EP6: Interview with Mike Birt, PhD
Episode description
What is a great historical context for understanding the art of the pivot? The Samurai!
Mike Birt, PhD teaches us in today’s episode the history and philosophy of the Samurai. He describes their cultural and historical focus on flexibility as a way of life and puts this into context for our current world circumstances. Mike also shares the story of his own personal pivots in life that led him from living in Japan, teaching at the University of Washington and working with Seattle notables such as William Gates, Sr.
Topics discussed in this episode:
What the “way of the Samurai” can teach us about change
How the philosophy of the ancient samurai appears in modern cultural references
The arc of Mike’s own personal pivots in life building on his love of the Japanese culture in an abiding interest in developing his ability to adapt to circumstance
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