Tomas Björkman - Nature, the Nordic Secret, and what is emerging
- Author
- Ryan McGranaghan
- Published
- Tue 02 Mar 2021
- Episode Link
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Tomas Björkman transcends science, business, philosophy, and social and personal change. Founder of the Ekskäret Foundation and coauthor of The Nordic Secret, Tomas’ story is a guide for anyone thinking about the future of society - a confluence of physics, macroeconomics, and entrepreneurship.
Show Notes:
- Ekskäret Foundation; Oak Island Foundation (05:45)
- Origins of his union of scientific sensibility + entrepreneurship (07:00)
- From academia to business (09:00)
- Try to understand the world AND try to shape the world (10:00)
- Taking risks (12:00)
- We are not transparent to ourselves (14:30)
- Social entrepreneur (17:20)
- Complexity (21:30)
- The Nordic Secret (25:00)
- Corporate culture (26:20)
- Building stable lasting democracy (33:00)
- Conscious co-creation
- Inner maturity
- Retreat centers
- Jim Rutt podcast on the Nordic Secret
- German philosophical background: Schiller, Goethe, von Humboldt, Herder, Hegel — Bildung
- Are we facing deep and rapid societal change? (36:00)
- Horizontal and vertical development (42:00)
- 29k.org (51:00)
- Jonathan Rowson (52:30)
- Book: Spiritualize
- Personal practices (59:30)
- Book: The World We Create
- Morning routine (01:00:45)
- ‘Retreats in Nature'
- Guided psychedelic experiences (see Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind)
- Lightning Round (01:05:00)
- Book: Ken Wilbur Integral Psychology
- Passion: Sailing and Trekking
- Heart sing: Discovering fiction (where to start? Marcel Proust, Goethe, Schiller)
- Screwed up: Timing of media initiative
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