American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley to Publish A Guide to Human Citizenship: The ALF Way on June 10, 2025
The new book presents eight core principles for exceptional living, accompanied by the stories of ALF Senior Fellows who embody them.
San Jose, CA – June 2, 2025 – In a time when our society faces unprecedented division and disruption, American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley is proud to announce the new book, A Guide to Human Citizenship: The ALF Way, set to be released on June 10, 2025 and available for pre-order now.
This guide outlines eight core principles of exceptional living – from practicing dialogue across differences to radical forgiveness inspired by the experiences and insights gained from working with more than 800 ALF Fellows Program graduates over 37 years. The book is both a reflection of empowered individuals and a call to action for anyone seeking to foster equitable and thriving communities—regardless of their professional background.
Story contributors include a highly diverse cross-section of Senior Fellows – from Former DocuSign CEO and Trump Administration Secretary Keith Krach, to Workday’s Chief Diversity Officer Carin Taylor, and South Bay Creative Catalyst Demone Carter illustrating these principles in action and demonstrating how mindful human citizenship can regenerate social cohesion in a polarized world.
The book is the brainchild of ALF Silicon Valley CEO and Senior Fellow Suzanne St. John-Crane and has been in development since 2020. Suzanne writes, “We invite readers to engage with each of these eight principles, which may be common sense but are definitely not common practice.. If we’re to emerge from the current polycrisis as an evolved, healthy society, we have to get back to the basics and lead with love.”
Each chapter of A Guide to Human Citizenship: The ALF Way walks readers through practical exercises – from integrating mindfulness into our daily lives, to taking a “complicity audit” which asks us to take a critical look at how our power, how we wield it, and how it may hurt or help the broader ecosystem.
“In a time when societies and communities are falling apart, it is essential to pioneer new pathways for regenerating social and community cohesion that, in the age of polarization and echo chambers, has been lost. [This is] essential reading,” says Otto Scharmer, MIT author of Presencing: Seven Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business.
A Guide to Human Citizenship: The ALF Way is available for pre-order now and will go on sale on June 10, 2025.
