Reviews

"Experiencing violence and conflict all around us, it is quite easy to give in to despair and cynicism. There is also an alternate way - of stepping back to see afresh and begin to understand the big picture. For that, one has to move away from old patterns, our usual habits of looking at events and happenings through the prism of our limited understanding and prejudices. Paradoxically, we may need to look inward first to see the external world with new eyes. This book, One Wholesome World, makes that much-needed attempt. The authors make an honest and heartfelt plea to anchor ourselves in an inner zone of peace and harmony to see the interconnectedness of people and places. This book is a meditation on what we can do for renewal, how personal transformation can happen to alter the collective state of societies and nations. It is a book that we can use for a deeper understanding of the human instinct that binds us together, that makes us whole in a fragmented world." -- Anu Aga, Chairperson, Thermax Foundation and Teach For India; nominated member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India). "We need new perspectives of who we are, and to understand how we are, deliberately or mindlessly, impacting each other and our one, shared world. Omkar and Arun Wakhlu's book is very timely. It advocates mindfulness, wholeness, interconnectedness. I hope that many people will take time off from the often mindless discourses on social and electronic media that are distracting us from listening to each other deeply and from listening to our own inner selves too, to read their wonderful book and become inspired by it." -- Arun Maira, author, Management Advisor, former Member, Planning Commission, India. "I have been blessed with over 40 years of action-learning experience with innovative approaches to organizational change and leadership development - mostly within and with large corporations based in North America and Europe. Though most of this design/transformation project work was considered successful from the standpoint of improving culture and business results, none has come close to realizing the potential described in One Wholesome World. It's fallen short of what's needed to co-create a truly 'wholesome world - a world we can all celebrate in our lifetime and be proud to hand over to our children. In One Wholesome World, the father/son Wakhlu team have beautifully illuminated key puzzle pieces that have been missing throughout most of the world of traditional organization and leadership development. I've become totally convinced that it is our destiny as humans to serve as co-evolutionaries - to consciously evolve ourselves and our human systems (e.g., organizations, cities) in ways that best serve the wellbeing of all life, for all time. I see One Wholesome World as a major contribution to accelerating this great turning." -- Bill Veltrop, co-founder PathFinders and Monterey Institute for Social Architecture, founder International Centre for Organization Design "This is not a book but a sermon on life. I am delighted that an entire generation of people who mean well for the planet will have an opportunity to be guided in their thoughts and actions by the wisdom that pops out of every page, every paragraph and sentence. From the part where the authors describe life as an interconnected dance of ideas to all the themes that the authors have delved into, you will be drawn into new thought processes that can enable you to view the present and future through a new lens and make us all rhythmic dancers in the infinite cosmos of the universe." -- Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman 5F World and Social Venture Partners Pune.