Jack Pransky, Ph.D. co-created the “Perfecting Deep Listening” retreat, which as of this date he has now conducted in Spain, Massachusetts, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Bali, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand and Norway, with participants reporting many improvements in their lives. Jack is a semi-retired international trainer, coach and consultant who since 1992 has been teaching The Three Principles, having learned directly from Sydney Banks.

He is one of the most widely respected, published authors of Three Principles-based books, including, Somebody Should Have Told Us!, often cited as one of the best introductory books on the Principles; Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond, which won the Martin Luther King Storyteller’s Award for the book best exemplifying Dr. King’s vision of  “the beloved community” as well as other acclaimed books such as Seduced by Consciousness; Hope for All; Parenting from the Heart; Paradigm Shift: A History of the Three Principles. 

Jack also coauthored two children’s picture books and a middle school curriculum, and he coauthored numerous published peer-reviewed journal articles with Dr. Tom Kelley. Jack also founded and directed the Center for Inside-Out Understanding, worked in the field of prevention since 1968 in a wide variety of capacities and in 2004 won the Vermont Prevention Pioneer’s Award.