Philosophy as an Aid in Coping with Challenges
Facing the Senior Executive and the Organization
A Philosophical "Wake-Up" Day on the Basic Challenges
Faced by Senior Executives
The Philoharmony Institute for Strategic Philosophical Counseling
The Objective: To experience a philosophical engagement with the challenges facing the senior executive.
Philoharmony offers a fresh, innovative approach to the examination of managerial challenges, employing a broad array of philosophical insights and practices, based in Eastern and Western cultures, aimed at clarifying questions and refining solutions.
The Product: Fresh, effective insights for overcoming the difficulties and challenges under discussion.
The Method: Our journey begins with the concrete strategic problems encountered by the participants, and their translation into basic human dilemmas. In the main stage, the challenges that have been identified are considered by the instructors and the group using cognitive and experiential philosophical tools, which serve to deepen, enhance, and expand the issues. In the concluding stage, the insights gained are collected and integrated, with the help of a skilled staff, back into the concrete questions facing the executive and the organization.
The Staff: The staff is made up of counselors holding advanced degrees in philosophy, communications, Eastern psychology, and business administration. All of the staff members are persons of wide-ranging interests, richly experienced in accompanying executives and organizations (see details below). The staff members have years of experience in tackling questions of management and leadership, and expertise in dealing with basic life issues using philosophical tools.
Process and Schedule:
Philosophical Breakfast 8:00-9:00
With Dr. Eli Eilon: "Man as an Agent of Change in a Changing World"
Part One: Identifying the Challenges and Seeing Them in Terms of Basic Human Dilemmas 9:00-12:00
1. Introductory Lecture: On the Ethical Conundrums Involved in Strategic Questions of Management - Ben Ofarim
2. Challenge Identification Workshop: Ben Ofarim, Muli Glezer, Amir Zmora
3. Focusing Workshop: Extracting the Major Issues from the Identified Challenges: Muli Glezer, Na'ama Oshri
Philosophical Lunch 12:00-13:00
With Ben Ofarim: "The Autonomy of the Leader and How to Effect a Change in the Business-Cultural Context"
Part Two: Broadening the Worldview when Faced with Basic Dilemmas 13:00-16:00
- Introductory Lecture: The Worldview from a Philosophical Perspective – Dr. Eli Eilon
- Continuation: The Gap between Reality and its Perception: The Organization as a Reflection of its Director – Amir Zmora
- Workshop on Extracting a "Profound Personal Worldview": Using a Musical Experience – Dr. Eli Eilon
- Workshop on Developing Alternative Worldviews: With a Focus on the Issues Discussed – Na'ama Oshri, Amir Zmora, and Dr. Eli Eilon
Philosophical Coffee Break 16:00-17:00
With Na'ama Oshri: "Focused and Attentive Leadership: What Does Buddha Teach Us About Leadership 'From the Heart'?"
Short introduction and meditation exercise
Part Three: Back to Life's Challenges 17:00-19:00
Taking a fresh look at the concrete challenges raised by the participants:
- Workshop in Groups
- Assembly
With Ben Ofarim, Amir Zmora, Muli Glezer, Na'ama Oshri, and Dr. Eli Eilon
Philosophical Dinner 19:00-20:00
With Dr. Eli Eilon: "Innovation, Gestation, and Creation from a Philosophical Perspective"
