Regardless of the relatively unusual time on a Sunday morning at 11 a.m., the seminar held by Dr. Eilika Emmerlich was relatively well attended.
After an amusing introduction, part of which was a video from a seminar of the year 1995 (when Rudolf Herles and his ZDF team accompanied us), Eilika Emmerlich presented the knowledge she won during her promotion to Dr. Phil. at Goethe-Universität with a work on a “classical” Frankfurt topic: „Eine kritische Theorie und ihre Praxis – untersucht an Werk und Wirken von Rupert Lay“ –“A Critical Theory And How it was Put Into Practice – An Analysis of the Work and Life of Rupert Lay”.
When she was finished showing quite clearly what an influence Rupert Lay had been having both on managers and leaders of enterprises between the 1970ies and the turn of the millennium, Rupert said a few words himself.
Regardless of being 80 years old, he was quite precise in his demonstration that evolution, even if it has no purpose, still probably has a goal. The goal might be an increased complexity.
And the question might be how and with what tools humans will manage to deal with this world that gets more and more complex. Rupert proposed to put more emphasis on our conscience and actively practice making conscience-based decisions.
He thinks this is particularly necessary because all those many daily decisions have to be made so fast. And if you want to make ethically correct decisions in a hurry, you need practice.
Afterwards, we went to eat a (very) late lunch in the Althaching. On the picture, you see Rupert accompanied by my wife as they leave our local favourite restaurant “Althaching” in Unterhaching. Of course, Rupert wore an InterFace woollen cap to protect him against the inclement weather.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
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