This is the 4th episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.

In this episode - Part 1 of 2 - Tomas Björkman and I talk about:

• Importance of lifelong learning and inner growth and maturation in organisations, management and in society.
• Nurturing environments that can facilitate effective and healthy corporate cultures.
• The connection between inner and outer personal development and individual and collective growth and capacity.
• Healthy democracy and societal change.
• Oxygen and money as a metaphor for what we collectively believe we can re-invent.
• Collective agency and collective sense-making.
• The value and limitation of rational scientific worldviews.
• What skills, knowledge and capacities does education need to foster to meet global and environmental challenges and societal shifts?
• How Inner Development Goals are important in our meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

And many other topics.

Guest Bio:
After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org digital personal development platform and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). Tomas divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.

Tomas’ books:
The Market Myth (2016)
The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017)
The World We Create (2019)
Via his website: https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/#books

Further links to guest resources:
Tomas' website https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com
K9 Co-living https://www.k9coliving.com/
Perspectiva Institute https://systems-souls-society.com/
Co-creation loft http://cocreationloft.com/
Digital initiatives 29k.org/AWARE https://29k.org/
'Emerge': http://www.whatisemerging.com/
The Inner Development Goals. https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/

Additional resources mentioned:
Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelWisdom
How to use personal, inner development to build strong democracies | Tomas Björkman | TEDxBerlin https://youtu.be/b4dFsHgd1rQ