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Writings
published by John Renesch*
- Books
- Articles, columns, chapters, forewords et al
- ARC Masters Series
- FutureShapers Monthly (formerly Better Future News) (editorials 1998 - )
- The New Leaders columns (1990-1997)
- Op-ed / social commentary
* does not include blogs which John hosts at various networks
Books:
Author, Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing, New Business Books, 2000, revised edition 2005
Co-author, editor & compiler, Leadership in a New Era (paperback edition), Paraview Press, 2002
Compiler, Working Together: Diversity as Opportunity, ed. Angeles Arrien, Berrett-Koehler, 2001
Compiler, Intuition at Work: Pathways to Unlimited Possibilities, eds. Roger Frantz & Alex Patakos, Berrett-Koehler, 2000
Co-Author, co-editor & compiler, The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business (w/Bill Defoore), New Leaders Press/Triune, 1998
Co-author, co-editor & compiler, Rediscovering the Soul of Business (w/Bill Defoore), New Leaders, 1995
Compiler, Community Building: Renewing Spirit & Learning in Business, ed. Kaz Gozdz, New Leaders, 1995
Co-author, editor & compiler, Leadership in a New Era (hardcover edition), New Leaders Press, 1994
Co-author, co-editor & compiler, Learning Organizations (w/Sarita Chawla), Productivity Press, 1995
Co-author, co-editor & compiler, The New Entrepreneurs (w/Michael Ray), New Leaders, 1994
Compiler, When the Canary Stops Singing, ed. Pat Barrentine, Berrett-Koehler, 1993
Co-author, editor & compiler, New Traditions in Business, Berrett-Koehler, 1992
Author, Setting Goals, Context Publications, 1980
Articles, columns, chapters, forewords and prefaces to books, etc.
“Humanizing Capitalism: Vision of Hope: Challenge for Transcendence,” Journal of Human Values, January-June 2008.
"O sistema me forçou a isso"(The System Made Me Do It!): published in Mercado Etico, a Brazilian futures newsletter on sustainability, June 2007.
"Leadership Literacy," published in the May 2007 issue of Leadership Excellence magazine.
"Humanity's Promise: Exploring Who We Are and What We Want," published in January 2007, The Club of Amsterdam.
"Humanizing Work: Surviving in the Culture of Technology," November 2006 issue of the Foresight futures journal
"Why Good People Do Bad Things in Business," Philosophy for Business, published by the International Society For Philosophers, July 2006 edition.
"Overcoming Fundamentalism in Business," Philosophy for Business, an electronic journal published by the International Society For Philosophers, in its June 2006 edition.
"Finding Spiritual Courage: Risking the Unfamiliar to Have the Future We Want," The Club of Amsterdam Journal, November 2005.
"Vice-President of Consciousness: Setting a New Place at the Board Meeting Table," Oct-Dec 2005 issue of Soulful Living newsletter.
"Conscious Leadership: Becoming a Self-Actualized Leader:" in the monthly online newsletter Thinking Aloud, published by WorldWIT (Women, Insights, Technology) in July 2005.
