Introduction

Take a quick look at The Post 9-11 World...

Millions of lost jobs, unsustainable worldwide debt, rampant political, economic and social corruption... Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear meltdowns, bloody unrest, chaos or danger in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, North Korea, Yemen, Sudan, Darfur, Greece and Norway. London is on Fire... Famine in Somalia... Child Bullying... Internet Predators... School Shootings, Sky High College and High School Dropout Rates... Obesity... Red and Blue States... The Drug Wars in Mexico and... The 'occupation' of Wall Street.

How did we get to this ugly place? A universal shift of consciousness took place when our attention turned towards the darkness of terrorism and war and the costs of war and away from meeting our sacred obligation to pay close attention to the times we live. September 11th or not... new technology, specifically social networking technology was going to have a deep, dramatic impact on humanity for good or for bad. It was our responsibility to make sure things went well.

But after 9-11... We all dropped the ball.

What America desperately needed from our leaders in the ten years that followed the attack... was the absolute very best that they had to offer. What we got was a great deal less than that. What we got was 'The Great Leadership Crisis'. At least that's what I call it. You might call it... The Unemployment Rate or Our National Debt or Illegal Immigration or The Education Crisis or The Great Recession or Political Polarization or The Housing Crisis or The Health Care Crisis or The Debt Ceiling Crisis or The Infrastructure Crisis or The Energy Crisis or The Climate Crisis or The Trade Deficit or The Price of Oil and Gas or The Cost of Higher Education or Endless War in Afghanistan and Iraq or... 'The Rise of American Decline'.