#36 Simon Western: Psychoanalysis, Desire & Eco-Leadership

Simon Western is a leading academic and practitioner in coaching and leadership, and the author of several books and many academic papers. He is the host of the popular Edgy Ideas Podcast and blogs on Re-enchanting Our Worlds, Substack.

Simon brings an unusual depth of experience to the field of coaching and leadership. He has led Masters courses at leading universities, including tenure as Director of Coaching at Lancaster University Management School, and Director of the Masters in Organizational Consulting, psychoanalytic approaches at the Tavistock Clinic.  He is also Past President of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO).

Currently, his portfolio of work includes coaching and consulting to CEO’s and international leaders in all sectors. He has also developed the Five-Frame Eco-Leadership Coaching System which he teaches. He offers ‘thought leadership’ to support strategic change in today’s ‘network society’, specializing in distributed leadership to ensure ethical and dynamic leadership occurs at the edge as well as the centre of organizations.

Simon’s work emerges from a critical and ethical perspective, and the purpose of the Eco-Leadership Institute is to help leaders work in ‘good faith’ to build the ‘good society’. 

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