It was our study of Sage leadership in Western Nevada County, California, that led to an unanticipated and important finding about generativity and also served as the primary motivator for us to prepare this series of essays on deep caring.

Gary Quehl and William Bergquist [Note: The complete book (Caring Deeply: Engaging the Four Roles of Life-Fulfilling Generativity) is available for purchase. Use the following link:  Caring Deeply.] We are now ready to explore the fourth set of generative roles—those that relate to civic engagement. It was our study of Sage leadership in Western Nevada County, California, that led to …

In this essay we explore four acts of Generativity Three: consecrating, gathering, preserving values and story-telling.

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.