8-WEEK PROGRAMME
The Clearing
Heidegger's Being and Time.
Slowly. Properly. With others.
"The only great thinker in our time is Heidegger."
Leo Strauss
The premise
If you haven't got time, this isn't for you.
Most of what gets called leadership development is what Heidegger would have called ontic. Surface-level frameworks and psychology hacks bolted onto a self that already feels half-borrowed. Useful sometimes. Often not.
The thing it leaves untouched is the one thing that actually matters at the top: who is the one making the moves, and from what ground.
Being and Time is the book that forces that question back into the open. It does it with such force and in such close detail that almost nobody who picks it up alone gets through it. The book is famously difficult, and the difficulty is doing real work—it isn't gratuitous.
This programme is a way through, with company.
What we do, and how
We explore Heidegger's existential analytic: Being-in-the-world, thrownness, falling, the They, Care, anxiety, authenticity, Being-towards-death, conscience, temporality, resoluteness, heritage, and time.
Roughly in that order. At the pace the group needs.
The format is workshop. We've spent years inside this material and we bring it to you carefully prepared—the apparatus is there so you can engage with the thinking, not fight the German.
No breakout rooms. No bullshit. There's the thought, the group, and the conversation that emerges between them. Sessions are two hours, online, conversational, and ruthlessly close to what Heidegger actually wrote.
You leave with a working grip on one of the most important and difficult thinkers there has ever been. What you do with it is yours.
""Thinking is alive again."
Hannah Arendt, on encountering Heidegger
What it does
Honestly: we won't promise specific outcomes. Heidegger is the wrong philosopher for that, and you are the wrong audience for it.
What people who do this kind of work tend to describe, afterwards, clusters in a few places.
Less low-grade anxiety. Uncertainty has stopped being a problem to solve.
A new ability to notice when they're getting lost in the role rather than living it from the inside, and a way back that doesn't involve retreating into the woods.
Their hearing gets sharper, including for what they themselves are saying. Time, mortality, and reputation start to feel different.
The deeper effect is hard to put on a webpage.
The word that comes up most often, afterwards, is relief.
Who it's for
Senior leaders, founders, head coaches, and elite performers who suspect there's something underneath the optimisation layer. And who are prepared to spend eight weeks finding out what.
No philosophy background needed. A willingness to be confused, sometimes deeply, for several weeks running is essential.
If you want a clean takeaway in week one, this is the wrong room.
Practicalities
Eight weekly sessions, two hours each. Online. Cohorts of no more than four.
Led by Dr John Stoszkowski and Dr David Priestley.
Investment: £7,000
If you engage fully and don't find it worth every penny, we refund you.
Email hello@syntropise.com
See sister programme, The Hammer
"We ourselves are the entities to be analysed."
Martin Heidegger
FAQs
Why philosophy?
Philosophy is the oldest technology for navigating complexity—its ideas have outlasted every fad. While modern tools churn out information, philosophy builds the wisdom to sort signal from noise, turning entropy's mess into syntropic flow. It delivers judgement, clarity, and impact that endures.
Who do you work with?
We work with people who've built something real, who've started to suspect that what built it won't sustain it, and who want to think their way into a different relationship with their work and life—with the authority and the appetite to act on what they find.
Do I need prior experience with philosophy?
No. You only require an open mind and genuine curiosity. We strip away the academic jargon, ensuring our time together remains deeply grounded, highly practical, and immediately applicable to your reality.
What's the return on this investment?
Sagacity. A precise compass to steer through noise, change, and complexity. You'll acquire sharper judgement, true discernment, and coherent alignment between your values and your vision. Ultimately, you gain wisdom that holds firm when stakes are at their highest. Our clients also report things like increased energy, joy, patience, self-control, wonder, and a renewed lust for life.
How does this compare to standard executive coaching?
Syntropise is not standard coaching. We don't offer surface-level fixes, affirmations, or transactional theatre. This is applied philosophy designed exclusively for high-stakes leaders who require enduring clarity and profound outcomes. Clients leave with a renewed lust for life and enhanced capacity for leadership, not a notebook of generic to-dos.
Why is this pricier than other leadership work?
Our fees reflect the bespoke, high-touch nature of this work. We don't offer volume-based, standard leadership training. Syntropise is a dedicated partnership designed for leaders who require enduring clarity and profound outcomes, rather than transactional frameworks. It's an investment in sustained wisdom.
What's the required investment of time?
Minimal outside of our sessions. There's no "homework." The application happens seamlessly within your real world. Our work is designed to free up space in your life, not compound your obligations.
Is this similar to therapy?
No. This is a dedicated space for profound thinking, growth, and education. It's designed for curious leaders ready to examine big ideas, rather than a clinical environment for acute mental health crises.
Where do sessions take place?
We operate globally. The majority of our engagements are conducted online to accommodate the demanding schedules of our clients. In-person counsel is available for private clients upon request.
What does Syntropise mean?
Think of it like this. 'Syntropy' is the noun (the state or tendency toward order, integration, and coherence). 'Syntropic' is the adjective (describing something that embodies syntropy). 'Syntropise' is the verb (to make something syntropic; to bring it into greater order, coherence, or alignment). To syntropise is to move from disorder, fragmentation, and reactivity toward coherence, integration, and purposeful action. It’s to align thinking, relationships, and systems with what matters most, creating energy, clarity, and meaningful impact.
Among our clients
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