Leadership for the Common Good

Behavioral Finance

What Role Can Psychology Play in Impact Investing?

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on June 15, 2024

The ambition to do good by doing business is not new; however, it is realized in impact investing. Social psychology can help foster effective processes in impact investing.

The ambition to do good by doing business is not new; however, it is realized in impact investing. Social psychology can help foster effective processes in impact investing.

Leadership

What Can Ordinary People Do to Address Social Polarization?

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on March 4, 2024

In the face of systemic challenges like polarization, it is easy to feel hopeless. Happily, there is much we can do to practice everyday leadership for the common good.

In the face of systemic challenges like polarization, it is easy to feel hopeless. Happily, there is much we can do to practice everyday leadership for the common good.

Philosophy

How to Have Impossible Conversations About the Common Good

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on January 15, 2024

To mitigate polarization and division in our communities, we need to learn to talk to each other in a way that fosters mutual understanding.

To mitigate polarization and division in our communities, we need to learn to talk to each other in a way that fosters mutual understanding.

Ethics and Morality

Seeking Balance Between Competing Notions of the Common Good

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on January 9, 2024

In pluralistic societies, there are reasonable differences of opinion about what is right, fair or just. We need to learn to balance different conceptions of the common good.

In pluralistic societies, there are reasonable differences of opinion about what is right, fair or just. We need to learn to balance different conceptions of the common good.

Ethics and Morality

Social Justice, Social Order, and the Common Good

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on January 4, 2024

We are divided in our worldviews about what constitutes a good society. To foster constructive conversation, we should put these worldviews on an equal moral footing.

We are divided in our worldviews about what constitutes a good society. To foster constructive conversation, we should put these worldviews on an equal moral footing.

On the face of it, the idea that research, innovation, and technology should serve the public interest is entirely reasonable. However, what does the public interest actually mean?

Motivation

The Common Good and the Paradoxes of Right vs. Right

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on July 6, 2023

The paradoxes of the common good are unavoidable in complex, pluralistic societies. Our responses to these paradoxes may be a fundamental determinant of the fate of our society.

The paradoxes of the common good are unavoidable in complex, pluralistic societies. Our responses to these paradoxes may be a fundamental determinant of the fate of our society.

Ethics and Morality

Sustainability and the Search for the Common Good

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on June 2, 2023

To address concerns about the end of a "safe operating space for humanity", it is vital to take a heterodox view of the common good to find durable solutions to complex problems.

To address concerns about the end of a "safe operating space for humanity", it is vital to take a heterodox view of the common good to find durable solutions to complex problems.

Leadership

The Common Good: Good for Whom?

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on July 8, 2022

What can we do to foster the common good in divided times? Start the search for "the good" with humility, curiosity, and a simple question: "What does better look like?"

What can we do to foster the common good in divided times? Start the search for "the good" with humility, curiosity, and a simple question: "What does better look like?"

Leadership

How to Make Sense of the Paradoxes of the Common Good

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on March 17, 2022

Feeling confused by competing ideas about the right thing to do and be? A paradoxical lens can go a long way to making sense of life's absurdities.

Feeling confused by competing ideas about the right thing to do and be? A paradoxical lens can go a long way to making sense of life's absurdities.

Leadership

Despite Our Differences, Can We Find a Common Good?

Samuel Wilson Ph.D. on March 4, 2022

What is the common good, and how can we foster the search for the good?

What is the common good, and how can we foster the search for the good?