In this issue we specifically explore the obstacles that face sage leaders in their civic engagement and the ways they find meaning and satisfaction in this engagement—despite the obstacles. We also offer two more interviews.

THE SAGES AMONG US: HARNESSING THE POWER OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT by Gary H. Quehl, William H. Bergquist, and Sage Associates FOREWORD Thousands of books and articles have been written about leadership, and there is a substantial body of literature on community development as well. But little has been said about a closely related subject: the civic engagement of sage leaders—the …

The new role of the sage leader is to walk the planet as a person of inner harmony who is civically engaged in his or her community. That is the subject of this project on Theory S.

Issue One contains four articles (each about one of the four trends), two interviews with Sage Leaders and an essay that provides background on the major research project which provides the backbone of the early issues of this digital magazine.