#7 Parenting and Leadership in the Age of AI / New Episode of New Global Mind: Leadership for Systems Transformation podcast / I recently had the pleasure of meeting Léa Peersman in Vienna at the Global Peter Drucker Forum. Her profound insights into AI, leadership, parenting, and the pursuit of “humaning better” resonated deeply with me. Léa’s unique ability to perceive patterns and connections beyond the neurotypical mind was especially striking, and I was delighted to discover that she, like myself, is neurodivergent. I hope you find our podcast conversation as engaging and enlightening as I did. The rapid evolution of AI is far more than a technological advancement—it is a deeply human journey that shapes how we raise children,… Read more »

In this conversation, John Fullerton and Sandja Brügmann explore the urgent need for a reimagined economic and financial system that serves life. They discuss the concept of the polycrisis, which encompasses interconnected crises such as climate change and inequality, and emphasize the importance of shifting worldviews from separation to unity. The dialogue highlights the necessity of effective communication, the role of consciousness in systemic change, and the potential for regenerative economics to align purpose with investment. They also address the challenges of navigating chaos and the importance of finding joy in the transformative work ahead. New Global Mind: A video podcast exploring brighter futures through leadership. A new series from The Passion Institute. Each episode explores innovative ideas, wisdom and… Read more »

Bridging Sustainability, Leadership Evolution, and Commercial Success for a Thriving Future / This is a Transmission / Although suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition, adopting a modern Boddhisattva mindset can transform it into a powerful force for growth. Eudaimonic contentment becomes the driving force that propels us towards transcending the limitations imposed by the metacrisis, thereby fostering humanity’s evolutionary trajectory. Through conscious suffering, the experience is no longer one of seemingly needless pain, challenge, and powerlessness, but rather a purposeful path towards a more desirable future. “The greatest breakthroughs of the twenty- first century will not occur because of technology. They will occur because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” – business… Read more »

Business leaders often face the dilemma that without a change in the playing field and in the rules of engagement there are limitations to transforming the game. How do we move away from the outdated degenerative patterns of a zero-sum game of winners and losers, in which “winning” is a short-term “success” because we are degrading the patterns that sustain life on Earth? How do we move towards patterns that are truly regenerative by design which change our “game” towards the win-win-win patterns by which life has created conditions conducive to life for 3.8 billion years? This is the focus when Sustainable Leadership Network meet next on January 20, 2021 where Daniel C. Wahl, Transformative Innovation consultant, author of Designing… Read more »

We are excited to reveal the speakers and topics for the next quarter in our professional business network – Sustainable Leadership. B Corp Certification & Radical Interdependce. Regenerative Economics. The Purpose Revolution.

Published in Australia’s premiere Health, Environment and Wellbeing Magazine WRITTEN BY TERRY ROBSON JULY 30, 2020 Environment  I  Health  I  Wellness  I  Life  I  Planet   Corporate. Social. Responsibility. Three words that, each on their own, are perfectly intelligible but, until recently, when placed together as a phrase became like something from a Lewis Carroll poem: nonsense. “Corporate social responsibility” as a phrase has been as oxymoronic as “gourmet cheese in a can”, “wise lycra fashion choices” or “must-see reality TV”. Today, however, corporate social responsibility (CSR) not only makes perfect sense, it is imperative to our way forward as a society. What is it? In truth, corporate social responsibility is about engaging with reality, the reality of the nature of a corporation…. Read more »

In order to integrate sustainability into the core of a business, it has to be a part of the company’s culture. For this to happen, a top leader must be willing and ready to go first and evolve, according to leadership advisor Sandja Brügmann. Published January 10, 2020 on SustainableBrands.com, originally written in Danish by Tine Brødegaard Hansen, and published in SustainReport 29. Sandja Brügmann is a sought-after leadership advisor who, among other services, has helped top leaders from Grundfos, The Body Shop, and Chr. Hansen CEO Mauricio Graber integrate sustainability into core business practices. Whereas CSR is an extremely narrow term, often associated with CO2 reduction, compliance and risk management, to actually become regenerative — meaning to contribute more than we extract from the world — we need… Read more »

These 5 Tips to create a Strong Sustainability and Purpose Culture from Sandja Brügmann, CEO The Passion Institute, was originally published alongside an interview in SustainReport, the full article (in Danish) is accessible here: 5 råd til lederen, der vil skabe en stærk sustainability kultur.   1. Move from being Change-ready to Change-driven  In order to solve the sustainability challenges we are faced with, as a leader you need to be able to bring other people to life, to flourish, such that they experience and are able to access their innate passion, innovation and creativity. This require leadership development on the personal development plane to know what motivates and drive others, beneath the obvious and spoken. This is why you… Read more »

  Tiden for CSR og langsigtede strategier er forbi; den etiske og bæredygtige forståelse skal helt ind i kernen af os som ledere og i vores virksomheder. På det grundlag vil et nyt netværk for bæredygtig ledelse få os til se sandheden i øjnene og skabe reel forandring. Chr. Hansen og Ørsted er blandt deltagerne. “Sustainability is an integral part of Chr. Hansen. Currently 82% of Chr. Hansen’s product portfolio have a direct positive contribution to the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development no. 2, 3 and 12. We work to continuously understand, monitor, and improve our performance on the issues that are most material to our stakeholders and thereby to the future success of our business. With our Nature’s… Read more »

It’s not what you learn, but what you unlearn that matters. Sometimes, success comes not from what you learn to do but what you learn to stop doing. That bit of wisdom comes from Sandja Brügmann, a serial entrepreneur and founder of the Passion Institute, a conscious leadership, strategic purpose, and sustainable business consultancy for executives and entrepreneurs. “Once we have developed understanding of how we interfere with our visions and goals, then comes the challenging process of unlearning and changing specific behaviors,” she explains. Unlearning is hard work. “It requires one to move out of automatic behaviors and into conscious understanding, where we take control of our own actions and lives,” Brügmann says. “It requires confronting uncomfortable feelings and an… Read more »