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Learning Conscientious Leadeship with the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL)

Just today I chanced upon an article titled " Does Evolution lead to Human Extinction? ". One sentence that stood out to me was: "I thought long and hard about this philosophical quandary and at first my heart settled on the notion that people who are connected to the sublime energy that is our surroundings and the Universe; people with mindfulness, compassion and a giving nature would evolve to the next level in our human story – leaving behind those that live through greed, fear and ego to eventually wither away." It took me back in time to last week when I was on a tour through the campus of School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) . The words "compassion", "mindfulness", and "a giving nature" had featured prominently in Mr Anil Sachdev 's discussion with us. Mr Sachdev, the founder of Soil, spoke about the need to sculpt leaders who not only are brilliant managers, but are also better human beings. I had been thinking on