I notice that Lucca have recently updated there website and they've added a
FAQ. Here are a couple of the questions and answers from it.
Who runs Lucca Leadership?
Lucca Leadership is an independent organisation and is neither controlled by nor advocates any particular religious or political agenda. Rather than teaching young people what to think and what to lead, we aim to teach young people how to think effectively for themselves and how to lead projects that inspire them, in service of their community. Lucca leadership's values are the only aspects of our courses on which we offer a strong point of view. To better understand the sources that inspired these values, please click here to see Lucca Leadership's 'sources of inspiration'
Why does it need to say in answer to this question that it does not advocate any particular religious or political agenda? Presumambly because it looks like it does subscribe to an particular belief system primarily that of the SES!
Some blogs are linking you with the School of Economic Science (also known as the School of Philosophy)? Is this true?
No, Lucca Leadership is not financially linked to or governed by the School of Economic Science / School of Philosophy. Our founder, David Boddy, attended and lectured at the School of Economic Science in London for many years. The ancient philosophy of 'Oneness' studied at the School and elsewhere is one of the many sources from which Lucca Leadership courses draw inspiration.
So is David Boddy no longer a member of the SES? Or is this a deliberate mistake?
This answer is pathetic. This answer makes it seem that only David Boddy as founder has any connection with the SES yet the majority of the teams running the progam are either current SES/SOP members, have been in the past or were educated through St James. This hardly makes clear the amount of influence the SES pontentially has on it.
Why is the idea of 'Oneness' relevant in leadership?
We feel that the solution to the world's issues lies in our ability to create a future that meets the needs of the whole human family, not just a few. For that to happen, the next generation of leaders needs to know how to rise above prejudice and conflict, to co-operate and not just to compete, and thereby to find a common ground with their fellow human beings. As one of our recent participants said, the most impactful thing on the course was "learning from people of different backgrounds, and finding the unity in it".
If this isn't an SES agenda then I don't know what is?
Here is a link to a pdf that the Lucca site links to as its
"sources of inspiration". This very much seems like an SES agenda to me.
Bonsai