Career and work
Schley co-founded Seed Systems with Joe Laur in 1994 and serves as its CEO. Seed Systems works with organizations on systems thinking, organizational learning and sustainability; its clients have included EILEEN FISHER, Nike, MIT and Ben & Jerry’s, as well as organizations in the nonprofit, government and academic sectors. [1]
In 1998, Schley and Laur co-founded the SoL Sustainability Consortium. Her work with the consortium contributed to The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World, which she co-authored with Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz and Laur. [4][2]
She later wrote Secrets of the 7th Day: How Everyone Can Find Renewal Through the Wisdom and Practices of the Sabbath. [4]
Schley is also the author of BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, a memoir about her experience with bipolar disorder. The book later became the basis for BrainStorm, a documentary for which she serves as a co-writer and co-producer. [4][3]
What has been publicly discussed
“After forty years of wrestling with the shame, I chose to tell my story.”
— Sara Schley [16]
