Radio show with Derrick Ashong

I REALLY enjoyed my radio show this week with Derrick Ashong. Such an inspiring, insightful, and powerful leader.

Here's the download

The Shift List on Twitter

Seventy Inspiring Leaders, Authors, and Pioneers to Follow

With Twitter now mainstream, many conscious change leaders are using it to open dialogue with their supporters. For the last few years, I engaged with hundreds of such leaders through a program I launched called Shift in Action that featured pioneers in personal growth, integral health, frontier science, conscious business, spirituality, and other fields.

Based on that experience, here's my top rec list for key Shift leaders to follow on Twitter (but be patient since some new to the medium!). Feel free to send me additions as they arrive in the Twitterverse. A speedier way to add them all is to go to @Shiftlist.

Also, please follow me as well for inspiring ideas, articles, strategies, and resources that accelerate the Shift to a new culture: @stephendinan!


Inspirational Authors
@deepak_chopra – Always a pioneer, Deepak Chopra is active, wise, prolific, and creative on Twitter, which is perhaps no surprise as he's written more than 50 books.


@marwilliamson – NY Times bestselling author Marianne Williamson offers regular morsels of wisdom and insight that blend depth and a call to action.


@_nealedwalsch - Neale Donald Walsch authored the bestselling Conversations with God series and started the School for the New Spirituality.

@pwDan - Dan Millman is the author of Way of Peaceful Warrior, and a pioneer in mind-body transformation.


@barbarahubbard – The pioneering grandmother of conscious evolution we all yearned for growing up! Barbara is JUST starting to twitter, so let's encourage her by following her and recommending her to others.

@_Brian_Johnson of Philosopher’s Notes is a fountain of optimism and ideas for self-actualization - makes philosophy fun with engaging summaries of great books.


Green
@AlGore – Nobel Prize winner for his work on climate change, adding to an illustrious resume.


@KevinDanaher – Cofounder of the Green Festival, at the heart of sustainability movement, a deep thinking man.


@hunterlovins - President of Natural Capital Solutions, a straight-talking cowgirl who has been at the leading edge of green innovation and business.

@gfriend - Gil is a sustainability thought leader, author, consultant from Natural Logic


@adamwerbach - the former youngest president in Sierra Club history, a fountain of strategic green initiatives.


@thecitizen – Scott Badenoch has his finger on the pulse of innovative happenings in the green space, and has just launched a green Twitter aggregator.

@greenforAll – Ground zero for the Green Jobs movement, started by Van Jones (White House advisor).


Social Change
@ellabakercenter – Started by Van Jones (Obama Green Jobs Advisor), a group that is leading the way in social justice work.

@jamesodea - The former President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, previously ran Amnesty's DC office, a powerful voice for social healing and spiritual activism

@dkorten - Big picture systems thinker looking at planetary systems shift, co-founder of YES! Magazine, author of Agenda for a New Economy.


Personal Growth

@j_canfield - America’s #1 success teacher, creator of the Chicken Soup empire, source of great inspiration.


@tonyrobbins - The ultimate personal empowerment guru has a truly massive base in the medium and is worth tracking.


@marci_shimoff - Author of NY Times bestselling Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul.


@_robin_sharma - Author of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, great tweeter with a steady stream of wisdom on leadership to share.


@Debbie_Ford #1 NY Times bestselling author, expert on shadow work, new book entitled Why Good People Do Bad Things.


@markvhansen - dubbed America's Ambassador of Possibility, an empowering author and leader of personal growth work.


@awakeningcoach – Arjuna has integrated the work of many pioneers through books such as Translucent Revolution.


@JudithOrloffMD - Psychiatrist and intuitive, author of Emotional Freedom.



Relationships
@gayhendricks - A pioneer in relationship work, with his wife the co-founder of the Hendricks Institute. Also launched Spiritual Cinema.


@katiethendricks - Kathlyn is a pioneer in relationship work along with husband Gay Hendricks. Co-founder of the Hendricks Institute.


@arielleford – Queen of manifestation and networking, author of book on The Soulmate Secret.


Spiritual Teachers
@eckharttolle - Author of A New Earth, the #1 NY Times bestseller that sold six million copies. The Twitter account is not yet Eckhart himself, but if we build a strong followership, he'll be lured in.

@drmichaelbb - Founder of Agape International, a large congregation in LA, Michael Beckwith's an extraordinarily positive and visionary spiritual leader.

@ByronKatie - Author of Who Would You Be Without Your Story, a highly spiritual respected teacher.


