Books and essays by John N. Henderson on wisdom, leadership, and the institutions we build together.
New book
Wisdom, Grace & Society
How Wisdom and Grace Sustain Leadership, Trust and Enduring Institutions
What becomes of persons, institutions and societies when wisdom is no longer formed in the ordinary practices of life, and grace is no longer recognized as the quiet force that sustains our common life?
The book moves through three questions:
The crisis of wisdom, and how it is recovered
The shape of grace, and the architecture that carries it
What it looks like when the world begins to move again
It isn’t a leadership framework, and it isn’t a call to recover some vanished past. It’s an invitation to see more clearly what holds a society together, and what it asks of those who lead within it.
WHO IT’S FOR
For leaders, board members, educators, clergy, and anyone responsible for something meant to outlast them.
Available in paperback and ebook.
Free download
The Collaboration Series: Four Essays on the Human Side of Collaboration
Why do some alliances fall apart despite airtight contracts, while improbable ones become more than either partner imagined? These four essays, first published on The Pivot Edge, argue that the difference lies in trust, language and presence.
Authoring Collective Wisdom: why collaborations fail, and what makes them thrive
Beyond Partnership: the human capacities that sustain them
Making Collaboration Work: how to design and steward high-trust alliances
What We’ve Learned: lessons from the journey
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