When we designed our FutureShapers model for the four states of consciousness (see graphic below) we were focusing on how our pyramid model compared to the four quadrant model developed by a group of colleagues over the years, most recently popularized by the authors of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership. It had not occurred […]
Continue Reading →I first met Lynne Twist in 1975 while we were both associated with a San Francisco-based human potential organization called EST (the predecessor to what is known today as The Landmark Forum) – she as a volunteer and me as a short-term contractor. Shortly after she became one of the small startup staff for The […]
Continue Reading →I was leading a group during a recent retreat and said something that aroused some wonder. I shared that the most frequent question I used to get when doing lots of keynotes around the world was, “I agree with all you are saying, John, but how can I get (fill in the blank) to change?” […]
Continue Reading →The subject of compassion has been on my mind recently, particularly as it shows up in conscious leaders. Much of the traditional leadership field of study has championed the almost heartless resolve of the tough boss in days gone by. Thankfully, those days are fading (still exiting for those slow to change). Business Insider published […]
Continue Reading →A few years ago I wrote a series of articles in which I identified investment bankers as the modern day tyrants since they were the dominant force in the most influential human system in the world – the economic system called “capitalism.” Let me be clear, I am not against capitalism. My years as an […]
Continue Reading →[This article originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of John Renesch’s Mini Keynote newsletter] Like Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who created a creature that he could not control, modern humans have created social systems that no longer serve as they were originally intended. Our governments, healthcare and legal/justice systems are but a few of the […]
Continue Reading →[Seven years ago I wrote a short retrospective about the term “conscious capitalism” and my relationship with the phrase. I posted it on my blog at the Global Dialogue Center. Here is an adaptation of that June 2010 article.] One of the joys of growing older is perspective, or perhaps it has more to […]
Continue Reading →I recently published an article nicknamed “metrics for skeptics.” It was about improved performance for executives who learned mindfulness meditation. Corporations are reluctant to approve executive development programs that can’t be shown to improve the bottom line, can’t demonstrate their value to the organizations’ ability to generate additional revenue and profit. I cited some research […]
Continue Reading →Over the past several weeks I have referenced that our attention is our scarcest resource in several postings (see May blog and July Mini-Keynote). Soon after I heard that the average technology user (isn’t that just about all of us in the Western world?) spends 50 minutes a day on Facebook. Fifty minutes a […]
Continue Reading →Having been in the field of conscious leadership since before it had a name, even back in the 1970s when we were referring to it as “new paradigm business,” there were always pleas for metrics – some concrete way of seeing an improved bottom line as a result of personal change. Anecdotes seemed to fall […]
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