Zen Benefiel distills four decades of transformational coaching, regenerative-business strategy, and multimedia storytelling into talks that spark immediate “aha!” moments—and lasting momentum. Founder of PlanetaryCitizens.net (509 (a)(2)), former Operations Director of the Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement, and host of the 200+-episode podcast “One World in a New World” (1.7 M+ views), Zen bridges visionary ideas with concrete, measurable results.
A former aerospace manufacturing leader turned consciousness pioneer, he holds an MBA and a Master’s in Organizational Management and has authored 40+ books on leadership, systems thinking, and planetary stewardship. His facilitation résumé spans construction partnering sessions, nonprofit strategy summits, and main-stage keynotes from the Tempe Arts Festival to ASTD’s The Shift: Challenge to Change.
Audiences leave with practical frameworks drawn from Spiral Dynamics, the Co-Creation Wheel, and Zen’s signature “Possibilities Coagulator” method—ready to align purpose with performance and co-create a regenerative future.
Advocacy for Harmony between People and the Planet
Zen Benefiel’s signature talk weaves hard-won lessons from sustainability projects, Spiral Dynamics research, and 40 years of coaching into a compelling roadmap for regenerating both culture and ecology. He shows audiences how to shift from “extract-and-exploit” to “steward-and-synergize,” blending systems-thinking models (Co-Creation Wheel, triple-bottom-line metrics) with hands-on case studies from community gardens, circular-economy startups, and indigenous wisdom circles. Participants learn to:
Diagnose where their organization sits on the spiral of values and leverage that stage for greener, more equitable outcomes.
Translate moral intent into measurable KPIs—energy, equity, engagement—without sacrificing profitability.
Build cross-sector alliances that turn climate anxiety into collaborative agency.
Expect interactive polls, rapid-design sprints, and a take-home “Harmony Audit” template. Attendees leave energized, equipped, and on-fire to align human aspiration with planetary boundaries—transforming good intentions into scalable impact.
