Leading from the Field

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Twelve Principles for Energetic Stewardship

by Peter Merry PhD

Book Cover: Leading from the Field
Editions:Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-953754-03-5
Pages: 70

If we assume, as both the new scientists and ancient wisdom traditions tell us, that all of reality is actually composed of interlocking dynamic energy fields, that life is a continuous process of organising energetic information into form, then what does that mean for the way we need to lead our organisations, be they business, civil society, government, community, or even family systems? To growth, differentiation, and intellect, we need to add stillness, oneness, and intuition. This book is a short beginner’s “field guide” on how to perceive, interpret, and enhance the energetic fields of the collective systems that we lead. The illustrations and accompanying text are designed to remind us of the core principles and practices of resonant leadership and energetic stewardship.

Published:
Publisher: Amaranth Press
Genres:
Nonfiction

Reviews:Tim Freke, philosopher and author of 35 books wrote:

Wise, inspiring and beautiful.

Diane Williams, Initiator The Evolutionary Leaders Circle wrote:

Connect to the essence of this beautifully powerful, captivating book. Prepare for your life and work to be forever changed.

Rafia Morgan wrote:

The reset button the leadership world has been waiting for.

Brenda Dunne, President of International Consciousness Research Laboratories wrote:

These principles guide the creative development of all living systems, at all levels, from the microscopic to the Universal.

David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network wrote:

Reads like a ‘Tao of Leadership.


About the Author

Dr. Peter Merry is a philosopher, social entrepreneur, and planetary
activist. He has spent his life crossing the business, government,
and nonprofit worlds, mobilising and motivating people to do
what needs to be done for a vibrant society and planet.
Roles he currently plays include:

• Chief Innovation Officer at Ubiquity, a new online platform
combining learning and social innovation, and informed by
an integral approach and game design. This includes a social
platform for changemakers, the UbiVerse, recognition
for competencies developed through lifelong learning and
skill assessment for the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals

• Public speaker, philosopher and advisor on future trends
from an integral whole systems perspective, with a particular
specialisation in the future of education

• Founder and Chair of the Center for Human Emergence,
Netherlands, formed in 2005 to facilitate the Netherlands
through the current transition and learn for the world

• Fellow of the Center for Human Ecology in the UK, where he
completed his MSc with a thesis on the future of work and
economics.

In the past he was a partner in Engage!, delivering training and
consulting for integral change. He started off with his one-person
business using interactive theatre methods in international youth
work for intercultural learning.

He has a PhD from Ubiquity University’s Wisdom School with a
new philosophical argument on the life process, called Volution
Theory (see volutiontheory.net).

He lives in an ecological neighbourhood in Culemborg, the
Netherlands, with his Dutch wife and three sons. He sings and
plays guitar in the anglo-celt folk band Maggies Wedding. He
also has a deep interest in geomancy and energetic dimensions
of the Earth. He worked with a theatre company in Paris, France,
for a year, and remains a great fan of British director Peter Brook.



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