Lead with Peace & Purpose with Mandar Apte.

Multiple vectors are simultaneously affecting our global society including wars, refugee crisis, post-pandemic mental health challenges, unemployment, the impact of climate change, etc. Leaders and organizations are being challenged to simultaneously confront the inherent chaos and transform the unprecedented hurdles into opportunities and solutions that will create systemic change. These complex challenges, however, cannot be solved unless there is a transformation "within". That "inner work" is also, often, a blind spot and is never addressed at work or in our educational curriculum.

If the whole world is a home, I believe that India has always been the prayer room for reflection and inner transformation. Several global leaders including Dr. Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Steve Jobs, and Marc Benioff have publicly acknowledged how the wisdom of India has helped in their transformation process. A short speech given by Dr. King in India is here.

In this session, we will share a framework to develop conscious leadership and case studies of how India's timeless wisdom of yoga and meditation can be used to solve the social challenges of today. Finally, we will look at ways in which businesses can actively promote peace.

Resources:

• Be The Change - a module on well-being and peace education
• Can peace be profitable - a thought leadership blog
• Enhancing trust between LA gang members, communities, and LAPD
• Bridging the divide between two sides of the Cyprus conflict
• From India With Love - a documentary film where we hosted the parents from Sandy Hook to India. Order a mango lassi to make the mood when you watch. If not in the US, or the UK then get the  Be The Change module which has the film and "more"!

 
Mandar Apte - Founder & Executive Director of Cities4Peace
Mandar currently manages Cities4Peace a strategic consultancy that promotes peace in cities worldwide. Prior to this, he managed Shell’s prestigious GameChanger social innovation program. While at Shell, Mandar designed and facilitated an innovation learning program for over 2000 colleagues. Mandar is also the Producer/Director of From India With Love - a documentary film to reinvigorate the message of nonviolence (or Ahimsa) in the world. Aligned with this mission, Mandar hosted the inaugural World Summit for Countering Violence & Extremism bringing together peace activists and law enforcement executives from across the world in the spirit of promoting promote peace and compassion in the world. For nearly two decades, Mandar has studied, practiced, and taught meditation for the International Association for Human Values and the Art of Living Foundation. For more: visit Mandar's website here.