"Future-Shaping: Consciously Choosing a Better World:" published in Portuguese in Perspektiva's newsletter, Radar 21 in July 2005
"Shallow Thinking: Licking the Frosting Rather than Tasting the Cake:" The Innovation Roadmap, 1Q, 2005
"Getting to God: A Radical Idea for Business Leaders:" published by the monthly online business newsletter CEO Refresher in December 2004
“The Director as Steward of the Corporate Soul,” Directors Monthly (National Association of Corporate Directors), March 2004
"Awakening the Soul of Business," New Renaissance magazine, Winter 2003/2004
“Conscious Leadership: New Thinking for New Leaders,” The New Body Politic, Winter 2003
“A Fish Tale,” Stories Trainers Tell, eds. Wacker/Silverman, Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2003
“Becoming a Conscious Leader: A Call for New Leadership for New Times,“ SelfGrowth.com, December 2003
“Working as a Jazz Combo: Developing Spiritual Virtuosity in Organizations,” The Wisdom Meme, November 2003
“Conscious Leadership: New Thinking for a Better Future,” Journal of Futures Studies, Fall 2003
“The Search for New Leadership,” Executive Excellence, June 2003
“The Executive Coach as a Foreign Agent: How Stupid Questions Can Lead to Greatness,” Coaching for Extraordinary Results, eds. Phillips/Mitsch, ASTD, 2002
“Inspiring Leadership: Becoming a Self-Actualized Leader,” Agenda (The Australian Institute of Management), October 2002
“Hope for the Self-Actualized Worker: The Conscious Organization,” The Global Futures Forum, September, 2002
“Capitalism in Crisis: An Eagle's View,” World Future Society, July, 2002
“Conscious Leadership: How Followers Become Leaders in These Times of Uncertainty,” e-doc, Brown-Herron/Amazon.com, June 2002
“Committing Spiritual Suicide -- Compromising Yourself at Work,” e-doc, Brown-Herron/Amazon.com, June 2002
“The Search For New Leadership -- How Do We Recognize The Bogus Leaders?” e-doc, Brown-Herron/Amazon.com, June 2002
“Workplaces For The Self-Actualized -- The Emergence of The Conscious Organization,” e-doc, Brown-Herron/Amazon.com, June 2002
“A Commitment to a Change in Context,” Leadership in a New Era, ed. Renesch, Paraview, 2002
“Capitalism in Crisis -- An Eagle's View,” LOHAS Journal, May 2, 2002
“Conscious Organizations,” Executive Excellence, May 2002
“Business and the Better Future: A Matter of Consciousness,” Net Impact newsletter, Spring 2002
“A Global Perspective on Human Maturity,” Foreword, The Maturity Factor, Larry Liberty, Liberty Consulting Team, 2002
“Walking in Their Moccasins,” (with Alan Parisse), Personal Excellence, November 2001
”A Gift that Honors the Victims: A Legacy of a Better Future,” Wisdom Networks, October 2001
“Conversations, Business and Consciousness: The Origins of The Presidio Dialogues,” Bay IONS Newsletter, August 2001
“Consciousness at Work: How Spirituality Shows Up In Organizations,” Spirit at Work Newsletter, Summer 2001
“Taking Responsibility for Our Better Future,” LOHAS Journal, Spring 2001
“Spiritual Suicide: Working in the Soul-Less Enterprise,” Working Spirit Newsletter, August 2000
“The Parable of the Boiled Frog,” Wisdom Networks, June 2000
“Getting to the Better Future,” Wisdom Networks, May 2000
“Global Business Lessons From NASCAR,” Inside NASCAR magazine, Nov. 24, 1999
“The Conscious Organization,” Business Spirit Journal , August 1999
"Important Work or Self-Importance: The Dark Side of Noble Ideas and Lofty Goals," At Work, Berrett-Koehler, May/June 1999
Ten articles published on the website of the Willis Harman House, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in English, 1999:
“Responsible Choices”
“Decorating Our Jail Cells”
“Moral Versus Economic Choices”
“The End of ‘Best-ness’ “
“There Are Always Choices”
“Conscious Leaders Wanted”
“The Emotional Side of Business”
“God Bless Those Truckers”
“The Church of Fast, Cheap and Easy”
“The Media's Role in Depressing the World”
“Restoring Consciousness to Business,” The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business (with Bill Defoore), eds. Renesch/Defoore, New Leaders/Triune, 1998
“Stop the Drivel!” Management General, March 1998
“Spirit and Work: Can Business and Consciousness Co-Exist?” The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business, eds. Renesch/Defoore, New Leaders/Triune, 1998
“Foreword,” Invisible Leadership: Igniting the Soul at Work, Robert Rabbin, Acropolis Books, 1998
“Foreword,” Hidden Assets: An Adventure to Find Inner Resources, Mark Bryant, New Leaders/Triune, 1998
article from Club of Budapest symposium in Hungary for World Futures: Journal of General Evolution .circa 1997
“Preface,” The Living Organization, William Guillory, Innovations International, 1997
"Wanted: New Leaders for a New Era," Viewpoint, Clinical Laboratory Management Review, November/December 1996
John’s redux article on Don Michael’s thesis, Futures (UK) journal, circa 1996
“The Calling,” The New Entrepreneurs, eds. John Renesch/Michael Ray, New Leaders, 1994
"21st-Century Business: A Background for Dialogue," with Willis Harman, White Paper, Meta-Business Series, 1990
“Meta-Business: An Emergence of a New Consciousness” Perspectives, World Business Academy, September, 1989
"Business changes will go far beyond the cosmetic," Opinion, San Francisco Business Times, March 20, 1989
ARC Masters Series, personally selected excerpts:
“The ARC Masters Series with John Renesch,” excerpts from Inevitable Grace: Guides to Your Self-Realization, by Fiero Ferrucci, ARC International, 1999
“The ARC Masters Series with John Renesch,” excerpts from Global Mind Change: The Promise of the 21st Century, by Willis W. Harman, ARC International, 1999
“The ARC Masters Series with John Renesch,” excerpts from The Paradox of Success: A Book of Renewal for Leaders, by John R. O'Neil, ARC International, 1999
FutureShapers Monthly (formerly Better Future News) (editorials starting in June, 1998.
