I really enjoyed this podcast episode. So many words of wisdom from Margaret Wheatley.
http://www.human-current.com/episode-090-reclaiming-leadership-for-the-human-spirit-with-margaret-wheatley
My main takeaways:
- She points out that what we are going through now is something that every previous civilization has gone through. It’s not that we took a wrong turn somewhere. We should let go of the angst of trying to change the trajectory. Rather, we focus on who we choose to be in this moment of collapse.
- She sees meditation as a core practice for leaders, because it is the only thing she has ever found that can train people to be aware of their negative emotions and be non-reactive to them.
- She sees complexity and systems thinking as the closest equivalents to spirituality that natural science can offer.
- She uses despair to drive her optimism.