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Yasuhiko Kimura, integral philosopher and social visionary, addresses the matter of consciousness, what it is, and what it means to move it forward. A Voices from the Edge presentation.

Otto Scharmer presents his transformative social theory in which science, spirituality, and the intelligence of the collective conspire to create a more enlightened future.

An elite corps of skilled and inspired individuals is working with large organizations and entire corporations to bring meaning, value, and integration to the way we think, live, and relate to our lives. Join integral consultant Sonia Stojanovic in conversation with WIE's Elizabeth Debold about the bold breakthroughs and blunt challenges of large-scale cultural transformation.

Mats Lederhausen, socially conscious business consultant and managing director of McDonald's Ventures (the restaurant giant's future-oriented investment subsidiary) speaks with WIE's Elizabeth Debold about his visionary efforts to balance out big business's bottom line with the needs and concerns of the people and the planet.

In part two of this Unbound interview, WIE editor Elizabeth Debold speaks with pioneering corporate executive Tex Gunning about the power of authentic leadership, the advantages and hindrances of ego in the marketplace, and the potential of big business to create a better world.

International business consultant Joseph Jaworski speaks with WIE’sElizabeth Debold about harnessing the power of group intelligence to transform business, civil society, and ultimately the world.

Software entrepreneur Brian Robertson explains a radical new concept of organizational development known as holacracy, telling the story of how it began, how it works, and why it yields unprecedented creativity and productivity for businesses and organizations struggling to thrive in a rapidly evolving world.

California hotel mogul Chip Conley describes how he uses models of spiritual and psychological growth, inspired by psychologist Abraham Maslow, to create a corporate culture focused on both profitability and the self-actualization of his employees.

While this diminutive woman draped in a white sari might appear to belong to an era long past, she is the inspiration and spiritual guide to many of the world's leading business visionaries, such as Brian Bacon, Tex Gunning, Charles Handy, Peter Senge, David Cooperrider, Rita Cleary, and others.

Innovative organizational change makers—and their corporate counterparts—are tackling one of the most complex problems facing humanity: the urgent need for big business to evolve from being a profit–driven machine to a living system working for the future of the planet.

In an exclusive preview of his new book, Howard Bloom inspires us to consider capitalism—the heart of Western civilization—as “the most creative and potentially idealistic bio-engine this planet has ever seen.”

An interview with Tex Gunning, president of Unilever Bestfoods Asia and point man in the war on blind corporate culture, whose passionate care for the well-being of Asian children is transforming the way international aid dollars are being spent.

This former professor of environmental studies takes high-powered business consultants on vision quests, leading them far into the wilderness in order to connect with the unity we share with each other and with the planet that sustains us. He has been a guide to Brian Arthur, Joseph Jaworski, Otto Scharmer, Peter Senge, and others.