
So, together with many colleagues, friends, and organizational clients, we have dedicated our lives to the exploration and actualization of AWAKE organizations.Īlong the way, we have worked with hundreds of individuals and dozens of nonprofit and for-profit organizations that are in service to the betterment of society and the well-being of Nature and the planet. And the practice can be carried out as a group, as a city, as a nation.” Moreover, we sense intuitively that such communities – and organizations in particular – hold the keys to Humanity’s evolution from conflict to compassion. What would it take for organizations to be radically more effective, while thriving in perfect alignment with the principles of life? What if leading-edge organizations could be as awake as the most awakened beings in history? Could such organizations become AWAKE “superorganisms” that realize greater potentials far beyond what we thought was possible… and with these radical new capacities be able to address Humanity’s intractable or “wicked” problems?Īt Sourcing The Way, we believe that organizations consisting of conscious and committed individuals can become awakened beings in their own right, as Thich Nhat Hanh predicted when he wrote in 1994 that “he next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. By Jeff Vander Clute originally published in Shifting the Grid
