Meta-Perspective
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -An unfolding dialogue exploring how to think, act and be in a complex and uncertain world.
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Episodes
Imago Dei | Episode 8
October 19, 2023 09:08 - 1 hour - 108 MBHow do we relate to ourselves, each other and the world around us as individuals? In this episode we look at what underpins our understanding of the self by delving into the history, as well as the foundational beliefs and axioms, of Western Civilization. Looking at why we've come to hold a sense of individuality as sacred, and how we have to reconcile that idea with our seemingly inherent capacity to inflict harm and carry out evil. Date of Recording Original conversation record...
The Cultural Network | Episode 7
December 30, 2022 11:47 - 1 hour - 180 MBWhat is a cultural network? In this episode we dive into how the exponential rise of technology is influencing culture, looking at how it shapes us and how we in turn are shaping it. Date of Recording Original conversation recorded June 1st 2021 Timestamps Last episode recap (01:32) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - a portal into the network (03:45) Culture is meaning in action (09:57) Technology accelerating shallowness, disconnection from reality, 50 years on from ...
Reinventing Organisations | Episode 6
October 31, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 204 MBIn what ways do we participate with others in the arena? In this episode we dive into how we organise ourselves in groups, in the organisational structures that exist in our arena, and how that might be changing over time. Looking at the psychological, structural, and technological aspects of group participation as we try to adapt to the complexity that surrounds us. Date of Recording Original conversation recorded May 11th 2021 Timestamps Series recap after break (01:57) How do...
Where we're at | Interlude
May 25, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 18.2 MBA different type of episode from the norm, this is a short intervening passage between the first 5 episodes that we’ve released so far and future episodes to come. We recorded the first 5 episodes of the show in 2020, now we’re starting to record the next episodes and seeing where the journey takes us. In the meantime we’ve put together this interlude with a series recap of where we’ve gotten to so far along with some clues as to what to expect in the next episode. Timestamps What...
Sense-making | Episode 5
May 11, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 174 MBFrom the utility and limitations of metaphors to an approach for building empathy in the interactions we have with others, sense-making plays a key role in how we participate in the world around us. Dive in to the episode to see how the conversation unfolds. Date of Recording November 26th 2020 Timestamps Summary of last episode - intro to machine and informational metaphor (02:11) Why metaphors are useful but insufficient (05:23) The flip side of using informational metaph...
Sense of Self | Episode 4
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBKnowing ourselves is a key component of navigating complexity and uncertainty. In this episode we dive into the psychological aspects of being in an ever shifting, rapidly changing world and the effects that has on us and on our sense of self. Date Recorded Nov 12th 2020 Timestamps Alienation and the good life (3:58) Hume’s is/ought distinction, human needs and values (8:11) Using mechanical and informational metaphors in sense-making (12:07) Sense-making coupled to our envi...
Legacy Mindsets | Episode 3
April 27, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 189 MBBuilding from Episode 2's exploration into the Agent and Arena relationship. This time round we focus in on the Arena looking at the forces that have influenced and continue to influence it today. It's useful to think of this episode and having two parts to it that are connected by the theme - legacy mindsets - the ways of thinking and perceiving the world that we carry with us from the past. Date recorded Oct 29th 2020 Timestamps Part 1 Previous episode recap (02:27) Why pl...
The Agent and Arena | Episode 2
April 20, 2021 13:15 - 1 hour - 160 MBFollowing on from Episode 1, we take a theme that emerged from our first conversation and explore it more deeply. This time it's the intricate connections between the individual and the world in which that individual is placed. The concept of agent and arena we first came across through the work of John Vervaeke, Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto - you can find a link to his excellent YouTube series below. Date Recorded Oct 20th 2020 Timesta...
A Moment Unfolding | Episode 1
April 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBThis conversation was recorded on September 11th 2020 where this journey begins. The genesis of this show began with Matt & Andy wanting to figure out what underlies our current moment and explore it together. We start there. Dive into this episode and see what emerges. Timestamps Black swan, covid and the rise of technology (03:16) Stepping off the hamster wheel to find meaning (6:50) Why we should dig into specific topics like remote work (11:55) Living in a world of rapidly ...
A moment unfolding | Episode 1
April 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBA whirlwind tour across many of the topics and themes that we will be discussing over the course of this podcast, starting off by looking at how the pandemic has accelerated and surfaced a lot of the trends and ideas that are in our rapidly changing world today and ending with some of the things it might be lacking or even calling out for.
Meta-Perspective Trailer
April 08, 2021 14:55 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MBA taster of what to expect from the podcast