Dear Community, The IDG Foundation is undertaking a significant and inspiring mission to redefine the guiding principles of the IDG movement—principles that will serve as a foundation for how we advocate and integrate inner development for outer change. @Nadene Canning and I, as members of the Global Coordination Team for IDG Hubs and Networks (GCT), are deeply involved in this project, and we would love to hear your thoughts! Your input is highly appreciated as we work to co-create a shared foundation for the future. 💡 𝐖𝐞’𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐧: 1️⃣ What guiding principles do you believe are essential for fostering inner development that leads to meaningful outer impact? 2️⃣ Are there any frameworks or movements you know of with inspiring principles we should look to as benchmarks? ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝: - By May 2025, the project team aims to create a first draft of these principles, gathering ideas from the IDG community and beyond. - The draft will then be tested, refined, and finalized for an launch at the IDG Summit in October in Stockholm. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of the IDG movement and inspire global action. Let’s co-create a foundation that truly embodies our shared vision for inner and outer transformation. Drop your thoughts, ideas, and inspiration in the comments below! With warmth and gratitude, Sibylle Update 17. February The work on the IDG principles continues and is still an ongoing process. If you want to follow the progress or even contribute with your input here is the link to a website "IDG Principles Lab". https://sites.google.com/view/idg-principles-lab/home

The Caux Inner Development Goals Forum 2025, hosted by the Inner Development Goals in collaboration with Initiatives of Change (IofC), a global movement for trust, ethical leadership, and reconciliation. We want to curate an experience driven by the questions and experience we are holding in our ecosystem, and for that we invite you to contribute by completing a quick survey and be part of a movement driving meaningful change. Held in the breathtaking setting of Caux, Switzerland, for the 2nd year from July 28-31, 2025 this annual gathering unites individuals, organizations, and communities from around the globe to tackle pressing global challenges. Together, we’ll focus on personal and collective transformation as the cornerstone for systemic change. The first IDG Caux Forum took place in July 2024 and perhaps you were there, or wanted to be, or never heard about it until now, in all cases we’re excited for you to be interested because for our 2nd edition in 2025 and this year we want to work with our collective wisdom and get you involved. At the initial Forum, we had four tracks: A More Climate-friendly Environment, Conscious Food Systems, Peace, Love, and Consciousness, and IDG Acceleration through partnerships. 220 people from all 5 continents attended and came away with deep learning and connection to their purpose, their communities, and our planet. Following the success in 2024, the 2025 edition promises another inspiring event: a space for reflection, skill-building, and networking.

Here's a short video recap (2m32s) of the week including highlights are our community Challenges call, new IDG Measurement members who joined our community and the Ecologies follow up. 30 community members joined our Challenges call from 13 countries - we are better together 🌏 In our 60minute session we worked together in small groups to get to know each other a little better and share around our challenges and our needs. The recording is not that lively because a lot of the work was done in breakout circles, individual reflection time and learnings in the chat. Here is the synthesis of our first community call on the IDG challenges call as promised: 🌟 Bringing the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) to Life in Work and Beyond 🌟 As we reflect on our recent discussions, the path to integrating IDGs into personal, leadership, and organizational development emerges with inspiring possibilities—and pressing challenges. Here's what we uncovered and what we need to take the next steps: Challenge 1: Applying the IDGs Framework to Personal Development What’s Needed: - Role models, role modeling and relatable success stories to inspire others. - Experiential learning opportunities like facilitated dialogue and reflection. - Deeper connection to IDG dimensions, aligning values with actions. - Practices like silence and deep listening to foster inner growth. Key Insight: Creating environments for reflection and experimentation is critical. The journey isn’t finite—it’s an infinite practice of embodying the IDGs. Challenge 2: Adoption and Engagement and Buy-In of the IDG Framework What’s Needed: - Compelling narratives that connect inner development to tangible business outcomes like sustainability and long-term success. - Tools and strategies to engage skeptical audiences and resistant cultures. - Success stories and proof points tailored to different markets. - Practical integration into existing programs to ease adoption. Key Insight: Bridging inner work with external outcomes requires aligning IDGs with current priorities and using relatable, real-world examples to build confidence and trust.

An interview with Erik Fernholm and Nate Hagens recorded on Sept. 5, 2024 Erik unpacks the nuance and complexities of creating such a massive project, and discusses how he’s used the IDGs in his own life to foster personal change. He speaks of our need for scaffolding (a metaphor for the IDGs), support and empowerment to making lasting change. We’re in this together. One of the key points Erik makes is about staying in the discomfort when we feel overwhelmed by difficult situations and talking about it as opposed to shutting down and turning away. Difficult conversations are the only way through to the other side. When you listen to this interview what resonates with you?