Would you like to unlock the creative, imaginative and innovative potential in your team or organisation…BUT…don’t want to listen to another serious podcast which offers 7 steps, 5 habits, 3 mantras, and a hard sell in a pear tree? Then join ‘The Occupational Philosophers’, a ‘not-so-serious’ podcast with Simon Banks (middle-aged Australian surfer man, artist and published author) and John Rice (middle-aged British man with a love of curiosity and philosophy) as they chat with a ‘clowder’ (great word!) of curious cats from the fields of Comedy, Academia, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Psychology, Design, Marketing, and Business, to explore how you, your team, and your organisation, can develop your curiosity, spark your creativity, and free your imagination, so you can grow your business and your people….sounds great huh?! But don’t just take our word for it, read what our listeners think: “Worth a listen, one of them has a strange Australian accent” “They’re not philosophers, they’re idiots” “If you like business, philosophy, humour, creativity, and imagination, then have a listen - if not, then I would leave well alone” http://www.occupationalphilosophers.com
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
In this short, sharp Inbetweener episode, The Occupational Philosophers discuss “What is Philosophy”, after a teenager asked Simon that very question and he struggled a little to answer! He set off to explore and their conversation together highlights just what he uncovered:
- How ChatGPT can help Philosophy sound cool to a 14-year old teenager
- Some definitions that help get to the essence of what Philosophy is all about
- Just how little John and Simon know….rock on Socrates…!
- The 7 main branches of Philosophy
- How Philosophy helps challenge beliefs, assumptions and ‘sacred cows’
- Philosophy promotes critical thinking and new lenses to view problems and opportunities
- How organisations can adopt philosophical thinking to improve creativity, collaboration and innovation
- The fact that Simon and John cannot pronounce ‘Epistemology’...
FYI: The Inbetweeners episodes are just that - smaller episodes 'in between' the longer format episodes designed to give a little kickstart to enable you to be the most curious, creative and imaginative cat you can be - and have some fun in the process.
References:
https://www.philosophy-foundation.org/
https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2020/10/10/philosophy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Warburton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze
Say Hello:
www.occupationalphilosophers.com
Their day jobs:
JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/
SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au
SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg
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