John Renesch
John Renesch

John Renesch

Global Business Futurist and Leadership Expert

Speaking Topics

  • Corporate Culture
  • Change Management
  • Leadership
  • Future Trends
  • Socially Responsible Business
  • Organizational Development
  • Spirit at Work

Travels From

  • CA

Speaker's Fee Range

    $7,500 - $10,000

John Renesch


John Renesch's Main Accomplishments Include . . .
The Futurist magazine calls John Renesch a "business visionary." John Renesch is a leading writer and thinker on matters of social transformation. He believes that commerce holds the key to bringing about a global shift of human consciousness, thus creating a future of tremendous possibility for humankind - the possibility that will allow humanity to transcend the inevitable future that can be projected from current trends.

John not only sees that business leadership has to change, he offers a simple and pragmatic solution that requires no budgets, no committees, no time - simply change the way we think!...John's vision for business leadership is more relevant than ever!

Adobe Systems, Inc

John Renesch has four decades of experience as a business owner and entrepreneur. He left his chief executive position in the real estate investment industry in the mid-1980s and, after a period of personal introspection prompted by his concerns for the future of humanity, embarked upon a new path. John Renesch is now a global futurist, writer and keynote speaker on topics that integrate the subjects of business, human consciousness and possible scenarios for the future of humanity.

John Renesch has published over a dozen books including Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing in addition to hundreds of articles in international and domestic journals and magazines.

From 1990 to 1997, John Renesch served as publisher and editor-in-chief of New Leaders Press, dedicated to publishing progressive business books and The New Leaders newsletter. In this role, John Renesch created twelve business anthologies on the subject of business and transformation. Over 300 visionaries contributed to these books, including: USC Professor Emeritus, author and leadership expert Warren Bennis, Gary Zukav (author, The Seat of the Soul), One Minute Manager creator Ken Blanchard, Riane Eisler (author, The Chalice and the Blade), M. Scott Peck, MD (author, The Road Less Traveled), The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, former Herman Miller, Inc. CEO Max DePree, television genius Norman Lear, Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, international management guru Tom Peters, Common Cause founder John Gardner, Megatrends series creators John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene, Stanford Business School Professor Emeritus Michael Ray and former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev.

John Renesch has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The Nikkei Financial Times, Business Week, National Public Radio, CNBC's Management Today Show, Chief Executive magazine, Business Talk Radio, Forbes and Industry Week magazines on the subject of consciousness and business.

More About John Renesch . . .
John Renesch is the co-creator and former host for The Presidio Dialogues, a monthly series of evening gatherings in San Francisco focused on public conversations on business issues not normally discussed. He is a member of the practitioner faculty for the Center for Leadership Studies, past member and project advisor of the World Future Society, current member of the Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network (UK) and advisory board member of the Sustainable Futures Foundation.

As a keynote speaker, John Renesch has presented his ideas and his observations to audiences in Tokyo, Seoul, Brussels, London, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Gold Coast, Zurich, Amsterdam, Budapest, Port-of-Spain and many U.S. cities. He has received much praise as a speaker and visionary.
John Renesch has also addressed numerous classes of MBA students, including Stanford University, University of San Francisco and others.

Suggested Keynote Programs
  • Becoming a Conscious Leader
  • Building a Conscious Organization
  • Shaping the Future
  • Discovering the New Paradigm
  • Critical Thinking for a Complex World
  • Understanding Systems and How They Misbehave
What People Are Saying

"A new kind of leadership is required to build a better future. John Renesch eloquently illuminates a fresh, thoughtful, hopeful path."

---Ruth Otte, Former President
The Discovery Channel

"John Renesch is a beacon lighting the path of the new paradigm in business."

---Dr. Michael Ray,Professor Emeritus and author
Stanford Business School

"John's presentation helped us grasp the context for our responses to the rapidly expanding rate of change in our organization. His insights helped each of us understand the role of our thinking and choices in working within our organization, allowing each of us to find our own answers to the question, "I'm only one person, what can I do?"

- Victoria Ingram, Sr. Org. Devel. Consultant
California State Automobile Association (CSAA),