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Global Transformation—our world transformed. 

Information on how to submit Reports from the Field for CGT 2012 journal

Many people have or are creating compelling visions of a new reality, visions that give new meaning to education, the environment, relationships, business, international relations, … visions that may contribute to the transformation of our world. Whatever your vision, fulfilling it will require many other people’s contributions. Aspects of your promise for the world will need to become a part of the lives of the people of the world; it will need to be woven into their regular conversations and practices. And not just the people you know or the people in your neighborhood and community, not just the people who alive today—people around the world who have yet to be born. 

But how can we accomplish this? How do we get our promises and visions for a new reality into the conversations and discourses around the world? How do we engage and foster the contributions of the diverse and varied people of the world, particularly when we do not know what is required, from whom it is required, or even what a world transformed looks like? 

What strategies, methods, techniques, etc. can we use to develop our capacity to engage the diversity of languages, cultures, governments, and traditions that currently exist? How do we address the constant uncertainty of our future? How do we foster the contributions of other people, groups, and institutions? There is much we do not know. 

What techniques have you tried for expanding the future of your promise and for engaging others in its fulfillment? What has worked? What hasn’t? What does your experience of working with promises for the world tell you about what might be required to fulfill new realities and realize a world transformed?

Keynote Speaker - Chip Wilson, founder and Chairman of the Board of lululemon athletica

Chip Wilson is a passionate entrepreneur and visionary who is best known for his creation of lululemon athletica.  Chip founded the dynamic, yoga-inspired athletic apparel company in 1998 with the mission to create components for people to live longer, healthier and more fun lives. 

As Founder, Chairman of the Board and the Leader of Bluesky Development, Chip influences innovation in all areas of the company.  Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, lululemon manufactures, distributes, and retails its products in more than 151 stores across North America and Australia. 

Chip’s career in the apparel industry began with Westbeach Snowboard Ltd. in 1979.  As Founder and CEO of this surf/skate/snowboard clothing company until 1997, Chip gained significant experience and knowledge which he used to successfully lead lululemon to its current position. 

Chip holds a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary.  In 2004, he was named Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year for Innovation and Marketing by Ernst & Young.

He is on the Board of Directors of imagine1day, a charity launched by Chip and his wife Shannon Wilson to bring access to quality education funded free of foreign aid to all Ethiopians by 2030.

Chip is the proud father of five boys and is happily married to his wife Shannon.  

This section will highlight people who are using the tools of the CGT to bring transformation to their communities

Zully Alvarado

For Zully Alvarado, what’s more important than creating change is creating the possibility for more change. A Chicago entrepreneur and businesswoman, Alvarado completed Power & Contribution in 2008. A presenter at the 2009 Conference for Global Transformation, Alvarado has much to share. Stricken with polio as a poor child in Ecuador, Alvarado was placed in an orphanage and almost died. Eventually, a priest sent her to America, where she became successful in the mortgage and real estate business. Being restricted to a wheelchair has never stopped her. Empowered by her Landmark Education training, she founded Causes for Change International, a Chicago-based not-for-profit that has touched the lives of more than 15,000 Ecuadorian children since 1996. As Alvarado puts it, “Empowerment perpetuates itself.” Her goal is to see Causes for Change International expand through the Americas, eventually serving communities throughout the world. She attended the 2011Conference for Global Transformation to rejuvenate her mind and body; to draw from the power and and strength generated by the conference and to prepare for the unexpected.

Liz Allen

Liz Allen likes nothing better than playing in the “sandbox of people with huge commitments.” For that reason, she has attended the Conference for Global Transformation nearly every year since it began in 2000. “I come back refueled and renewed to do the work I do,” she says.

IN 2011, Allen led a session at the conference, “Spirit – The Sixth Vital Sign” on how to sustain a promise for a lifetime. At 66, Allen is a hospital chaplain in Madison, Wis. after a long career as a clinical educator. She also is a certified leader of The CareGiver Renewal Course created by Brian Regnier of Landmark’s Wisdom Division. Allen has been leading that course nationally and internationally since the early 1990's.

She completed the Wisdom curriculum years ago, so she has had lots of practice sustaining her promise: ONE WELL WORLD: Freedom, Love, Joy and Possibility Abounding for All by 2011. Her job fits perfectly. As she notes, “There is no work here. I am paid but I am just me. I live my promise. It is the air I breathe.” For Allen, true joy in life is knowing one’s promise for the world. “He who has a why to live can put up with almost any how,” she notes. “I have it that everyone is called [to have a promise.] That way, you are being used by something greater. It fills you.”

Liz Allen's CGT 2011 presentation handout, Spirit The Sixth Vital Sign, is available for download.