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If you’re ready to think beyond material and external success, if you’re ready to take control of who you are and the kind of life you live, if you’re ready to flourish, this podcast is for you. The topics I cover help you understand what it means to live a flourishing life, a life of meaning, satisfaction, and enduring happiness.
(Formerly known as the Rational Ignorance Podcast.)
The Flourishing Manifesto You don’t achieve an excellent life, you live it. An excellent life emerges naturally when you create the right conditions: when you act with purpose, embrace virtue, and remain mindful of life's ordinary beauty. The…
The Four Pillars of an Excellent Life What does it really mean to live an excellent life? I'm writing this for one reason: to help you live an excellent life. Not just a good life, not just a successful life, but truly excellent life. (And yes, I'l…
What does it mean to live an excellent life? If you're like most people, you might think it's about achieving more, doing more, being more productive. I used to think that too. But today, I'm going to challenge that notion of excellence and share a …
Host, Live Well and Flourish ... and servant of three dogs, three cats, two horses and a goat.
Craig Van Slyke is the Mike McCallister Eminent Scholar Chair in Information Systems at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to joining Tech, he was professor and dean of the W.A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University. He has also held faculty positions at Saint Louis University, University of Central Florida, and Ohio University. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of South Florida. Dr. Van Slyke has published over 60 articles in respected academic journals including Decision Sciences, Communications of the ACM, European Journal of Information Systems and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. His fourth co-authored textbook, Information Systems in Business: An Experiential Approach, is in its fourth edition. Craig’s first trade book, On Leadership and Life: Essays on Leading and Living Well was published in June 2017. The book combines psychology and philosophy with his experiences to provide insights in to leadership and living well.
Craig also produces the AI Goes to College newsletter and podcast. If you're interested in generative AI, check it out at https://www.aigoestocollege.com.
Former co-host, Live Well and Flourish
Andrea is an award-winning program designer, speaker, and facilitator whose innovations in philosophy create opportunities for personal development, and interpersonal understanding. For almost 10 years, Andrea has been pushing the boundaries of how and where philosophy is done. By returning philosophy to a practice of dialogue, Andrea fosters collaborative inquiry and dynamic outcomes. Andrea has customized philosophical programs for museums, movie theaters, private homes, high schools, historic hotels, artists’ studios, and small businesses. But her favorite place to do philosophy is out in the natural world, on trails and rivers. Whether it is one-on-one or in a small group, Andrea is passionate about advancing philosophy's practical value for everyday life, and helping people understand themselves, each other, and the world.
Andrea earned her PhD in philosophy from Tulane University, and serves on the boards of Benefactors of Red Rock State Park, the Public Philosophy Journal, Sedona XYZ, and the Society of Philosophers of America (SOHPIA). Her past board service includes the League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley, Sedona International Film Festival, the Verde Valley Forum, and the Verde Valley Regional Economic Organization.