The Lunar Society Annual Sir Adrian Cadbury Lecture 2025

The Case for Ethical Leadership: Practical Wisdom and Good Governance in an Age of Crisis.

Join us for a fascinating talk by Otti Vogt, business philosopher, leadership reformer and thought leader.

Otti will be exploring what it means to be a good leader in a world gripped by crisis.

This keynote challenges business, political, and civic leaders to rethink what “ethical leadership” truly demands. Moving beyond clichés, it confronts the failures of business-as-usual and interrogates the hidden ideologies that shape our institutions. It exposes the limits of technocratic solutions, reveals why good governance requires more than compliance, and calls for a recovery of practical wisdom—where leadership becomes an office of real responsibility, justice, and hope. Can we reclaim the soul of leadership and collectively build a society worthy of our aspirations?

The event commences at 1800 with a welcome reception, following by Otti's keynote speech and a Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to ask Otti any questions you have. The event is due to finish at 2000.

Limited onsite parking is available on the Aston University Campus, a short walk from the hotel and conference centre and must be pre-booked and paid for online, prior to arrival. Please click the link below to book: https://conferenceaston.firstparking.co.uk/Booking/VisitorBooking

Otti Vogt Biography

Otti Vogt is a business philosopher, leadership reformer, and thought leader working at the intersection of management, philosophy, and societal transformation. With over 25 years of global executive experience—including serving as a Chief Operating Officer and Chief Transformation Officer in ING, a top-30 global bank—Otti has established himself as one of Europe’s most original public intellectuals on the question of what makes organisations and leaders “good.”

He is co-founder of the Good Organisations Lab (in partnership with the University of St. Gallen), and a principal architect of the emerging Moral Management Theory, which aims to redefine the standards for responsible management and organisational flourishing. His work integrates rigorous philosophical inquiry with hands-on transformation leadership, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

Previously, Otti led ING’s digital transformation and operational service delivery for more than 28 million customers worldwide, following a decade of senior leadership roles at BT Global Services, spanning strategy, transformation, M&A, operations, and IT. Earlier in his career, he gained a wide range of experiences across consulting, industry, non-profit, and start-up sectors.

Otti is a certified leadership coach, an associate of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), and co-founder of the Global Society for Good Leadership and United Leaders Europe. He is an international keynote speaker and was named a Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Agile. Otti has contributed to several management books and is the author of an upcoming volume on leadership and organisational transformation.

In 2021, he founded the “Good Organisations” research laboratory with the University of St. Gallen, an ambitious, transdisciplinary project of “engaged scholarship” at doctoral level to advance new standards and best practices for ethical and effective leadership in business and society.

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