Buddhist Pioneers
@OHHDLInfo - Even if it's not yet the Dalai Lama himself, the stream of wisdom from him makes for an enlightening Twitter experience.


@thichnhathanh - Words of wisdom from the Vietnamese monk who has inspired the world deeply with his messages and practices of peace.

@lamasuryadas - A Dzogchen teacher who has deeply integrated East and West.


@genporoshi - His Big Mind process is celebrated as one of the best ways to touch enlightened states.


@jhalifax - Joan is a Zen Buddhist roshi, social change activist, hospice pioneer.



Yoga/Western fusion
@ShivaRea – A truly inspired yoga teacher - awake, embodied and magical. Steeped in Indian teachings but then brings in dance, surfing, rockclimbing, and more.

@anodeajudith – Leader in taking work with chakras and applying the insights to collective evolution.


Women's Spirituality
@devaa – A pioneer of reclaiming authentic women’s spirituality offering daily inspirations.


Sacred Sexuality/Tantra
@lisaschrader – The first sacred sexuality/Tantra teacher to appear on Oprah - a warm, deep, and wonderful soul, not afraid to post juicy morsels to spice up your day.


Conscious Business
@chipconley – Voted most innovative CEO in Bay Area, author of Peak: How Great Organizations Get Their Mojo from Maslow, wonderful guy.

@marismith - Cool and conscious "piped piper of social media" (Wired), helping harness its power for human potential and green movements as well.

@mallikachopra – Founder of Intent.com, Mallika has a great combo of depth and entrepreneurial savvy.


@paynter - Randy Paynter, the founder and President of Care2.com, has built a profitable business around 10 million people who want to make a difference, an impressive feat.

@BrooksCole – CEO of Hologenesis, a true tech genius, always years ahead of the curve, building next generation platforms for top conscious companies.

@heartlandcircle - Patricia Neal twitters for this pioneering group (including husband Craig) in Minnesota that bridges conscious business, new paradigm thinking, and community.


Politics
@gavinnewsom – SF Mayor and California gubernatorial candidate with, in my opinion, a truly evolutionary approach to politics.

@Thom_Hartmann - Air America host, prolific author, champion for transforming politics.


@josephmccormick – Key leader of new transpartisan movement bridging political divides.


@dennis_kucinich - One of the rare politicians to speak about our deeper spiritual evolution as a species. Bold, visionary stances on many things such as Dept. of Peace.


Philanthropy
@larrybrilliant – Former head of Google.org, at the leading edge of philanthropic innovation and deep thinking about systemic change.

@lynne_twist - Has raised 100's of millions for charitable causes such as Pachama Alliance, inspiring a new view of money with book/org Soul of Money. Not really tweeting yet but worth following for when she does!

@charityfocus - Brainchild of Nipun Mehta, focused on birthing a "gift economy." He's one of the most inspiring philanthropic innovators today.


Frontier Science
@deanradin – The most brilliant scientist investigating psychic abilities, who has a quirky sense of humor that will make him a top Tweeter some day. Senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

@instheartmath - Leading edge scientific institute focusing on heart-mind integration, mindful living, fields of consciousness.

@lynnemctaggart - While not a scientist herself, Lynne's been one of the most influential and lucid journalists chronicling how frontier science is transforming our worldview.


Integral Medicine

@marilynschlitz – President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a pioneer in integral medicine, author of Living Deeply and Consciousness and Healing

@droz - Dr. Mehmet Oz was the celebrity doctor on Oprah, interesting to follow since he's influential for a large audience.


Physics
@nassimharamein – The next Einstein of physics. Seriously. Mind-blowing journey down the rabbit hole.


Media/Celebrities
@oprah - Oprah has long been the bridge from the leading edge to the mainstream, as she showcases the work of people like Eckhart Tolle while remaining accessible and real.

@ariannahuff - The progressive political dynamo who drove the creation of Huffington Post.


@mrdannyglover - A Hollywood star who has been deeply committed to conscious causes, using his celebrity for good.


@visioneering1 – John Raatz is a PR wizard connected to the most conscious parts of Hollywood, rolled out What the Bleep. He's now launching the Global Alliance of Transformational Entertainment.

@levarburton - Famous actor, producer, and educator who has also been involved in transformational entertainment projects like the Science of Peace documentary


Comedy & Music
@stuartdavis – The Twisted Mystic is not for the easily offendable, but he mixes wisdom and outlandish humor in wildly creative ways (and he’s a great musician).