September 2008: “It Isn’t a Question of Intention But Who is Doing the Intending”
August 2008: “Please Remain Seated: Waiting to Die”
July 2008: “Thinking Responsibly”
June 2008: “Shoppers’ Mind”
May 2008: “Living in a Tabloid Headspace”
April 2008: “The New Emancipation Proclamation”
March 2008: “Gratification on Demand: Fuel for the Consumptive Culture”
February 2008: “Becoming a Pragmatic Idealist”
January 2008: “When Doing the Right Thing Becomes the Smart Thing To Do”
December 2007: "And the Beat Goes On"
November 2007: "Fatal Reasonableness"
October 2007: "Remembering Anita"
September 2007: "Revisiting Blessed Unrest"
August 2007: "Debunking the Leadership Development Myth"
July 2007: "One World, Indivisible"
June 2007: "The Four Freedoms: Revisiting a Grand Vision"
May 2007: "What Price Stability? Trading Fulfillment for Familiarity"
April 2007: "The Tyranny of My Ego"
March 2007: "Who's Insane Anyway? Is It Me ... or Is It Everybody Else?"
February 2007: "Appreciating Context: The Secret To Lasting Change (Part II)"
January 2007: "Appreciating Context: The Secret To Lasting Change (Part I)"
December 2006: "A Tale of Two Paradigms"
November 2006: "Humanity's Promise"
October 2006: "Fox or Hound? A Time to Stop Pretending"
September 2006: "The New Literacy: Becoming Adept With New Ways of Thinking"
August 2006: "Overcoming Fundamentalism in Business"
July 2006: "The Ubuntu Way: Learning from South Africa"
June 2006: "Magnificent Failures, Marvelous Errors"
May 2006: "Pushing the Envelope of Transformation"
April 2006: "Playing Dead: The Downside of Pretending To Be Out of the Game"
March 2006: "Worthy Purpose: An Inspiring Mission From Pachamama Alliance"
February 2006: "Reconciling Evolution and God"
January 2006: "Overspending and Debt: Opiates for the Consumer Society"
December 2005: "Professionalizing Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)"
November 2005: "A Return to Wholeness"
October 2005: "Fundamentalism: Symptom of the Great Disconnect"
September 2005: "Confessions of a Bullshit Artist"
August 2005: "It's Time To Get Uppity Again!"
July 2005: "The System Made Me Do It!"
