Sustainable development promotes world peace, human dignity and the continuous improvement of human potential. It requires careful stewardship of our environmental, economic, and cultural commons.
Leadership for sustainable development takes many forms, reflecting the leader’s talents and intentions. I focus on fostering pluralism and care. Pluralism helps engage and influence the multiple and evolving perspectives that define the challenges of sustainable development. Care motivates the will to change, the prudence to invest in a better tomorrow, and an obligation to the commons that support our futures.
The XMNR program emphasizes leadership tools to influence the diffused and networked system that characterizes 21st Century governance, economy, and civil society. Leadership in this networked system requires capacities and sensitivities to navigate, bridge, and partner across different sectors, cultures, institutions, disciplines, and professions.