Synthetic strategy™ and the emergence of New Global Mind—how leaders align capital, governance, and decision-making to remain viable as systems shift.   Most strategies today are built on assumptions that no longer hold. They assume stability where there is systemic transition. They assume predictability where there is emergence. They assume control where complexity is increasing. As a result, many organisations are still optimising within systems that are already being restructured. What is less recognised is that this is not only a structural challenge. It is a cognitive one. The conditions we are entering cannot be engaged with using the same ways of perceiving, deciding, and acting that were shaped in a more stable world. They require a different order of… Read more »

  Unprocessed trauma is a governance risk — especially in times of sustained uncertainty. But there is a second, often unspoken dimension of leadership in complexity: the capacity to access deeper judgement, intuition, and purpose — the “hidden chamber” that sits beneath the surface of rational decision-making. In this conversation, Amy Elizabeth Fox, CEO Mobius Executive Leadership and I explore both. We discuss how unprocessed trauma at senior levels manifests as reactivity, short-termism, control dynamics, and fragmented execution — ultimately undermining decision quality, trust, and resilience. And we examine the other side of the equation: how leaders who are internally coherent are better able to access signal in the noise — to sense direction, align action over time, and lead… Read more »

  What really changes when economics and geopolitics rewrite the rules. In this conversation, Michael Kobori and Sandja Brügmann explore how sustainability is evolving amid today’s macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures. Kobori highlights the growing need for sustainability leaders to align their work with core business and financial priorities, the power of collaboration across companies, and the role of innovation in driving systemic change. Drawing on his experience at Starbucks, he also underscores the importance of culture and leadership in embedding sustainability at scale. The discussion closes with a pragmatic yet hopeful outlook, calling for proactive leadership and stronger communities to shape the future of sustainability.   New Global Mind is a video podcast exploring leadership and strategic transition for systems… Read more »

In this conversation, Sandja Brügmann and Tor Nørretranders discuss the Shifting Baseline Syndrome, which highlights how each generation perceives the present as the norm, often overlooking the changes that have occurred over time. They explore the vital role of elders in society, emphasizing their moral obligation to contribute and share their memories and experiences. The discussion also touches on the importance of community, the gift economy, and the need for conflict resolution skills. Tor introduces the concept of Sinnsro, a state of peace and acceptance, and highlights the significance of small interactions, or Chula Hop moments, in building social bonds. Overall, the conversation advocates for recognizing the value of elders and fostering meaningful connections within communities.   Listen or Watch… Read more »

  Identifying the root cause of a challenge is crucial for implementing effective solutions. In my experience consulting with top leaders, boards, and multi-stakeholder transformation projects, a common obstacle is the inability to pinpoint the underlying cause of the symptoms, thus hindering progress. Einstein’s famous quote perfectly encapsulates this: “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” The climate crisis, mental health crisis, the loneliness pandemic and biodiversity crisis are prime examples of this phenomenon. To overcome these challenges, we must cultivate a New Global Mind—one that sees and senses with depth, intuition, and heightened consciousness. In today’s episode #4, the astute Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov joins me as we delve into the tension… Read more »

New Global Mind is a video podcast exploring leadership and strategic transition for systems transformation. The series forms part of New Global Mind — an evolving field of inquiry and strategic sense‑making focused on how societies, organisations, and economies evolve under conditions of complexity. Each episode features cross‑disciplinary conversations with senior leaders and experts across systems science and living systems theory, political economy and finance, human behaviour and decision systems, governance and institutional architecture, and futures literacy and anticipatory thinking. New Global Mind explores how shifts in worldview, governance, and system architecture enable fundamentally new economic, social, and ecological outcomes. Through grounded, in‑depth dialogue, the podcast examines how leadership, cognition, communication, and strategic decision‑making are evolving, and clarifies practical pathways… 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.

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 »

Leaders and Workers Must Launch Change With Self-Disruption by SANDJA BRÜGMANN, Re-published by B the Change, Originally published in Conscious Company Media. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — R. Buckminster Fuller The future of work encourages whole human beings to move toward their highest soulful potential. This requires a drastic redesign of organizations, how we work and what we recognize as success. It calls on us to move away from control, manipulation and fear toward cultures that support and foster personal growth, freedom, autonomy and blossoming of the individual. Leaders operate their businesses within an increasingly complex context of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). They… Read more »