@ashong - A smart, savvy, hip musician and political activist from Ghana, Derrick Ashong leapt into visibility with a viral YouTube video during the Obama campaign. Key spokesperson in The Shift movie (in development).


Fiction
@paulocoehlo – The truly transcendent Brazilian author of The Alchemist



Magazines
@enextmag - EnlightenNext is my fav. magazine, integrating leading-edge spirituality, cultural commentary, evolutionary thinking, + featuring many Shift List leaders.

@odemagazine - Outstanding integrator of best of new culture and consciousness.


@elephantjournal - Waylon Lewis offers a great Twitter (and print magazine) resource for conscious living, ranging from eco to political to spiritual.


Inspiring Quotes
@siona – Network maven of Gaia.com with an endless library of beautiful, wise, and inspiring quotes


Twibe
If you like the above leaders and are part of the larger Shift we are all working to make happen in our world, please follow me @stephendinan and also join the twibe I created for us: http://www.twibes.com/group/TheShiftMovement

A speedy way to add all the addresses above is to go to @Shiftlist.

And if you'd like to share this list on Twitter or elsewhere, just use this URL: http://bit.ly/rkfRT

Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder on SIA Radio

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Summary of the show: Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder are among the world’s leading democratizers of embodied, mutual awakening for everyday people and are acclaimed by the likes of Ken Wilber, Peter Russell, and Genpo Roshi. During this radio show with host Stephen Dinan, Saniel and Linda discuss their evolutionary approach to spirituality and such concepts as greenlighting, waking down, the second birth, and going beyond spiritual feudalism. Their innovative teachings help us outgrow learned and conditioned spiritual fight or flight mechanisms that have kept us at war with parts of ourselves we thought we had to overcome to realize our greater nature. They also discuss why these approaches are vital for us to heal the spirit/matter split in the world, help free creative energy in leaders, and address environmental and other collective challenges.

Michael Murphy & Integral Evolution

Here's the link to download my show with Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy this week on "Integral Evolution." Enjoy!

Download: http://bit.ly/nX85g

Summary: Michael Murphy is one of the most inspiring integral pioneers of our day. As founder of the Esalen Institute, Michael has been at the forefront of cultural innovation for over forty years in fields from bodywork to philosophy. In this radio show with host Stephen Dinan, he discusses his view of integral evolution, the emergence of metanormal abilities, the potential for us to reach a “higher common ground,” the importance of transformative practices, as well as mystical experiences and sport. He also shares insights from the Esalen Survival of Bodily Death seminar series that has been bringing to light new evidence aligned with reincarnation. As a result of his work at the frontiers, Michael has accumulated vast evidence for the next evolution of the human species, which he expresses in his books, and which he shares in this show with Irish storytelling charm.

One Hour to Conscious Tweeting

This article is for people who are committed to conscious living, have a full schedule, and want to start using Twitter effectively and quickly. My goal is to get you fully launched in one hour. If you want to spend an optional hour in a later session to become more advanced, there are some tips for that as well. To keep your launch session to an hour, stick to the suggested time limits.

1) Create a Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com Use a short name (preferably your own), fill out your profile and add your picture. Use key words (“psychotherapist” “author” “social media”) that will identify you to the right audiences in your One Line Bio. Listing key nouns is an effective way to summarize your bio and connections. If you don’t have a picture, Tweeters will not take you seriously and will not follow you, so add immediately. (5 min.)

2) Learn the basic Twitter protocols – As a compressed medium for communication, Twitter uses a lot of shorthand. Read this short overview of the story of Twitter and basic shorthands and protocols for Tweeting. (3 min.)

3) Start following people. Until you follow others, you are invisible – around 50% of people will follow you back, which then builds you a network. Without a network, Twitter is not very valuable. The goal is to follow people you know, who you find interesting, or are like-minded in your niche. First step is click on the “find other people” tab and go to “find on other networks," which allows you to import a list of your contacts in a few steps to find out who is on Twitter. Just checking “follow all” is easiest. You can then scan Twitter’s “suggested users” for people they recommend (heavy on celebs, but useful). Remember you can always “unfollow” in the future, so it’s better to follow too many at the beginning and scale back. (10 minutes)

