Minami Kotani
Together with our sabbaticals, we are happy to invite Zenryu Kawakami from Shunko-in Temple in Kyoto, to give an overview of Japanese Zen culture and modern days. In addition, Shoukei Matsumoto will give a talk about “Long-term thinking: Why taking time to reflect is important for leadership?”. Shoukei Matsumoto has also joined this year's World Economic Forum.
After the input from our speakers, there will be a workshop to consider leadership in the work context. Here, you will have an opportunity to discuss your thoughts about leadership in English or Japanese.
The event will bring together experts from these diverse backgrounds, including businesspeople, researchers, and other professionals. Through engaging discussions, we will explore the relationship between mindfulness and leadership and how we can connect this to long-term thinking in the modern world.
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Lecturer and Consultant for Leadership, Coaching and Change Management at Zurich University of Applied Sciences Institute of Applied Psychology. Her purpose is to empower leaders to acknowledge and live their own potential and to create purpose-driven and lasting relationships, encouraging trust, understanding, innovation and agility, and fostering sustainable performance and results.
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Head of CAS L&M, lecturer and consultant at Zurich University of Applied Sciences Institute of Applied Psychology. He has interest in understanding how mindfulness concepts are implemented in organisations (e.g. as in ikigai) and how these cultural goods shape leadership behaviour and business practices. He recently published “Brain-adapted Leadership. Effective Leadership according to Neuropsychological Findings.”
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Zen priest and the 24th head priest of Shunkoin Temple. He has given numerous talks on Zen and mindfulness at TED Talks, Harvard Business School, MIT, etc. His temple, Shunkoin, is among the first in Japan to perform wedding ceremonies for homosexual couples. He is also an Official Collaborator of Mindful Living Research at Kyoto University.
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Monk/Ancestorist. Industrial Monk/Representative Director of Interbeing Co., Ltd. Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. His book, “A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind”, has been translated and published in more than 17 languages. He has also translated a number of works into Japanese, including “The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking”
Minami Kotani