decide— as we say— how to “happen to the world.”
Evidence Based
Our evidence-based approach will help you to learn to think critically, differently and creatively about decisions / choices, priorities, leadership, collaboration, achievement, well-being and many other aspects of your personal and professional life. But we will also be transparent about where the evidence is lacking or where it is preliminary, so you understand what is known and unknown about a particular topic.
Inter-disciplinary
We draw from diverse disciplines including philisophy, psychology, physics, chemistry, biology (including neuroscience) to help you develop a comprehensive understanding of yourself and others. We make connections between surprising findings in diverse areas to reveal insights about you and your relationships
Guided
We guide you through a structured program that includes exploration and integration of diverse concepts and exercises.
To help you arrive at your own answers, we offer a flexible program that can be delivered through one-on-one coaching, keynote speeches, board/management retreats, conference sessions or practically any other format.
This will help you find your own answers rather than prescribing a generic solution.
Whom is it for?
This program is for you
This program is for anyone who wants to become more effective in how they work and live. Effectiveness is about doing the right things— not necessarily in a moral sense, but in the sense of being able to achieve your intent.
You can't be effective if you are unsure about what you want – out of your team, your career, your business, friends, family or life in general.
The path to become effective runs through self-inquiry. Understanding yourself through exposure to sometimes startling and new perspectives prepares you to see yourself differently. Participating in our structured exercises where you learn— from standardized assessments, self-reflection and directly from others— will help you counter the self-serving biases that we all have.
Once you have developed self-understanding, we will help you understand the world better, to put yourself and your life in perspective. And finally, we will teach you practical tools to counter habits and thoughts that detract from self-understanding, compassion towards others and ultimately— effectiveness.
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