The Intelligence of Perseverance - Margaret J Wheatley - C0671

Margaret J Wheatley, EdD is an internationally acclaimed writer, speaker, and teacher. She began caring about the world's peoples in 1966 as a Peace Corps volunteer in postwar Korea. She is cofounder and President Emerita of The Berkana Institute, a charitable foundation that works with people around the world to strengthen their communities using the wisdom and wealth already present in their people, traditions, and environment. She is a guide in leading people back to understanding who we are as humans, being able to create the conditions for our basic qualities of generosity, contribution, community, and love. She is a grand contributor in creating an Island of Sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. Her books include:

Leadership and the New Science (Berrett-Kohler 1998)

Perseverance: A Companion for the Journey (revised) (Berrett-Kohler 2026) 

Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope in the Future (Berrett-Kohler 2009)

So Far from Home: Lost and Found In Our Brave New World (Barrett-Kohler 2012)

Who Do We Choose To Be: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity (Berrett-Kohler 2017)

Opening to the World As It Is: Poems of Experience (Berkana Publications 2024)

Restoring Sanity: Practice to Awaken Generosity, Creativity, & Kindness In Ourselves and Our Organizations (Berrett-Koehler 2024)

Interview Date: 9/4/2026      Tags: Margaret Wheatley, perseverance, spiritual warriors, compassion, oracle, community support, bearing witness, Ubuntu culture, human civilization, guidance, Personal Transformation, Spirituality