Jackie Stevenson, Founder and CEO, The Spirit of Leadership, is a thought leader who understands how we relate to one another in meaningful ways for social engagement.

Jackie shares a brief introduction about why her work is important to her and how her work with nature and large animals - specifically horses - advances what we know about successful leadership practice in open innovation systems.

You can read the blog post at I-Open here i-open.posterous.com/dialogue-inclusion-the-nature-in-leadership#

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