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 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.

There is need to explore four subjects: a new paradigm of what aging means today, an understanding of the historic role of the elder, the meaning of “sagacity,” and the relevance of leadership research.

Any study of Theory S – and specially any study regarding the nature of Senior Sage leadership (ages 56+) and Emerging Sage leadership (ages 25-55)—must take into account social and cultural aspects of the age groups that broadly define who these people are and what they represent.

The demographic projections are clear (at least in the United States) with regard to the emergence of and need for Theory S leadership.