Hope for the Hopeless: Leadership Lessons from Apocalyptic Film and Literature

American student debt has topped 1.4 trillion dollars, hopelessness and poor mental health are rampant across demographics and regions, and almost every day we hear about some new way the world might end. It prompts one to ask, "How can I lead well in a world that is constantly in crisis? How can I meet challenges with optimism in a viscerally discouraging social climate? And how can I be an advocate for hope even when I don't have it?" This session seeks to help participants answer these questions and more through a pointed analysis of characters from apocalyptic film and literature. Over the course of this session, we will derive lessons in leadership from post-apocalyptic media such as, "A Quiet Place," "Snowpiercer," and Cormac McCarthy's "The Road." And, through a facilitated discussion, we will seek to distill a functional leadership theory from the insights these works of fiction provide to us.

Hosted by David Schwartz

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