Martin Rutte on Co-Creating the Third Attractor

Across the world, a new conversation is emerging—a conversation about the future of civilization itself.As our existing systems reach their limits, we face an urgent crossroads: one path leads toward collapse, another toward increasing control and centralization. But a growing chorus of thinkers, visionaries, and cultural pioneers are pointing to a third possibility—a conscious, regenerative, and life-affirming future.This series of conversations explores that possibility.While we draw on the term Third Attractor—popularized by Daniel Schmachtenberger—this vision is part of a larger movement of aligned ideas: Regenerative Civilization, Metamodern Society, Game B, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, Planetary Civilization, The Integral Age, The Great Transition, Symbiotic Civilization, The Noosphere, Civilizational Awakening, and the Second Renaissance.Each points toward a future rooted in wholeness, complexity, interconnection, and evolution.Over the next four months, I’ll be speaking with thought leaders and cultural change-agents who are helping to shape this emerging reality. We’ll explore what must die, what wants to be born, and how we might co-create a path forward that honors the full depth of our humanity and the profound challenges of our time.These conversations are not just about ideas—they are about activating the future, together.Martin Rutte is an international speaker, consultant, and president of Livelihood, a management consulting firm based in Charlottetown, Canada and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has worked with major organizations such as: Sony Pictures, Apple, Virgin Records, and The World Bank, helping them expand their vision and embrace creative leadership. He has spoken at prestigious venues including the Harvard Business School’s Corporate Leadership & Ethics Forum and has addressed global audiences across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Martin is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work, which has sold over 1.1 million copies in 24 languages.For more than 15 years, Martin has led Project Heaven on Earth, a global initiative inviting people to envision and create a better world through three simple questions. His most recent book, Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 Simple Questions That Will Help You Change the World … Easily, presents this work as a new narrative for humanity. A pioneer in integrating spirituality into the workplace, Martin has been featured in international media and served on numerous boards and councils. He lives on Prince Edward Island with his wife Maida, to whom he has been happily married for over 50 years.Link to his book "Project Heaven on Earth": https://a.co/d/7O48bXmLink to the Video with the party-leaders Martin mentions in this talk:    • All 4 Political Party Leaders in Prince Ed...   Daniela Bomatter, originally from Switzerland, is a former Software Engineer who progressed into various leadership roles, ultimately serving as the CEO of SwissEnergy at the Federal Office of Energy in Switzerland.Daniela Bomatter is the co-founder of Manifest Nirvana and a senior practitioner of Evolutionary Enlightenment. She was a long-term student of Andrew Cohen and was closely studying, working and living with him from 2016 to 2025.She lives in Tiruvannamalai, India, in a Small Sustainable Village (https://www.giamantraglobalvillage.com/) where she runs the Manifest Nirvana Ashram, where the in person - events of Manifest Nirvana happen. (https://www.manifest-nirvana.com , #evolutionarynun , https://www.viratya.com)