4) Find other like-minded tweeters – I have assembled a Shift List of 60 key conscious leaders, authors, and visionaries on Twitter that provide high value. The fastest way to follow all these folks is to go to Shift List and follow instructions. The Twibes.com site is a great way to find others in your areas of interest (such as “photography” or “green”) and we have a Shift Movement twibe of more than 500 you can use to find conscious people. Next, I would recommend following 10-20 hard-core Twitterers (usually have a high volume of posts), who often aren’t as prominent in the world but have mastered the medium, and offer great recs of people and resources to follow. Try WeFollow for top tweeters by category or network builders such as @thecitizen or @greengirls (green) @brightmichelle or @superspiritgirl (spiritually oriented). Look for people with 1K or more followers (key that they have more followers than following). Here’s a list of 77 top green tweeters and an article for the "Ultimate List" that includes dozens of these "best of" lists (1000 recs altogether). You can also look at who some of the people you respect most follow. Also, everyone should follow @mashable to get top articles, recs, and tips about Twitter and using social media. I suggest rapidly following 100 or more people right out of the gates in the first session using the above tips, remembering you can later “unfollow” those that you don’t enjoy. (30 minutes)

5) Read some of the Tweets of those you’re now following – the point here is to just get a flavor for the kinds of things people are tweeting about without going too far down the rabbit hole or becoming just a passive reader. (5 minutes).

6) Start tweeting yourself – Don’t wait to do this since the key to Twitter is offering VALUE. Start tweeting in your first session after the above steps since people won’t follow people who haven’t posted much. So think of 3-4 quick messages in different categories. For example, something interesting you’ve done in the last 24 hours, a link to an article on the web that you found inspiring (use http://bit.ly to shorten the address), and a question about what you’d like to connect around on Twitter. Spend 1 minute or less on each: be spontaneous, authentic. (5 minutes)

7) Retweet – people like it when others retweet their tweets, so read through the list of recent tweets from people you are following, find something you think is important or useful, copy it, paste in your update window prefaced by “RT @theiraccount” and hit send. Do this with a handful of people’s quality Tweets but don’t overdo it since part of the task (and joy) is creating your own value. This starts to build connection with others since they will see you on their @ tab. (2 minutes)

Later session (optional - one hour)

8) Study someone who uses the medium very well to see how they use it. It’s interesting to go back over a whole week or more. I prefer someone who is not a celebrity and who doesn’t follow tons of people but has built a sizable base from quality Tweeting. Robin Sharma is a perfect example. (10 minutes)

9) Respond and initiate conversation – go to the @replies tab to see if anyone included you, as an “@stephendinan.” Respond to them with the arrow button to the right of the tweet. Engagement builds connection, even if it's only a few words. You can use the same format to send public messages to the people you like and respect most, responding to their tweets, questions, ideas, etc. This can build a direct pipeline to top CEOs, authors, etc. (15 minutes)

10) FollowFriday – is a weekly tradition for recommending people of interest and it’s the best way to find others to follow in your niche. I recommend searching for #followfriday and whatever other keywords interest you, which allows you to find good recs of people to follow in your space. Example: #followfriday green. Recommending others via #followfriday is a great way to build bridges. (10 minutes)

11) Search for keywords of interest to you to see who might be out there writing about similar things and thus other interesting people to engage. (10 minutes)

12) TweetLater – I recommend setting up an account here, which allows you to space out quality tweets over the course of the day and plan in advance. Most tweets are also seen in the first five minutes of posting, so posting in the middle of the night is not helpful. Personally, I find TweetLater also produces higher quality tweets because I can think more deeply, often away from the computer about what I want to share. For people with busy schedules, you can write up some useful Tweets in one session each week and spread them out, which doesn’t prevent you from also doing spontaneous ones each day. Schedule sends for regular biz hours for maximum visibility. You can also add an auto-responder when people follow you. (15 minutes)

After launching, think of Twitter as something you jump onto for 5-10 minutes a few times each day that will eventually build a global base of interesting people who know about you and your work and offer targeted information to you. Don’t overpromote your own stuff but try to offer real value with each tweet and you’ll build a good network. You can go far deeper, but that’s sufficient to start building value.

For the more spiritually-inclined, here’s an article I wrote about what I see as Twitter’s deeper purpose, and the story of how Twitter can be used for philanthropic purposes such as spreading peace.

Happy Tweeting! And please also follow me @stephendinan - I offer lots of resources for shifting our culture forward.

