It’s certainly been pretty clear to me all my life that the human race is at a critical juncture. It is entirely possible that we may not survive as a species, and indeed we may not even make it through the next few years. However if we do, it will only be by transforming all of our systems of production, consumption, and social interaction so that they can remain stable indefinitely.

The current financial crisis is merely a reflection of more profound crises – environmental, social and political – that have been brewing certainly for the last few decades. Maybe even since the invention of agriculture about 9000 years ago.

Comment in the mainstream media and by politicians is essentially past-based. By that I mean that they are simply attempting to prop up or revert to the systems that got us into this mess in the first place.

Virtually nothing that any of these people say is orientated towards a vision of a future in future human culture that could be sustainable.

Future-orientation is a key principle of leadership expounded in Zaffron”s book “The Three Laws of Performance”. The third law states that future-based language transforms how situations occur to people.

When are we going to see the emergence of leaders who can create a vision of the future which will command the respect of the population at large and guide us towards the creation of sustainable social, indiustrial and economic systems?
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