APF Asian Brown Bag Series #6 - Peeling Foresight and the Self: Zen, the Dao, and the Un-Art of Facilitating Uncertainty

About the Session:

This interactive dialogue will invite participants to use Zen and Daoism to peel the philosophical layers of the facilitation of uncertainty in organizations, and thus to peel the layers of our “self” as facilitators. Together, we will ground ourselves in the present to meditate on the most foundational yet hidden tenets behind the investigation of our futures. We may or may not call this practice foresight.

About the Speaker:

Alex Fergnani is an atypical professor, writer, executive educator, youtuber, and proud enthusiast of Asia. He obtained his Ph.D. in Management and Organization at NUS Business School in Singapore, his Master’s in Futures Studies at Tamkang University in Taipei, and his Bachelor of Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures at the University of Bologna in Italy. Thanks to his prolific intellectual contributions, he was awarded numerous awards, including the President fellowship by the Singapore government, the Fetzer scholarship by the Academy of Management, and an honorary research fellowship by Strathclyde Business School.