Exploring the Implications of Our Tribal Instincts to Contemporary Governance Challenges (TRN4-E34)

Overview

Delivery method

Online

In-person

Duration

1.5 hours

Audience

Executives

Description

Throughout history, the instinctive drive to form tribes has demonstrated the value of cooperation, empathy and mutual support. This drive, relying on common symbols and a shared identity to signal membership and cooperation, continues to have an enormous impact on society.

This thought-provoking event for government executives features David R. Samson, Ph.D., who will discuss the ideas from his 2023 prize-winning book, Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good. Professor Samson will explore the ways in which we can leverage our instinctive drive to promote cooperation and solidarity as a way to increase human wellness while warding off the by-products of an us-versus-them mentality.

Participants will learn how to accentuate the positives behind the instinctive drive to form tribes while mitigating its negative effects to tackle contemporary governance challenges and help build a more cohesive and empathetic society.

Speaker

• David R. Samson, Author and Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Moderator

• Taki Sarantakis, President, Canada School of Public Service