FUNDAMENTAL THESIS:

Humans are driven by unconscious emotions and life conditions →  Self-knowledge is crucial for a good life →  A good life is a meaningful life and is based on love, work, and health.

​

​

SELF-AWARENESS – A HIDDEN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
A key driver of well-being, effective decision-making, and a productive work environment lies in the development of self-awareness. This is a timeless truth, yet in a world overwhelmed by information, rapidly evolving technology, and increasing decision-making complexity, self-awareness remains one of the most crucial – yet often overlooked – factors for success and wellbeing.​

​​​​​​

​​

THE FOUNDATION OF CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP

Throughout history, humanity’s tendency to be guided by unconscious forces has been expressed in various ways. From the Greek maxim "Know yourself", inscribed in Apollo’s temple at Delphi, to Freud’s insight that "The ego is not master in its own house", to what is now called cognitive bias. Modern research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics confirms that our decisions are often influenced by such unconscious patterns rather than purely rational considerations.

 

Herbert Simon (1978), Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith (2002), and Richard Thaler (2017) were all awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for research that in various ways showed that humans are not always the - Homo Economicus - rational decision makers that traditional economic theory once assumed. They demonstrated that we make decisions based on limited information and cognitive capacity, rely on heuristics, are influenced by psychological factors, and take mental shortcuts that sometimes lead us astray.

 

Examples of common biases in leadership include:

 

• Confirmation bias – the tendency to seek confirmation of what we already believe rather than challenging our assumptions.

• Status quo bias – the reluctance to change things, even when change is necessary.

 

By increasing our self-awareness and understanding our psychological drivers, we can make more thoughtful and strategic decisions, better manage challenges, and optimize our resources and actual opportunities.

​​​

​

FILOSKOP’S ROLE – CREATING VALUE THROUGH SELF-AWARENESS
Filoskop helps leaders and organizations strengthen decision-making, strategic clarity, wellbeing and trust-building by:

 

• Developing self-leadership – taking responsibility for personal growth, performance, wellbeing and impact.

• Making conscious decisions – identifying and mitigating the influence of cognitive biases, emotional impulses, and misleading information.

• Building trust with strategic clarity – fostering strong relationships while maintaining the ability to recognize risks, manipulative behaviors, and destructive dynamics.

• Broadening perspectives and deepening understanding – identifying connections, challenging habitual thinking, and uncovering new opportunities.

• Optimizing wellbeing and performance – creating a sustainable balance between work, personal life, and health.​

​​​​​

​​

CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP BUILDS TRULY SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS

Whether an organization is successful cannot be measured solely by profitability or market share, but also by the value it creates for people – which can be understood through two overarching perspectives: monetary value and utility value.

 

Conscious leadership is fundamentally about understanding and managing one's subjectivity and being able to separate it from facts through objective analysis to create balance between the value dimensions – to drive economic growth without compromising the value that a product or service generates for people and society, which gives the organization its deeper purpose and reason for existence. 

​​​

​​

CONTACT
indre@filoskop.se