John Renesch

John Renesch is a leading writer and thinker on matters of social transformation. He believes that commerce holds the key to bringing about a global shift of human consciousness thus creating a future of tremendous possibility for humankind - the possibility that will allow humanity to transcend the inevitable future that can be projected from current trends.

John has four decades of experience as a business owner and entrepreneur. He left his chief executive position in the real estate investment industry in the mid-1980s and, after a period of personal introspection prompted by his concerns for the future of humanity, he embarked upon a new path. He's now published twelve books and hundreds of articles in international as well as domestic journals and magazines.

From 1990 to 1997, he served as publisher and editor-in-chief of New Leaders Press, dedicated to publishing progressive business books and The New Leaders newsletter. In this role, John created twelve business anthologies on the subject of business and transformation. Over 300 visionaries contributed to these books. Among them are USC Professor Emeritus, author and leadership expert Warren Bennis, Gary Zukav (author, The Seat of the Soul), One Minute Manager creator Ken Blanchard, Riane Eisler (author, The Chalice and the Blade), M. Scott Peck, MD (author, The Road Less Traveled ), The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, former Herman Miller, Inc. CEO Max DePree, television genius Norman Lear, Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, international management guru Tom Peters, Common Cause founder John Gardner, Megatrends series creators John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene, Stanford Business School Professor Emeritus Michael Ray, and former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev.

His latest book is Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing.

As a keynote speaker, John has presented his ideas and his observations to audiences in Tokyo, Seoul, Brussels, London, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Gold Coast, Zurich, Amsterdam, Budapest, Port-of-Spain and many U.S. cities (see clients and venues). He has received much praise as a speaker and visionary (see endorsements). John has also addressed numerous classes of MBA students, including Stanford University, University of San Francisco and others.

John has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The Nikkei Financial Times (Japan), Business Week, public radio's "Marketplace," CNBC-TV's "Management Today Show," Chief Executive magazine, Business Talk Radio, National Public Radio, Forbes and Industry Week magazines on the subject of consciousness and business. The Futurist magazine calls John a "business visionary."