Endorsements
DANIEL GOLEMAN
Author of Emotional Intelligence
“Calling for trauma informed, spiritually intelligent leadership to meet the modern age Leading in Chaos expands the idea of emotional intelligence to its intimate expression. The book offers an urgently needed cartography for the cultivation of wisdom, love and compassion in the workplace.”
“Moved to action by the polycrisis that increasingly reshapes our world, Fox and Janni have created a beautiful and moving book of essays that force reflection and connect us to our shared humanity. This book is an invitation to slow down, look inward, and find the strength to lead.”
AMY EDMONDSON
Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School; Author of Right Kind of Wrong and The Fearless Organization
BOB ANDERSON
Creator, Leadership Circle Profile; Co-founder, Leadership Circle;
Co-author of Mastering Leadership and Scaling Leadership
“This book is a mosaic of wisdom for leaders in these unprecedented times. It is lovingly and exquisitely written by two thought and practice leaders that I deeply respect. Each piece of the mosaic is a beautiful call to awaken. Each is a call to lead consciously and steward the future of all life on this planet. Each invites us to greater depth, vitality, and a new form of leadership presence that resonates transformation in every encounter. Each piece demonstrates how our inner evolution is inextricably linked to planetary evolution. Take in each piece and then step back. Like all great mosaics, a beautiful wholeness emerges as this book artfully renders the landscape of the inner and outer transformation required of humanity in the urgency of now.”
“Enter anywhere. Let these words—offered by two pioneers in leadership development and transformational change—touch and unsettle you as you return to the sacred within leadership. In this time of polycrisis, as overlapping challenges press on our institutions and our hearts, nothing is more vital for leaders than this work. Take up the invitation to read with an open heart, presence, and curiosity—a practice of awakening in itself.”
LISA LAHEY
Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Co-author of An Everyone Culture
OTTO SCHARMER
Senior Lecturer MIT, Presencing Institute,
Author of Theory U
“In an era of climate collapse, social fragmentation, and institutional erosion, conventional leadership frameworks fall short. Leading in Chaos integrates trauma-informed healing, embodiment, and spiritual intelligence to reframe leadership as a regenerative capacity—one that begins within and extends to organizations, communities, and the planet. Highly recommended.”
We are navigating a convergence of polycrises that is shaking the very core of who we are—as individuals, as communities, and as organizations. Leading in Chaos is both a wake-up call and an invitation to embrace a deeper, more conscious form of leadership. It outlines a path to becoming the kind of leader the emerging future is calling for: one that embodies courage and heart and is capable of shaping a world that elevates the essence of our shared humanity.
GENE WOODS, CEO, Advocate Health