What can surrealism teach us about leadership? More than you might think. In this Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change column, Victoria Foster explores an arts-based research project at a Lancashire community farm — using poetry, mindful movement, and natural sculpture to shift how participants see and relate to the world around them. At a moment when leaders are being called to think differently about sustainability, creativity, and connection, Foster’s playful, perspective-bending approach offers a compelling reminder that sometimes the most transformative insights emerge when we stop relying solely on rational frameworks.

Grassroots Leadership and the Arts for Social Change editor Susan J. Erenrich provides an introduction to the piece.