how we lead

I write this as someone who has never wanted to be a parent, and never wishes to be. This in itself might put some people off, because child-free people are often viewed as ignorant of the huge responsibility that parenting entails. Our voices are often swept to the sidelines, with the accompanying question of what do they know? I do, however, know a fair bit about parenting. It’s just from the ot...

To control a person, first you must reduce them. Subtract from them. Divide them into fractions. I am deeply loving. I am deeply hateful. I am peaceful. I am rageful. I am hermit. I am revolutionary. I am yielding. I am radical. I am humble. I am excellent. I am tender. I am harsh. I am beauty. I am terror. I am elegance. I am disgrace. I am blinding light. I am all-consuming darkness. I create wi...

i try to stride along beautiful and unfazed with my new mantra of i am enough , but i only get so far. in my peripheral vision there she limps behind me at all times. wounded and afraid always. her slow heaviness always. her unchecked bandages always. i cannot clear enough distance from her. so instead i turn around. i stare at a face i couldn’t even glance at in the mirror. i see a body i could n...

I have been reluctant to share this as it requires that I come out of the spiritual closet, in which I’ve been hiding for many years. Most recently the reason I’ve wanted to hide has predominantly been - in my opinion - the absolute horror show of what modern spirituality has become within capitalism, where anyone can put themselves out into the world as a spiritual teacher, healer or coach withou...

Accountability . For a word that is increasingly overused in our modern lexicon, it's still something we collectively underuse as a practice. And it's no wonder, considering we live in societies where accountability is unbalanced, abused and misunderstood. For many of us, the word evokes fear of loss and punishment. Most of us grew up in punitive education systems, families or cultures where mista...

There’s a lot being asked of our conscious leaders nowadays. They’re often expected to learn and implement various organizational strategies, developmental ideologies and theories while helping to support their team members’ wellbeing in the workplace, amongst various other things. These are all incredibly beneficial. Yet there is one painfully overlooked area that will thwart the healthy developm...

When it comes to wisdom, where can I even begin? I will start by saying that I speak from my own belief systems and experiences of wisdom. There is an and/or quality to wisdom that feels hard to pin down; an ever-evolving living archetype which flows through all of life. I don’t want to assume that what I speak of here is universal, although I believe there are universal themes within wisdom which...

One of the hallmarks of capitalism, especially in the more privileged white western world, is that we’re encouraged to ‘be who we want to be’ and to ‘follow our dreams’. While I very much agree with this in theory, when it comes to leadership in particular, there is a huge catch. Trump himself once dreamed of becoming a leader. So did Netanyahu, Hitler, and various other men who have caused unimag...

What does decentralizing power actually mean? One of its dictionary definitions is the dispersion or distribution of functions and powers, specifically, the delegation of power from a central authority to regional and local authorities. But I’d like to point out two things. 1) In the world we’re co-creating, the delegation of power extends even further than regional and local ‘authorities’ and goe...

As the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair prepares to release his book On Leadership next year, I want to offer an alternative perspective as an Indian woman born and raised under Britain's imperial shadow. For those of us who do not want history to keep repeating itself, colonialism provides a very important lesson in the power of impact and consequence. In many ways, it still provides the bluep...