John Renesch | Challenging our Ways of Thinking about Work, Leadership & the Future

One More Advantage of Coming from Love
April 2022 We frequently hear how much healthier1 people are when they act from love rather than fear, or how much smarter2 they will be. I had an insight recently that I’d like to share about yet another advantage of acting from love instead of fear. When one lives in a context of love the […]
The Ubuntu Way: Learning from South Africa, Nearly Thirty Years Later
March 2022 [adapted from one of John’s 2006 newsletter editorials] As longtime readers of this newsletter know, I’m a big fan of the South Africans who were able to end apartheid in 1994 without resorting to either civil war or anarchy which many of us outside the country anticipated. They addressed the challenging transition to […]
Regret: Self-Directed Resentment
February 2022 This is time of year when people consider New Year’s Resolutions, future aspirations, sometimes related to mistakes or omissions from the past. In a recent holidays gathering of friends, one man shared his own challenges with recurring regret over things he has done or not done expressing a desire to leap over them […]
The Art & Practice of Conscious Leadership
January 2022 All of the leaders who I consider conscious have some sort of personal practice, sometimes called a “spiritual practice,” which keeps them fit, more conscious and aware when it comes to managing their egos, and staying awake most of the time. Naturally they meander from one state of consciousness to another* as we […]
Geography of the Mind: First Take
December 2021 Where do we find the human mind? Most people think of the mind as synonymous with the brain and is, therefore, located in the head. Even theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku does so in his NewYorkTimes bestseller The Future of the Mind. But my personal experience is that the mind is […]
Racism: Learned Because It’s Taught
November 2021 In the 1958 movie South Pacific, a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set during World War II, U.S. Marines are challenged with racism issues in relating to the local South Pacific natives. One song in particular from the musical seems to have nailed the cause of racism quite directly. The song was “You’ve Got […]

Welcome to my website which describes the organizational and social transformation work I have been doing since the late 1970s. Prior to that time I was a businessman/entrepreneur.

Here you will find more information about me, some videos and podcasts, the services I have offered, summaries of my books and speaking topics as well as links to articles, past newsletters and guest blogs.

Featured Video

Watch “A Maverick Futurist’s Global Vision: with John Renesch” – a bit over four minutes long.

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reate the future you want..

“The quality of the life and work of modern human beings – and the legacy they leave to successive generations – can be incredibly improved by making everyday choices more consciously.”

– John Renesch

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eadership qualities..

“True leadership comes from within, not from external trappings; you see the real leaders when things get tough and courageous actions are called for.”

– John Renesch

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echnological paths..

“If we are on a path of getting nowhere fast, technology is allowing us to get nowhere faster and faster..”

– John Renesch

John is cofounder of FutureShapers, LCC

John’s Mini-Keynote Editorials cover a range of thought provoking topics.

John’s Blog at The Futurist

More about John’s book and read his monthly blog postings.

John regularly contributes articles to the Global Dialogue Center.