Mac Macartney is an international speaker, writer and change-maker. Mentored by indigenous people over many years, he has acquired profound and original insights into questions preoccupying many contemporary leaders. Mac seeks to inspire the emergence of the leader in each of us, the leader who will take courageous action for a better world. Championing A New Story of Sustainability lies at the heart of this.
SPEAKER
Mac intertwines themes rarely associated with each other – the quest for meaning and purpose, organisational leadership, nature, identity and the role of ordinary people in shaping a future fit for generations to come.
Mac is an outstanding speaker, unusual in his capacity to address diverse groups with equal impact and resonance. He intertwines themes rarely associated with each other – the quest for meaning and purpose, organisational leadership, nature, identity and the role of ordinary people in shaping a future fit for generations to come.
Mac speaks at major international conferences across the corporate, public and third sectors. Past talks include: TEDx, Unilever, Harvard Business School Club of New York, The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, Barclays Bank, HR Vision, Grunenthal, A.I.S.E and the Institute of Family Business.
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WRITER
Mac writes about his search for meaning and purpose in a culture that is captivated by values and beliefs that assault the Earth’s life-systems and collapse society in upon itself.
The Children’s Fire reveals the profoundly rich narrative of Britain’s tribal past and the animate world we once inhabited. It calls to the ancient sleeping beauty existing in our dormant wild heart and asserts that we can return home, link hands as a people, and redefine the purpose that guides our twenty-first century lives. It is part of a larger story that is surfacing all around the world. It is a choice waiting to be made.
CHANGE-MAKER
Mac’s purpose is to touch hearts, fire imagination and invite courageous action to better serve our world. All his work is aligned to this mission.
Mac has been deeply touched and informed by the wisdom traditions of various indigenous peoples and over many years has been the beneficiary of their mentorship and guidance. This prolonged and challenging training has profoundly influenced his worldview and continues to inform all aspects of his work, from large multinationals to grassroots groups.
Mac is the founder of Embercombe, a social enterprise on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with a mission to catalyse the emergence of leaders and change-makers for a just, peaceful and sustainable world.
Mac is an Associate of Leaders’ Quest a social enterprise that develops wise, compassionate and adept leaders from business, government and civil society. He recently spoke to 60 climate change leaders and influencers from COP21 on the topic of hope.
Mac is a regular guest teacher at Schumacher College and also lectures to various universities in the UK and abroad. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education for his work in service to the community and youth, and received the Enlightened Society Award from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in 2013.
Alongside his own UK company, Mac co-founded leadership development consultancies in Poland and Russia.
Mac combines this experience of corporate social responsibility, climate change advocacy, leadership development, indigenous wisdom and business transformation and invites people to take courageous action for what they truly love.
