INSIGHTS
"Your unique curiosity, paired with courageous action, drives real change." — Anette Lan
(I039) "Care, But Don't Carry"
There are seasons when leadership starts to feel like carrying everything that lands in your path. That feeling is not proof you are a strong leader. It is a signal you have collapsed two acts into one. After a recent keynote, a journalist asked me what care, but don't carry looks like in real, everyday leadership. The question landed harder than the talk had. I sit with one question now. From Alfred Adler, by way of Kishimi and Koga. The separation of tasks. Whose task is this? Mine, or theirs? It has been the start of unlearning forty years of what I thought I was supposed to do. A framework for putting things down without dropping people. For caring deeply without carrying what was never yours. The kind of leadership I want my team to remember…
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(I028) Rooted in Heritage: Leading in a Digital Age
Empathy. Self-awareness. Presence. These aren’t just “soft skills”—they’re survival skills in a tech-saturated world. In my journey of blending ancestral stories with AI tools, I uncovered something deeper: the future of leadership doesn’t lie in choosing between innovation and tradition, but in learning to lead from both. From my conversation with David Cory of EITC to the robot monk at Kyoto’s Kōdai-ji Temple, I’ve seen how the ancient and the emerging can harmonize. The real edge today? It’s in embracing the paradox—rooted in heritage, open to what’s next.