I’ve just got back from Japan, and there’s one small detail I can’t stop thinking about. Not the temples, the food, or the neon, but crossing the road. In Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, the cities felt calm...

If your organization is running more engagement surveys, tracking more metrics, and holding more “all-hands” meetings than ever, yet scores continue to drop, you are not alone. Underneath the...

Aravind Sakthivel is a technology and transformation leader, former CIO, and advisor to organizations navigating automation, governance pressure, and sustained performance demands.

The more I become involved with executives, the more I realise that something needs to change. While the world is rising to the need for change at the top of most industries, the pace has been...

Let’s be honest, thought leadership has become one of those buzzwords that gets thrown around like confetti at a branding workshop, loud, flashy, and often hollow. Forbes even called it the most annoying...

I was recently flying back from Houston, where I had spent the day directing two of my VIP clients for an intensive filming session on set. We'd done deep work crafting their stories, refining their...

Generational trauma is increasingly recognised as a factor shaping leadership behaviour and organisational culture. What are we unknowingly passing on in our families, teams, and systems?

Leadership presence is often misunderstood as confidence or charisma. In reality, true aura is something people feel before a leader ever speaks. This article explores how nervous system regulation...

In today’s rapidly changing world, organizations often struggle with disengagement, isolation, and the growing epidemic of workplace loneliness.

There are parts of ourselves we are comfortable sharing. We speak easily about experiences that have shaped us in visible, socially acceptable ways. Travel, career moves, moments of growth or opportunity.

Across cultures and centuries, women's contributions have been either omitted (simply left out of the record), denied (attributed to men or institutions), or ignored (treated as unimportant...

We all worry, about money, death, change, failure, separation. We worry like we’re preparing to handle it better. But in Kabbalistic thought, worry isn’t preparation at all, it’s permission. It’s an...

There is a quiet assumption woven through modern personal development and healing culture, that healing is the destination. That once the wounds are named, the stories processed, and the nervous...

There is a predictable shift that happens as leaders rise. Early success is built through effort. You step in. You decide. You carry what others cannot yet hold. Progress accelerates because...

Working 70-hour weeks. Checking emails at 11 pm. Always available, never switching off. High performers often adopt these behaviours to maintain control and achieve peak results. Yet, what if...

I began my career as a military strategist, supporting leaders at the highest levels of government, working in missile defense, serving on congressionally mandated commissions, and contributing to...

People change. But do they really? This question sits at the center of every historical transition, leadership shift, and institutional reform. While individual behavior appears fluid and adaptable...

Comparison is often framed as a personal weakness, a mindset issue to overcome. Media psychology suggests something more structural. In environments of constant visibility, comparison becomes a predictable...

Most people see their inner critic as something to silence or overcome. But what if that voice of doubt isn’t trying to sabotage you at all? This article explores the inner critic as a protective force...

The last few years have been framed as a turning point for productivity. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, and advanced analytics are widely described as the long-awaited cure for...

The way wealth is created is changing. More businesses are built around people rather than systems. Media brands, advisory firms, service-based companies, and intellectual property now depend on trust...

Welcome to Luleå! Currently a comfortable -13 °C with clear skies, and the sun playing peekaboo with the horizon. When booking flights a week ago, Luleå saw an Arctic blast with temperatures plummeting...

At senior levels, speed is often mistaken for competence. Early in a career, decisiveness is rewarded. Respond quickly. Move things forward. Be seen as someone who “gets things done.” Momentum builds...

Leadership is often measured by outcomes, performance, targets, delivery, and growth. But outcomes are never the starting point. They are the result of something deeper and less visible...