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Recent publications!
from the Transformative Learning Centre
(Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto)...
ONE EARTH COMMUNITY: TELLING OUR STORIES (2008) and...
CIRCLES OF TRANSFORMATION: FINDING OUR WAY IN THE GREAT WORK (2007)
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Two separate DVD sets which capture the vision and passion of some of the world’s leading visionaries
as they explore our most pressing global challenges.
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ONE EARTH COMMUNITY contains:
* Four hours of DVDs with leading visionaries in conversation about some of our most pressing global challenges – figures such as Satish Kumar, Zenobia Barlow, Jorge Ferrer, Maude Barlow, Starhawk and Diane Longboat.
Including:
- Moving from Vision to Action. (Marilyn Daniels in conversation with Deborah Barndt, John Barry, Satish Kumar and Moema Viezzer).
- Calling Forth One Earth Community (Anne Goodman in discussion with Ed O’Sullivan, Eimear O’Neill, Jeannette McCullough and Marilyn Daniels)
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CIRCLES OF TRANSFORMATION contains:
* Six hours of DVDs with leading visionaries in conversation – figures such as David Abram, Jorge Ferrer, Matthew Fox, bell hooks, Satish Kumar, Michael Lerner, Chief Oren Lyons, Vandana Shiva and Marion Woodman
* A book of reflective essays by Marilyn Daniels, Principal of VisionLegacy Coaching, and co-authors at the Transformative Learning Centre (OISE/UT).
The importance of Circles of Transformation has attracted the praise of many prominent visionaries, but a very special mention came from one of the most respected wisdom figures of our time, Thomas Berry:
“As I page through these essays, I am deeply impressed by the understanding shown the issues I have dealt with over the years. It awakens anew my hope that the twenty-first century will evoke a new, mutually beneficial period in our human-Earth presence to each other.”
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An excerpt from Circles of Transformation...
I am often told that the challenges we face in the world are too big for one individual to make a difference. Indeed, many of us believe that leadership is best left to others. But I believe that we are in a time that calls for a redefinition of what it means to be a leader, a time that challenges each of us to take leadership in our lives and in our world. And I believe that each of us has something unique and valuable that we can offer. Each of us is called to be a transformative leader.
There is no one work or action that defines transformative leadership because the re-orientation that must occur in our culture, which is in the process of occurring, is so vast and comprehensive. Transformative leadership needs to occur on multiple levels simultaneously.
It occurs through intellectual critique and deconstruction of our institutions, scientific worldview and cultural paradigm. It occurs through transdisciplinary discussions and integral learning. It occurs within troubled organizations and institutions as courageous individuals tackle difficult questions of corporate social responsibility, as they confront the dysfunctional nature of corporate cultures, and as they attempt to integrate and apply spirituality and whole-systems thinking. It also occurs as talented workers leave traditional organizations to create new structures, possibilities, alliances and different ways of working.
It occurs in the schools, on the streets, in our homes, and in our hearts. It occurs both as we heal internally and as we turn our gaze outward in an attempt to heal the structures we live in. It occurs as we compassionately listen to each other, as we confront our own blindness and refuse to shirk away from our own power. It occurs as we hope, dream, envision, falter, learn from our mis-steps and try again.
Transformative leadership is embodied in the regeneration of life in all of its dimensions. Although we may be working in very different ways, ultimately, we are all working for and within the same organization – the organization of life. And it is for that purpose that we must gather our energy, motivation and willingness to examine, experiment, change and find solace and inspiration in each other’s work.
Yes, we need courageous leaders to stand up to multinationals, to facilitate international movements, to initiate new institutions, to stand on podiums and inspire others… we need them to take the risks they take on behalf of the seeds, the water and for future generations. But these leaders alone cannot accomplish the kind of transformation that is needed.
What is required is that each of us takes leadership in our own lives, in our own families and sphere of influence. Small actions can and do make a difference – to our individual lives and to the way our lives impact and intersect with the whole. What is our world made of but millions of small actions every moment? What one does – or doesn’t do – matters.
Transformation does not require us to move out of our lives and become something other than we are. It simply asks us to mindfully act in our lives, to act as if the well being of the entire web of life matters.
~ Marilyn Daniels, From "Living the Great Work" in Circles of Transformation.
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For more information and to order, please contact the Transformative Learning Centre
(Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto)
I would love to talk with you about the circles of transformation you are creating in your world!
To book a complimentary session please contact me at marilyn@visionlegacy.com
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