Tomas Björkman - Nature, the Nordic Secret, and what is emerging

Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan

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)
  • Otto Scharmer - vertical literacy
  • Frederic Laloux Reinvent the Organization
  • Robert Kegan
• 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)
    • Proust Questionnaire
  • Screwed up: Timing of media initiative
• Find guest online:
  • http://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/
  • Emerge
  • Perspectiva
  • 29k.org

Full Show Notes here