As 2011 comes to a close it is clear that it has been a momentus one globally, economically, polically and indeed spiritually.

It has been one of those years in which everything that you thought were fixed you realised has always been in flux. That is the very nature of life. Political, social, spiritual, financial and historical pundits will all discuss and debate it.

What I would say is that the way that we have been living life purley on the level of mind, mindlessness and transactional level has proven to be unsustainable. Mindfulness, compassion and move from transactional to transformational relationships is key to any real type of personal or collective growth.

I will add that the leadership required at home, work, corporately and polictically and in the business world will no longer be that of the mind alone but of the heart. That is the invitation whether you are parent, carer, manager, supervisor, owner, artist, polititian. It is the invitation to every human being.