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Nigel Laurie is
Editor and Publisher of Philosophy of Management (formerly Reason
in Practice), a management consultant, Co-editor of Practical
Philosophy and former Chair and founder member of the Society
for Philosophy in Practice. He trained as a philosopher at the
Universities of Glasgow and Guelph and his earlier career included
university lecturing, publishing management and seven years in
systems and management posts with IBM.
His consultancy
clients have included major organisations in the public and private
sectors and he has conducted assignments throughout Europe, in the
United States, the Middle East and Asia. His experience includes
management and leadership development, coaching, team building and
facilitation. In recent years he has pioneered approaches using
philosophical techniques and concepts to make dialogue effective in
support of organisational learning and change. He has published in
this field, has been a frequent conference speaker and is working on
a book. He is a member of several philosophical and other
associations and is a Fellow of the Institute of Management
Consultancy.
He was invited in
2003 to Japan to lecture on philosophy of management and facilitate
a Socratic Dialogue in the Graduate Faculty of Letters at Osaka
University. In 2004 he was appointed one of two trainers on a
pan-European programme on the Socratic approach to teaching
sponsored by the Society for the Furtherance of Critical Philosophy.
His 'Wanted:
Philosophy of Management' appeared in the launch issue of
Philosophy of Management
and he interviewed the philosopher
Martha Nussbaum in Volume 3 Number 1.
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