We should put in some joint research bid. Some humanities / Organisational Management project. Don’t you think? We could really monetise philosophy. We only have to apply ourselves. We could start philosophy spin-off companies. Put philosophy to work! Fill up our coffers (the university’s coffers.)
It’s no longer a matter of sitting in our studies. The era of the solo researcher is over! It’s all about collaboration! Cross-disciplinary teams!
Which is why the Organisational Management move was really an opportunity. Why it’s showing us the way!
Can’t you see the possibilities? We could be a success for once in our lives. Actually succeed. We could make something of ourselves … Achieve something in the real world, not the thought world! Become philosophy-entrepreneurs!
To think … we could partner up with business! Be invited to think tanks! Davos! Become ideas-people to the great and the good! We could advise business leaders on the big issues of the day!
Imagining the possibilities: Big Philosophy, like Big Pharma, like Big Agra, like Big Energy, like Big IT, like Big everything fucking thing.
It’s time to stop interpreting the world and time to change it! Philosophy doesn’t have to be speculative. It’s time to move philosophy into a new phase! To make a gear shift!. There’s work to be done. Philosophy needs to get down to it. Join the cultural conversation. Contribute to the debate. Get busy in the think tanks. Steer policy. There’s a new world being born!
That’s what the Organisational Management move allows. It’s genius. It’s an experiment, the like of which we have never seen.
Only here, at this university! What a bold experiment! What a step forward! Overturning orthodoxy! Who says the humanities and business studies can’t work alongside one another. Cross-fertilise! Synergise one another. There’s potential for dialogue!
Work in Progress 