Socrates Japan, Nara 2025
Lauder-Kobayashi Socrates Seminar
Held in partnership with the Aspen Institute Japan, and generously supported by the Lauder-Kobayashi Scholarship, the Socrates Nara Seminar will take place from May 23-25, 2025. Socrates international seminars include three seminar sessions, program meals, and local excursions/tours.
Seminar tuition is $3,000, which includes lodging, materials, meals, and an excursion in Nara. Tuition does not include travel. Please contact socrates@aspeninstitute.org if you are interested in participating.
Wielding Power & Influence
Power plays a pivotal role in societies and organizations, but we often fail to analyze the way it impacts how we think, relate, and feel. As Saul Alinsky put it, “Power is the very essence, the dynamo of life. It is the power of the heart pumping blood and sustaining life in the body. It is the power of active citizen participation pulsing upward, providing a unified strength for a common purpose”. This Seminar offers participants the possibility to step back and develop a conceptual framework for understanding power and influence. It relies on case studies, biographical texts, and contemporary readings to discuss what constitutes an ethical exercise of power, analyze power bases and influence styles and how we lead in a variety of contexts and situations.
Moderator: José M. de Areilza has a double appointment as Professor in the Department of Law and in the Department of General Management and Strategy at ESADE Business School, Barcelona. He is also the Secretary General of Aspen Institute España.