"Asking Forbidden Questions" June 2005
"Humanizing Work: Taking a Stand for Our Humanity" May 2005
"The Dream Revitalized & Expanded" April 2005
"Has America Stopped Becoming?" March 2005
"Radical Words for Radical Action" February 2005
"Living and Working Between Paradigms" January 2005
"Habits That Kill" December 2004
"Allegiance versus Commitment: A Small Distinction that Makes a Big Difference" November 2004
"Shallow Thinking: Licking the Frosting Rather Than Tasting the Cake" October 2004
"Help Wanted: Vice President of Courage" September 2004
"Getting to God: A Radical Idea for Business Leaders" August 2004
"Being Real, Being Human: First Step in Becoming a Conscious Leader" July 2004
“The Question of the Millennium: Do We Have the Courage to Live Together?” June 2004
“Deepening the Dialogue: Appreciating Collective Resonance,” May 2004
“Working in America: Killing Ourselves at Work,” April 2004
“The New Pioneers: Blazing a Trail to a Better Future,” February 2004
“Another Take On the Left vs Right Fracas,” January 2004
“Working as a Jazz Combo: Developing Spiritual Virtuosity in Organizations,” December 2003
“Debunking the New Myth,” November 2003
“Ending Underground Conversations,” October 2003
“Transcending Left Versus Right: Possibility of Pipedream?” September 2003
“Ending Fundamentalism: Beginning Direct Knowing,” August 2003
“Overcoming Rankism: Creating a Dignitarian Culture,” July 2003
“The Anatomy of Immoral Organizations,” June 2003
“Okay, So Now What?” May 2003
“Reconnected and Swimming in the Muck,” April 2003
“Waking Up America: A Return to What Made Us Great,” March 2003
“It’s a God-Awful Mess, But It Is the Way Things Work,” February 2003
“Slow Down and Think,” January 2003
“A Return to Freedom: Changing the Regime of Our Own Thinking,” December 2002
“Who Stole My Soul? How Working People Can Recover from the Great Disconnect,” November 2002
“Part Two: Are We There Yet? Enduring Humanity’s Adolescence While Waiting to Grow Up,” October 2002
“Part One: Are We There Yet? Enduring Humanity’s Adolescence While Waiting to Grow Up,” September 2002
“Taking a Stand: A Time for a New Profiles of Courage,” July 2002
“Finding the Treasures in the Shadows: How Conscious Organizations Can Reap Huge Rewards,” July 2002
”Who Are the Real Modern Day ‘Tyrants’?” June 2002
“Capitalism in Crisis,” May 2002
“Course Corrections: What's Next After the Enron and 9-11 Tragedies?” April 2002
“Lead or Leave: A Call to Action for Everyone Who Works,” March 2002
“Hijacking a Vision: How to Sabotage a Great Idea,” February 2002
“’Frankenwork:’ Confusing People and Machines,” January 2002
“The Price We Pay for Stability,” December 2001
“The Abominable Org-man: A New ‘Missing Link’,” November 2001
“Learning From Ants: Getting Evolved,” October 2001
“A Cry in the Wilderness,” Special Issue, September 15, 2001
“Who Me? Pinning the Blame on Everyone But Myself,” September 2001
“Do Talk With Strangers: Learning From Those Who Don't Belong,” August 2001
“The Forgetting Organization,” July 2001
“The Founders' Daughter,” June 2001
“The Media's Role in Depressing the World,” May 2001
“Conversations for Conscious Business,” March 2001
“The Church of the Fast, Cheap and Easy,” February 2001
“God Bless Those Truckers,” January 2001
“The Coin-Operated CEO,” December 2000
“Being Busy But Not Responsible,” November 2000
“Whining While Complicit ,” October 2000
”The First Law of Systems: Survive at All Costs,” September 2000
“The "In-moded" Way of Thinking,” August 2000
“True Learning and Real Change,” July 2000
”Liking the Poetry vs Living the Poem,” June 2000
“Executive Maturity,” May 2000
“Transcendent Leadership,” April 2000
“Vice-President of Consciousness,” March 2000
“Learning to Find the Lessons,” February 2000
“Why Real Change Programs Fail So Often,” January 2000
“Are We Really Too Busy?” Special Issue, December 1999
“A Time for Integration,” December 1999
“Touched By My Privilege,” November 1999
“Driving Your Stake in the Sand: Owning One's Destiny,” October 1999
“Being Slaves to Our Attachments,” September C1999
