Leveraging Innovative Partnerships for Systems Change
From Dialogue to Action One of the questions directed at me during a recent United Nations panel discussion was, “What have you learned from your leadership journey so far?”. If you’ve been around me long enough, you can guess what my response was – that no single institution or sector or charismatic leader can meet […]
In Community
Bridging Humanity and Leadership Leadership is not merely about strategy, authority or efficiency, it’s about humanity. In a world increasingly defined by division, polarization and transactional interactions, we need a leadership philosophy that reconnects us. Ubuntu, an African philosophy of shared humanity, offers a profound foundation. When combined with Adaptive Leadership: a framework designed for […]
Seeing What Others Miss: Adaptive Leadership for Emerging Leaders
What struck me in that moment was that I did not see that man. I was walking in London’s Hyde Park with Vimal Kumar, an Acumen Fellow and close colleague. Vimal was born a “sweeper,” the lowest caste in India’s hierarchy, historically consigned to cleaning toilets and sewers by hand. He has since gone on […]