Eldering Manifesto Authors

JIM SELMAN

Jim is CEO of Paracomm Partners Consulting, founder of the Eldering Institute and principal contributor to the Serene Ambition blog. He was instrumental in building new theory and practical techniques in the field of management (including the concepts of "organizational transformation", "coaching", "the Merlin method for designing the future", "breakthroughs" and "breakdowns") and in introducing new approaches to producing broad "paradigm shifts". Jim was privileged to work in education and research with some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the fields of transformation and management, including Fernando Flores, Warren Bennis, Peter Senge, Richard Pascal, Werner Erhard and Ken Blanchard among others. He is a former member of the California Commission on Aging, a past director of the Breakthrough Foundation, a founder of Growing Older (a non-profit for seniors' education) and a Founding Member of the Legacy XXI Institute.

In 2006, he was involved in a groundbreaking coaching conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Forty-three key thought leaders from 14 nations gathered to discuss the current challenges facing the coaching industry and to invent new possibilities for moving the profession forward. In early 2008, Jim participated with 22 other transformational leaders and officials in the United Nations to begin a dialogue to distinguish the emerging paradigm and how transformational leadership principles might offer a breakthrough in empowering developing nations and assisting leaders in those countries to undertake full-spectrum responses to their most pressing issues and intractable problems.

SHAE HADDEN

Shae is co-founder and executive director of The Eldering Institute, and has been a leader in forging strategies and designing programs to encourage intergenerational dialogue and collaborative project design. As an associate of Paracomm Partners Consulting and principal of New Leaf Communications, she specializes in coaching senior executives on the accelerated development of young leaders. She also coaches young entrepreneurs committed to transforming our world and is a member of the Purpose Project Guild and the Sage-ing® Guild.

ADIB SAIKALI

Adib has trained and mentored over 500 developers at organizations throughout Canada and the USA through his consulting company, Programming Mastery. His substantial technical knowledge, extensive project experience and ability to look at technical problems from a variety of perspectives allow him to create innovative solutions to real-world problems. Adib holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Waterloo. Adib is committed to helping others use technology to create a more inclusive world.