“The Parable of the Boiled Frog,” September B 1999
“Consensus for a New Paradigm,” September A 1999
“Getting to the Better Future,” August 1999
“The New Agenda for Business,” July 1999
“Where is Everybody?” May 1999
“The Conscious Organization,” April 1999
“Using Heroes and Heroines While We Still Can,” March 1999
“Important Work vs Self-Importance,” January 1999
“More on Spiritual Suicide: Response for the Critics,” September 1998
“Spiritual Suicide: Working in the Soul-Less Enterprise,” October 1998
“Children, Clean Up Your Mess First!” July 1998
“No Simple Solutions for Complex Problems,” June 1998
The New Leaders editorials (1990-1997); a hardcopy bi-monthly newsletter published by New Leaders Press from 1990 to 1997)
“Quiet Rooms for Corporate Sanity,” March April 1997
“Ability to Deal with Complexity is Key to Evolutionary Shift,” January/February 1997
“The Game of Transforming Business: Are You a Fan or a Player?” September/October 1996
“Age of Consciousness: The Next Frontier,” July/August 1996
“A Call for Conscious Capitalism,” May/June 1996
“The New Bottom Line,” March/April 1996
“Legitimacy: The Power We Give Others,” January/February 1996
“A Time for Outrageous Unreasonableness,” November/December 1995
“Beyond All Reason,” September/October 1995
“Ending the Pretense,” July/August 1995
“Where is Spartacus When We Need Him?” March/April 1995
“Billions Lost as Organizations Try to Change ‘Them’,” November/December 1994
“Matters That Matter,” The New Leaders Dialogues, June 1994
“Global Workplace Values Identified,” May/June 1994
“Lessons From the Mystics,” Special Issue, Spring 1994
“Organizational Transformation & Healing: A Natural Alliance?” January/February 1994
“Leadership in a New Era: Committing to a Change in Context,” September/October 1993
“Emotions at Work: The ‘Berlin Wall’ of Business Starts Coming Down,” March April 1993
“The Dark Side of Corporate Loyalty,” November/December 1992
“Good Intentions and Skill Are Not Sufficient for Group Success,” July/August 1992
“Walking the Talk: A Time for Impeccable Leadership,” March/April 1992
“Meta Business: Individual Responsibility,” January/February 1992
“The End of ‘Knowing It All’: A Time for Personal Humility and Organizational Learning in Business,” September/October 1991
“Coming ‘Out of the Closet’: A Time for Courage in the Workplace,” May/June 1991
“Reality: A Product of Our Past or a Manifestation of Our Beliefs?” January/February 1991
“Contextual Management: The Beginning of a New Era” (Three part series), November /December 1990 – March/April 1991
“Paradigm Straddling Can Be Painful for Everyone Involved,” July/August 1990
“Business Changes Will Go Far Beyond the Cosmetic,” May/June 1990
Op-Ed / Social Commentary
"Outsourcing Citizenship: Sure Formula for a Has-Been Nation," June 20, 2007
"Beyond Iraq, Beyond Bush: One Man’s Soul Searching," April 16, 2007
"What Kind of World Do We Really Want?" February 2007
"If America Were Run Like a Business," January 2007
"The Beginning of the End of Empire: How Our National Hubris Is Destroying Us," May 24, 2006
"Where Did The Compassion Go?" February 26, 2006
"Has America Stopped Becoming?" January 2005
"Outside View: We are all Americans" (as published in The Washington Times), November 24, 2004
"American Hubris: A Case for National Arrogance," August 19, 2004
"Shouting at Our Choirs: Political Frenzies Going Nowhere Fast," July 30, 2004
“Outside View: Assent or Oblivion,” UPI Outside View, June 2, 2004
”Is National Outrage About to Finally Occur?” March, 2004*
“Waking Up America: A Return to What Made Us Great ,” February, 2003*
“A Return to Freedom: Changing the Regime of Our Own Thinking,” Fall, 2002*
“What Have We Learned Since 9-11?” Summer, 2002*
”A Letter to My Fellow Citizens: Seeing Opportunity in the Tragedy,” late September 2001*
* these op-ed articles were sent to several major dailies in the U.S. and U.K.; subsequently they were posted on the author’s website; it is not known if they ever appeared in any third-party periodicals