Marilyn Schlitz on Shift in Action radio

Download full show from May 26, 2009 here: http://bit.ly/u9y1e

Summary: For the last three decades, Dr. Marilyn Schlitz has been at the forefront of our culture’s evolution, catalyzing breakthrough science in fields from integral medicine to distant healing. She is now the President and CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she is continuing to explore new frontiers. In this radio show with host Stephen Dinan, she explores the results of IONS’ decade-long study of transformation, the new worldview literacy program, inspiring work in integral medicine, as well as details about IONS’ June conference entitled Toward a Global Shift. The conference offer a crucial synthesis of promising evolutionary work in domains from business to medicine. Marilyn concludes with practical recommendations for people committed to living a more conscious life.

Why Gay Marriage is Important for All Americans

On HuffingtonPost: http://bit.ly/14777a
or Intent.com: http://bit.ly/zPCaQ

The California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8 in banning gay marriage is a setback not only for gay rights, but for the psychological and spiritual growth of our country. Gay marriage concerns far more than the 5-10% of our population that identifies as gay. America’s deepest tradition is the protection and expansion of individual rights and freedoms with a goal of liberty and justice for all.

Today, the movement to overturn millennia of discrimination against gay people represents the next major expansion of individual rights and freedoms. Even as a straight man, I see this not just through the lens of fairness but as an essential part of the evolution of America. While most commentators see Proposition 8 as a temporary setback in the context of an otherwise clear march towards equality, it does provide an appropriate moment to reflect upon why gay marriage is important not just for gay people but for all Americans.

At the core of the debate is the right of same-sex couples to marry and receive the full benefits and blessings accorded others under the law. Marriage is the most sacred contract sanctioned by our nation, consecrating the love between two beings and forging a legal partnership that also creates a stronger container for families. As such, it is a key place where spiritual values meet secular values. So long as gay marriage is outlawed, we are, as a country, creating a definition of sacred that excludes 5-10% of our citizens and the way they love. This message creates a profoundly split social order and has insidious effects on the psychology of straight people as well.

The suffering that comes from this form of apartheid is not as obvious as when we have separate drinking fountains for “white” and “colored.” And yet, the number of people directly affected is parallel to the 10% of the US population that was black in the 1950s and faced with “separate-but-equal” facilities.

The indirect effects of discrimination against gay people hurt everyone. For straight people, the lack of full sanction for gay relationships creates a more polarized social view of gender. Children are particularly sensitive to what is socially approved and what is not. Boys raised in a homophobic culture learn to overemphasize masculine qualities, fear feminine qualities, and create more macho personas, as well as to fear being “loving” with their male friends. Girls are similarly affected in a negative way. As both learn to be less authentic to their true nature in an effort to fit social ideals, they create long-term psychological challenges for themselves. The pain of inauthenticity flares up in substance abuse, violence, sexual dysfunction, isolation, and divorce. We all crave being loved for who we are. To the degree that we create an inauthentic facade, we never have the feeling of full loving acceptance.

Suicide rates have long been higher among homosexual teens and, by inference, we would expect that heterosexual teens with some same-sex attractions would also have lower self-esteem and higher suicide rates. A single suicide can have a devastating effect on dozens of other friends, families, and allies. I would know. One of my close friends from high school, who came out to me and a few others in college, was one of those suicide statistics and his sexual orientation certainly played a role in his eventual fate.

When we multiply negative self-esteem effects by millions, we realize how many social problems arise when homosexual feelings are defined as sinful or bad. The ban on same-sex marriage thus creates distortions in our children’s development that have profound affects on our national health and happiness. For example, since we have a primarily male power structure in America, a more macho social ideal for masculine behavior leads to an overemphasis on aggression, which creates more conflict and violence than may be necessary. The costs to our society of our psychological gender imbalance may be enormous.

The legalization of gay marriage will not, by itself, alleviate all our society’s imbalances. What it will do, though, is create a more expanded sense for what we hold as sacred and worthy of respect. That will trickle down, creating more permission for every child to be authentic to themselves and, in the end, forge a society with a healthier balance of masculine and feminine qualities, less conflict, and more overall happiness. This will not only have benefits for gay citizens but literally for all Americans.

For religious Christians who tend to be more strongly oriented to preserving the social order, legalizing same-sex marriage will ultimately allow an expansion of their heart. As it is now, Jesus admonition to “love thy neighbor as thyself” is at odds with the ban on same-sex marriages. By creating social approval for same-sex marriage, we eventually make it easier for religious people to put their core teachings into practice and love gay people fully.

The movement for gay marriage is, at the deepest level, a movement for the psychological and spiritual growth of our country. By honoring same-sex marriage in the same way as heterosexual unions, we send the signal to the next generation of children that their natural inclinations are, well, natural. This in turn allows all Americans to grow up in a more authentic way. Men can be less hyper-masculine or defended and women can be more connected and loving as well.

