Ep. 16 - Advising Organizations and Leaders with Alexander Stein

Описание: In this episode, our host interviews Alexander Stein, a psychoanalyst and founder of Dolus Advisors. Stein discusses his unique career journey — from performing pianist to clinical psychoanalyst to strategic consultant. The discussion focuses on how psychoanalytic principles can be applied to leadership, organizational governance, and human risks in cybersecurity. Stein also discusses his ongoing work with the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee for Public Information and the CAI Report on artificial intelligence’s impact on psychoanalysis and leadership. The episode delves into the application of psychoanalytic principles in a business context and explores the potential and limitations of AI in mental health.

Our Guest

Dr. Stein is a psychoanalyst and the founder of Dolus Advisors, a strategic consultancy specializing in leadership, organizational governance and culture, fraud, corruption and abuses of power, human risks in cybersecurity, and technologies that assume decision-making functions in human affairs. He is a widely published and cited thought leader whose work is regularly featured in the business press and multidisciplinary journals, podcasts, webinars, and at international conferences and symposia. He is a regular contributor to the Forbes Leadership Strategy Channel covering the psychology of decision-making and unintended consequences in organizations and society.
Connect with Dr. Stein
• LinkedIn
• Dolus Advisors

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:29 Meet Alexander Stein from Dolus Advisors
01:38 Career Shift: From Clinical Practice to Business Consulting
06:39 The Impact of 9/11 on Career and Perspective
08:54 Psychoanalysis in Organizational Leadership
24:50 Challenges and Success in Organizational Consulting
35:03 Psychoanalysis and AI: A New Frontier
48:38 The Role of Psychoanalysis in Modern Therapy
51:46 Conclusion and Contact Information

Our Host – Gail Saltz, M.D.

Dr. Saltz is best known for her work as a relationship, family, emotional wellbeing, and mental health contributor in the media where she is a go-to expert for commentary on the mental health aspects of current/breaking issues and news. She is a bestselling author of numerous books. She serves on the public information committee for the American Psychoanalytic Association and for The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Dr. Saltz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of medicine, a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

Our Podcast

In this podcast, we explore the intricacies of psychoanalysis under the guidance of our host, Gail Saltz.

What to Expect

Each episode features engaging discussions on key psychoanalytic concepts, such as transference, defense mechanisms, and the role of the unconscious in everyday life.

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