leadership

The Intelligence of the Land: How nature teaches us to be resilient leaders

8 July 2017 Leave a Comment

What do the founders of the Findhorn Community have to teach us about the intelligence of Nature and resilient leadership in the face of climate change? "It is more than fifty years since Eileen and Peter Caddy together with Dorothy Maclean enjoyed the mythical giant vegetables they first grew at Findhorn. Yet, the abundance of their simple wisdom continues to be harvested. "The overarching natural forces that hover expectantly on the Findhorn peninsula await the arrival of human beings to … Continue reading

A Design School for Planetary Collapse | Joe Brewer

18 May 2017 Leave a Comment

"Design schools all over the world are failing their students by ignoring the most important challenges they will face as they live through a time of unprecedented disruption and ecological collapse. Let me state plainly — we need a Design School for Planetary Collapse. "At the core, such a school would be a right of passage for achieving the combination of intellectual, emotional, and moral maturity that our present “leaders” clearly lack. Selfishness replaced with a selfless commitment to … Continue reading

Stubborn Optimism: Christiana Figueres Interview

14 March 2017 Leave a Comment

At the end of last year, Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and architect of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, visited the ethical bank, Triodos, to share some wisdom and inspiration on how to 'be a leader of the change you want to see'. Tridodos happens to be the bank used by the Findhorn Foundation and Christiana will be one of the keynote speakers at Findhorn's 2019 Climate Change & Consciousness conference. Christiana's sage … Continue reading

Leadership | Martin Luther King Jr

21 January 2017 Leave a Comment

Why We Need the ‘Soul’ Word in Leadership | Bill Taylor Interviews Richard Olivier

19 August 2016 Leave a Comment

Findhorn Fellow and Director of Olivier Mythodrama, Richard Olivier, on why we need the word 'soul' in leadership.... Somewhere in the deep core of his storeroom of ideas, Richard Olivier keeps a bag of words that can still send a frisson of anxiety around the boardrooms of Western corporations … words like heart and soul and imagination. “Now – perhaps for the first time in recorded history – Business actually needs what the Arts have to offer in order to survive,” he writes in his book … Continue reading

The leadership edge – questing planetary purpose | Richard Olivier | TEDxFindhorn

10 June 2015 2 Comments

We need the right leaders in place to lead us through the Great Transition. Leaders who understand, as Satish Kumar has said, "that the Economy is a wholely-owned subsidiary of the Ecology”, so that they can lead their organisations to operate from that perspective. Richard’s quest is to discover how to help leaders become aligned with a planetary purpose. Not only must 'one person breath easier because we have lived’, but one planet must breathe easier because we have lived.” Richard's work … Watch video

The challenge of leading in the 21st century | Andrew White | TEDxFindhorn

29 May 2015 Leave a Comment

New Story Summiteer, Andrew White, at Findhorn's first-ever TEDx Event.... Andrew turns our normal understanding of leadership on its head. We are often told that to be successful we need to stand for qualities such as belief (so that we can convince others), growth and making things come to life. However, in order to be truly effective we also need to understand and express three very unexpected qualities. The qualities Andrew suggests, which enable us to see the big picture and be successful … Watch video

We have three chances to change the world for the better in 2015

18 April 2015 Leave a Comment

"In the year that world leaders will meet three times to set goals for sustainable development, planetary boundaries can frame our choices. "We live in an era of great contrasts. Never before have we faced catastrophic environmental risks on a planetary level, and seldom has there been such potential for innovation to allow us to avert serious risks and transform the world. Decisions made now will have profound impacts on the Earth for centuries to come. This calls for a new logic; abundance … Continue reading

Three Indigenous Women Leaders Share their Wisdom | Bioneers

25 March 2015 Leave a Comment

Findhorn Fellow and Co-founder of Bioneers, Nina Simons, shares, “Bioneers has always been a place where we have sought to raise indigenous voices and saw indigenous cultures as the old growth cultures.” This article raises the voices of three respected indigenous women leaders: Dr. Tieraona Low Dog on Greening Medicine Jeannette Armstrong on Human Relationship as Land Ethic Ohki Siminé Forest on the Return of the Ancient Council Ways Read the full story by Ana Yglesias … Continue reading

Gentle Power: Thoughts on A New Women’s Movement

24 March 2015 Leave a Comment

"Worldwide women are fighting for their full power and emancipation. "For a world in which women can take their place without positioning themselves either above or below the man, without fighting or having to imitate him. A culture of partnership where the genders, as equally strong poles, complement and love each other. A world in which violence against women can no longer happen. One in which women can come together and cooperate for the well being of all creatures on this planet – and for a … Continue reading