John Renesch is a San Francisco-based businessman-turned-futurist and author. In the 1990s, he has published a dozen progressive business anthologies on subjects such as consciousness and work, intuition and leadership (see www.Renesch.com for titles and summaries). He is co-creator of the International Spirit at Work Awards and a former Managing Director of the World Business Academy. His latest book is Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing. John is also an international keynote speaker and author of numerous articles on work, leadership and the future. He serves as an advisor to the Sustainable Futures Forum based in Switzerland and Amsterdam. He publishes a free monthly newsletter – FutureShapers Monthly - and can be reached at John@Renesch.com. Locally, he co-founded The Presidio Dialogues in 2000, which hosts monthly public gatherings on a variety of subject rarely discussed in the workplace, and turned it over to the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in 2004. He is a member of The Fellowship Church of All Peoples in San Francisco and the convener of the Church's Howard Thurman Forum Series of lectures and interviews.