Hello! I’m Roger Mutimer
You can tell a lot from a picture.
You can tell that I’ve been around the sun more than a few times.
You can tell I prefer casual to formal (a power portrait it’s not!).
And you can tell I’ve still got my own teeth.
What you can’t tell is why someone who is past retirement age is launching something like GenR and whether you can trust that it is going to work.
Will it work?
To answer the second question first: I don’t know if it’s going to work, because something like the Rising has never been tried before.
If you come on this journey, you are a pioneer. Like those people who hitched their chuck wagons and opened up the West of the US, you do it because of a desire for a better life and a sense of adventure. You don’t know the outcome of the trip in advance, but nonetheless you take it. And while the Rising itself is not life or death, it’s outcome may well lead to a better life for all of us.
Why am I doing this?
As for the first question, well it’s like this…
I was born in post-WW2 England and raised in the thick of the class war. When I was 23, I took my own chuck wagon ride to a mining town in British Columbia. (Culture shock!)
Since then my life has been a tale of two journeys.
The first is my 40+ year business journey. Outward-facing, left-brain, logical, action-oriented, competitive, yang energy. I call it my power journey.
The journey encompassed sales, accounting, banking, consulting and C-suite experience in packaged goods, social services and software, as an employee, volunteer and entrepreneur. A bit of a roller-coaster career but rich in experiences looking at situations with different eyes than industry norms.
The second is a search for meaning - how the universe works and my place in it. More internal, creative, heart-based, connected, yin energy. I call it my love journey. One of meditation, introversion and amazing, often unexplainable, experiences.
For me, both have been necessary, neither has been sufficient. My major challenge has been integration of the two.
Why GenR Rising?
GenR Rising is also a journey of power and love. I’m a great believer in the saying of Martin Luther King Jr.:
“When the power of love overcomes
the love of power,
the world will know peace”.
You can see that thought ripple through this website.
He also said,
“Those who love peace
must learn to organize as effectively
as those who love war”.
GenR are those who love peace. The Rising is how they organize effectively.
Why now?
Because I’m finally ready.
But more importantly, I believe people, especially young people, are ready for the change that peace, opportunity and wellbeing for all will bring.
I may never see POW, but they will. GenR are the peacemakers and the future leaders the world so desperately needs.