Dadi Janki

Dadi Janki is one of the world’s leading spiritual teachers and one of the UN’s designated Wisdom Keepers. Dadi Janki was present in Rio de Janiero in 1992 at Wisdom Keepers 1; She was present in Istanbul in 1996 at Wisdom Keepers 2, it comes as no surprise therefore, when people refer to her as ‘a woman of wisdom’. Dadi Janki is one of the world’s leading spiritual…

Dale S. Ironson

Dale S. Ironson, Ph.D. is a management consultant in Silicon Valley working with leaders to help create high performance organizations. His extensive experience includes working as a senior consultant in Fortune 500 high technology companies in the areas of management and leadership development, organization development including large scale change, product development and high performance…

Dana Lynne Andersen

Dana Lynne Andersen sends a clarion call to artists and patrons throughout the world: “The Arts have the potential to catalyze the evolution of humanity.” In contrast to the current gallery and museum scene of ‘art for arts sake,’ Andersen advocates ‘art on purpose,’ referring to work that is deliberate in its intention to uplift humanity and serve as a conduit…

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with…

Danny Schechter

Danny Schechter M.A. is Founding Executive Editor of MediaChannel with 1,067 international affiliates, offering global perspectives and encouraging improved journalism. As co-founder and Executive Producer of Globalvision, Inc., an award-winning media company, he has produced numerous TV specials and documentaries on global affairs, including “ Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television…

David Bollier

David Bollier is an American activist, scholar, and blogger who is focused on the commons as a new/old paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. The commons is as old as the human race but newly discovered, too, as the Internet, open source software, alternative currencies, and platform co-operatives. Bollier pursues his commons scholarship and activism as Director of the…

David Cooperrider

David Cooperrider is the Fairmount Santrol-David L. Cooperrider Professor of Appreciative Inquiry at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University where he is faculty founder of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and Co-director of the Strategy Innovation Lab.  David is best known for his founding theoretical articulation of Appreciative Inquiry,…

David Fideler

David Fideler has worked as an editor, college professor, educational consultant, and the director of a humanities center. He studied ancient Greek philosophy and Mediterranean religions at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a PhD in philosophy and the history of science and cosmology. David is the author of Restoring the Soul of the World: Our Living Bond With Nature’s Intelligence…

David K. Scott

David K. Scott was Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst From 1993-2001. As a Professor of Physics and Adjunct Professor of Education, he has worked on many boards in higher education, in scientific research and in community organizations. As a Nuclear Scientist his research interests were in the Collisions of Heavy Nuclei and, as an Educator, in the Evolution of Universities.…

David Woolfson

David Woolfson is a business lawyer in private practice in Toronto, Canada and also a ‘global activist’ focusing on the many challenges and opportunities before humanity today. He has initiated and been a major participant in numerous organizations and initiatives working toward a peaceful, sustainable world and future, including: • Co-Founder & Coordinator, World Wisdom…