The full legalization of gay marriage in America will represent a pivotal moment in evolving an ever-more-perfect union that is a beacon for liberty and justice for all. May that moment come quickly and gracefully.

Spreading Peace on Twitter

Twitter’s name makes it sound like it circulates only inconsequential gossip. However, its ability to propagate ideas more rapidly than any medium in history means that it can also be used for profoundly evolutionary purposes.

On Tuesday, May 19th, Deepak Chopra (@Deepak_chopra) offered a simple 88 character tweet on Twitter “Please take the vow of non-violence with me today: http://www.itakethevow.com Please RT!"

What followed offered a fascinating experiment in this medium’s capacity to be a catalyst for something quite noble – the spreading of peace on earth. Within one hour, there had been one hundred retweets of his post and by the end of the day, over two hundred. Each retweeter offered their encouragement to followers to join them in the vow of non-violence in thought, words, and actions. Hundreds did so. Many more watched the inspiring music video and the story of the origin of the global movement, which has resulted in close to 20,000 people taking the vow since it began in November of 2008.

This vow is not casual or easy; it is a permanent commitment to leave behind violence as an acceptable way of engaging others, even in our minds and in our words. Frankly, it took some serious reflection on my part as to whether I was ready.

The vow also includes a commitment to encourage two others to join you in taking the vow. It’s thus designed as a simple viral strategy to create peace on earth, with a goal of eventually having 100 million people take the vow. That sounds audacious until we look at the current rate of growth. From 450 people who took the vow in November to nearly 20,000 who have done so six months later, the spread has been rapid, with close to a doubling of signatories each month. If the current rate of growth continues at the same pace, I Take the Vow would reach 100 million signatories by mid-June of 2010.

I believe this can be a powerful demonstration experiment of the deepest spiritual purpose of Twitter: for us to evolve our culture rapidly and to create major change on the planet with ease. Taking and then spreading a powerful vow that can truly lead to peace on earth takes only personal willingness, a few minutes and a few dozen words. If each of us took the vow ourselves and Twittered something as simple as the following tweet every month, the end result will be a very real contribution to reaching 100 million people on planet earth committed to peace.

I took the vow of non-violence with @Deepak_chopra ! Join me at http://www.itakethevow.com Please RT!

Join me in a simple strategy for planetary change that can also unleash the highest potential of Twitter as a medium to empower the best in us. As we demonstrate what is possible with peace, the same approach can be applied to sustainability, health, poverty alleviation, and more.

Walter Link on Global Leadership

Here's the summary from my radio show today with leadership expert Walter Link. Enjoy!

Download here: http://bit.ly/m6DL1

Summary:
What kind of leadership is needed in today’s global world? For this Shift in Action radio show with host Stephen Dinan, leadership expert Walter Link shares his insights about the wisdom civilization we are creating and the kind of leadership it will take to create it. Subjects include the importance of transparency, diversity, listening, collaboration, spiritual practices and integrative understanding. Walter’s approach is one of inspired pragmatism that blends deep inner work and systemic understanding of the outer world. Walter is the Chairman of the Global Academy, co-author of Leadership is Global and on the board of numerous non-profits and companies, as well as a coach to leaders around the world. He shares about the principles and practices of leadership that he’s developed as an international businessman and social entrepreneur. Walter’s activities reflect his desire to understand the complexity of global life and to develop practical approaches that support the evolution of a more aware, humane and sustainable world.

Welcome!

Hi all,

If you just heard me on FoxNews.com's Internet program (Strategy Room) with Alan Colmes, here are some links to explore:

Spiritual Importance of Twitter (the article that sparked the appearance on the show): http://bit.ly/HqmzO

The Shift List on Twitter (50 Inspiring Leaders to follow):http://bit.ly/m9XKj

Join the Shift Movement Twibe (#1 mind-body-spirit Twitter group): http://www.twibes.com/theshiftmovement

The Next Evolution of Green (my latest article at HuffPost): http://twurl.nl/dne54l

The Shift to Social Synergy (my latest article at HuffPost): http://bit.ly/1waFh

You can also explore the archives of my weekly Shift in Action radio show on Voice America, with inspiring pioneers of conscious change: http://tinyurl.com/d8wge5

And please do sign up on my articles distribution list by sending an email to my Yahoo Group here: stephendinan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Thanks for your interest and visit!
Stephen