Leadership, Art, and Responsibility

Julia Romanowska, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Institute of Organisational and Work Life Ethics, Marie Cederschiöld University, Sweden

‘Julia Romanowska’s rigorous research has cast leadership education in a completely new light, raising unsettling ethical questions about whether conventional leadership training may itself contribute to destructive leadership. At the Swedish Defence University, we have incorporated Shibboleth’s art-based approach into a leadership course, fundamentally changing my view of human development. A beautiful, deeply affecting book.’

• Contents1 “The boundless experience” 2 The complexity of leadership and the simplicity of leadershipdevelopment3 When leadership ideals are brought into lived reality4 Safeguarding the dignity of leadership5 “They were taken into a black-painted room”6 The Shibboleth experiment 7 “Shibboleth and the unconscious”8 Experiencing the Shibboleth – from stress to insight9 The effects of the Shibboleth experiment10 “And it is still palpable”11 The negative effects of the traditional programme12 The transformative effects of the Shibboleth programme13 Does the Shibboleth effect contribute to increased profitability?14 The dynamics of aestemethical transformation15 “It’s a part of me” 16 The aestemethical stance in life and leadership17 Aesthetics: poetic insightfulness18 Emotion: the discerning engagement19 Ethics: the sensitive responsibility20 The aestemethical (anti-)pedagogy21 “I sought a manager and found a human being” 22 The re-enchantment of the world – the Shibboleth effect