PETER BLOCK is a writer and consultant working in the areas of chosen accountability, the reconciliation of community, and restoring the common good. He is the author of nine books, including the bestselling Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, and Community: The Structure of Belonging. PETER KOESTENBAUM is a renowned existential philosopher and the founder and chairman of Philosophy in Business and the Koestenbaum Institute. After a career in academia, he worked as a business consultant and leadership coach for major companies around the world, including Ford, IBM, Novartis, Citibank, Volvo, Amoco, and more. His most recent book-length work includes The Heart of Business: Ethics, Power, and Philosophy and Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness.

• PrefacePrologue: Then Was the MomentThe past is not pastWhat lies aheadIntroduction: The Philosophic InsightConversations on freedom and accountabilityThe view from where we areParenting is the origin story of management and leadershipShifting the historical contextPhilosophic insight in the world of organized effortThe existential understandingI The Power and Structure of FreedomRewardsFreedom, reality, choice, and willAccepting our freedomThe fundamental insightImplications: The Forms of FreedomChoice, reality, and willII The Potential of AnxietyThe fruits of your patienceSolving anxietyThe promise of anxietyThe language of freedom: It is an inside jobShifting the context to freedom and accountabilityImplications: Anxiety as an ally of accountability both central to performance in a time of permanent uncertaintyThe permanent conditionBeing consciousIII Speaking of Death and EvilDeath is an optionA storm in the shelterFacing reality. Taking charge of our life.A summary of usefulness of the reality of deathFinal factsThe presence of evilDenying the reality of evilDo no harmImplications: failure, fear, death, and evilIV Fully Human OrganizationsGuilty as chosen and guilty as chargedThe Sound of freedomReversing the illusion of clear roles and expectationsNot enough Our expectationsWhat are we to do?Real and chosen accountability? Fully human organizationsEpilogueReferences and Background ReadingAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIndexAbout Designed Learning

PETER BLOCK is a writer and consultant working in the areas of chosen accountability, the reconciliation of community, and restoring the common good. He is the author of nine books, including the bestselling Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, and Community: The Structure of Belonging. PETER KOESTENBAUM is a renowned existential philosopher and the founder and chairman of Philosophy in Business and the Koestenbaum Institute. After a career in academia, he worked as a business consultant and leadership coach for major companies around the world, including Ford, IBM, Novartis, Citibank, Volvo, Amoco, and more. His most recent book-length work includes The Heart of Business: Ethics, Power, and Philosophy and Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness.

• PrefacePrologue: Then Was the MomentThe past is not pastWhat lies aheadIntroduction: The Philosophic InsightConversations on freedom and accountabilityThe view from where we areParenting is the origin story of management and leadershipShifting the historical contextPhilosophic insight in the world of organized effortThe existential understandingI The Power and Structure of FreedomRewardsFreedom, reality, choice, and willAccepting our freedomThe fundamental insightImplications: The Forms of FreedomChoice, reality, and willII The Potential of AnxietyThe fruits of your patienceSolving anxietyThe promise of anxietyThe language of freedom: It is an inside jobShifting the context to freedom and accountabilityImplications: Anxiety as an ally of accountability both central to performance in a time of permanent uncertaintyThe permanent conditionBeing consciousIII Speaking of Death and EvilDeath is an optionA storm in the shelterFacing reality. Taking charge of our life.A summary of usefulness of the reality of deathFinal factsThe presence of evilDenying the reality of evilDo no harmImplications: failure, fear, death, and evilIV Fully Human OrganizationsGuilty as chosen and guilty as chargedThe Sound of freedomReversing the illusion of clear roles and expectationsNot enough Our expectationsWhat are we to do?Real and chosen accountability? Fully human organizationsEpilogueReferences and Background ReadingAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIndexAbout Designed Learning