Creative Social Change: Leadership for a Healthy World (Building Leadership Bridges)

What is our role in creating healthy organizations and a healthy world? Creative Social Change fosters a unique dialogue on the interconnections between leadership, sustainability, the long-term viability of the planet, and organizational development. Brought together, these arenas of research and action can influence events globally and contribute to creating a healthy society. The book builds on interviews with five eminent social scientists, thought leaders for many decades on the nature of organizational and societal development: Robert Quinn, Otto Scharmer, Edgar Schein, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley. It includes contributions on what is needed for change from longstanding creative scholar-practitioners such as Riane Eisler and Karl-Henrik Robert, as well as new voices, and concludes with a variety of concrete case studies from around the world about efforts in this direction. Embracing all levels of thinking, from the conceptual to the concrete, the book generates a foundation for scholarly research and proposes practical questions that can be used for dialogue and action among leaders, policy makers, and organizational consultants. Machine Generated Contents Note: Ch. 1 Introduction / Kathryn Goldman Schuyler -- Pt. I The Ground: Foundations From Thought Leaders / Kathryn Goldman Schuyler -- Ch. 2 Visions Of A Healthy World: Views From Thought Leaders / Peter Senge -- Pt. Ii Air And Water: What Flows Lives / John Eric Baugher -- Ch. 3 Reframing Organizational And Social Change: From Domination To Partnership / Riane Eisler -- Ch. 4 Ecological Consciousness, Moral Imagination, And The Framework For Strategic Sustainable Development / Karl-henrik Robert -- Ch. 5 Use It Or Lose It: About Leadership Ethics In The United Nations / Karin Jironet -- Ch. 6 Leadership For The Greater Good: Developing Indicators Of Societal And Environmental Health / Samuel G. Wilson -- Ch. 7 Developing Relational Leadership In Africa / Joshua J. Prasad -- Pt. Iii Seeds And Plants: Local Case Studies / Karin Jironet -- Ch. 8 The Inner Practice Of Community Development: Embracing Deep Democracy In Mexico / Patricia A. Wilson -- Ch. 9 Sumak Kawsay Among Indigenous Women Leaders Of Ecuador / Carolina Bown -- Ch. 10 Kiwi Ways Of Leading: How 30 New Zealand Government Chief Executives Are Encouraging Healthier Cultures / Jane Mccann -- Ch. 11 The Arts Are Not A Luxury: The Arts As A Source Of Community In California / Barbara Rose Shuler -- Ch. 12 Strengthening Communities Through Adaptive Leadership: A Case Study Of The Kansas Leadership Center And The Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center / Jill Hufnagel -- Ch. 13 Women And Leadership In Rwanda, Emerging Transformation: The Spiritual, Social, And Political Dimensions Of Transmuting Suffering / Marilyn Verghis -- Ch. 14 A Living, Healthy World: Implications For Thought And Action / Karin Jironet. Edited By Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant International University; Coherent Change, San Francisco, Ca, Usa, John Eric Baugher, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md, Usa, Karin Jironet, Inclaritas Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Creative social change -- Endorsements -- Creative social change -- Copyright page -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments: from the editorial team -- ntroduction -- Part I: The ground: foundations from thought leaders -- Part II: Air and water: what flows lives -- Part III: Seeds and plants: local case studies -- About the Contributors -- Index -- Abstracts What is our role in creating healthy organizations and a healthy world? This book fosters a unique dialogue on the interconnections between leadership, sustainability, the long-term viability of the planet, and organizational development. Together, these areas of research and action can contribute to creating a healthy society.