Chapter OneConnecting Inner Transformation as a Leader to Corporate and Societal Change

Subhanu Saxena, Otto Scharmer, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler

I (Kathryn) wanted to bring an executive’s perspective and Otto Scharmer’s work on leading from the emerging future to this book. This chapter uniquely combines the life story of a CEO who brings deep values about purpose and awareness to his daily work with an interview of Otto Scharmer (who developed the notion of presencing along with Peter Senge) discussing what is needed from leaders today.

I met Subhanu Saxena about six years ago and stayed in touch with him because of my interest in executives and consciousness. He is now CEO of Cipla, the second largest pharmaceutical company in India, which ...

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