The Flip, the Formation, and the Fun: A response to the Metacrisis by Jonathan Rowson, in Montreal.

This summer, Real Ventures welcomed renowned Perspectiva Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Dr. Jonathan Rowson, to Espace CDPQ. In this exclusive event, Dr. Rowson shared his insights on the 'Metacrisis'—a complex web of challenges facing humanity and the planet. Through engaging workshops centred on his framework of 'The Flip, The Formation, and The Fun,' he guided participants in exploring the transformative shifts needed to create a sustainable, regenerative future. This video is a must-watch for anyone passionate about building a future grounded in regenerative principles."

About Jonathan Rowson:

Jonathan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Perspectiva, a publishing house and praxis collective based primarily in London. Perspectiva describes itself as an urgent one-hundred-year project to improve the relationship between systems, souls, and society in theory and practice. Jonathan is a philosopher and social scientist by academic training and has degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. He has written extensively on the idea of metacrisis as our multi-faceted delusion, and he is increasingly focused on experiments in community and spiritual praxis to help shift socio-economic immunity to change. He is an Open Society Fellow and a Fellow at The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity at the University of Surrey. In his prior role as Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts he authored influential research reports, including A New Agenda on Climate Change, Money Talks, and Spiritualise, and curated and chaired related events. He is also a Chess Grandmaster and three-time British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book, The Moves that Matter – A Grandmaster on the Game of Life was published by Bloomsbury in 2019. He hails from Aberdeen in Scotland, and now lives in Putney, London, with his wife Siva, and their two sons, Kailash and Vishnu. You can find Jonathan on his substack, The Joyous Struggle.

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