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Leadership and Society Initiative 2025–2026 Highlights
Celebrating the moments and milestones that shaped our year.
5 Key Takeaways from Our Enduring Excellence Conversation with Steve Swartz
Steve Swartz shares lessons on stewardship, mission-driven business, and building a company that endures across generations.
Purpose in Progress: Takeaways from the April Imagine Pathway Retreat
Fellows returned to campus for four days of rigorous inquiry, renewed connection, and deepening clarity about the motivations and intentions for future leadership.
Two Lenses Are Better Than One: The Liberal Arts Curriculum at the Heart of the LSI Design Pathway
At the center of the Design Pathway is a liberal arts curriculum that encourages Fellows to see beyond conventional approaches, engage diverse viewpoints, and develop solutions informed by both reflection and action.
How Becoming a Student Again Opens Up Possibility and Purpose
For Bob Oros, an experienced CEO and thought leader in the financial services industry, becoming an LSI Fellow meant entering a new life chapter with a sense of discovery instead of an ironclad plan.
5 Key Takeaways from Our Enduring Excellence Conversation with Paul Polman
Paul Polman shares insights on purpose-driven leadership, long-term value creation, and the responsibility of business in a changing world.
LSI Fellows Find Purpose and Impact in Teaching
Accomplished Leaders Share Insights through Designing New Courses.
Finding the Right Path Toward Your Next Chapter
The UChicago Leadership and Society Initiative offers two pathways for accomplished leaders considering a transition into a next chapter of generativity.
An Immersive Experience in Purposeful Leadership
LSI Immersion Days bring Fellows together to discuss climate change and the energy transition.
Rénu Kulkarni: Finding Purpose, Perspective, and Community Through LSI
With a career spanning technology, strategy, and innovation, Rénu reflects on how the Leadership and Society Initiative (LSI) fellowship is shaping her next chapter.