Welcome to season 6 of SunDeep Talks, a leadership
awakening podcast. This season is special. It's
a season of truth. And it came to me as the most
important season or idea I would say. When I
was sitting in my study yesterday watching the
news cycle spin into usual chaos. And something
struck me. We are living in what I can only call
the season of truth. And it's not because the
truth is finally winning, nothing like that.
But because we can no longer afford to delay
it. I have spent a lot of time and years between
leaders across continents, CEOs, presidents,
founders. visionaries, activists, humanitarian,
businessmen and so many people around that and
I still do but at a different level and there
is this pattern I keep seeing this pattern never
changed this collective habit of pushing clarity
to tomorrow this never changed in all those years
This pattern really changed. When things settle
down, they say. When the market stabilizes. When
the conflict resolves. When we have more data.
This never changed. Always living for tomorrow.
And here's what I have learned. The world doesn't
wait for your comfort zone to expand. Look at
what's happening right now. Microsoft just announced
another massive investment in AI infrastructure.
So does others. NVIDIA's valuation keeps climbing.
BlackRock is repositioning entire portfolios
around artificial intelligence. The conversation
has shifted completely now. It's not about who
builds the smartest model anymore. It's about
who owns the highways these mortars will travel
on. Now that's the next destination, new bigger
world, new picture that has already crossed all
that shallow sides where most of the world is
just planning to train their tools or come up
with a new tool. Gone. That part is gone. Eventually
these big giants were becoming the real players
where everything else even that was looking lucrative
and interesting and creative and futuristic will
become you know or I can say will surrender to
these giants sooner or later. AI is not only
just taking jobs and possibilities in many areas.
It will eventually swallow all those people also,
all those initiatives that was quite shallow
and opportunistic. These new infrastructures
that are coming, they are so huge that they are
going to become the only front -facing for the
future world. And that future is not far, very,
very near, where all that humans know around
digital world will... get so compact that it
will be limited to few certain interfaces or
like all the big names they are going to take
whatever it takes and all that small small identities
either they will vanish or they will surrender
to these giants to become and a back -end entry
somehow to to stay relevant That's how it works
and something good will come then that too will
be Acquired by the Giants that that's how it
works. That's the game has shifted to a whole
next level because the investment and and the
And the ambitions behind this are so huge that
whatever it takes it's it's in that mode The
amount of energy AI need the amount of You know,
space AI needs, infrastructures need, you know,
95 % and I would say 98 % of the world will never
be able to manage that because only 2 % will
have that authority and they will shape where
should any tool, any idea, any possibility, any
future should move or which direction they should
go. So the risks are now million fold higher
than the risk we are feeling now today. And while
tech giants raise to lay digital infrastructures,
our political landscape fragments further each
day. Ukraine. Gaza, supply chain disrupted, alliances
questioned, trust gone, the institutions we once
trusted to provide stability are themselves searching
for solid ground. This is not pessimism at all.
This is the backdrop against which real leadership
must emerge. That's what I'm talking about. So
here's my question for you. Where do you see
the kind of leadership this movement demands?
Think of it again and take it seriously and understand
the depth behind these questions. Where do you
see the kind of leadership this movement where
humanity is standing, world, nations is standing,
futures of work, future of leadership, future
of humanity is standing. What kind of leadership
this moment demands? Not leadership by title
or position. We have plenty of that. I'm talking
about leadership by presence, by clarity, by
alignment, by courage. Leadership that can hold
steady while everything else shakes. At least
remain truthful, real, not manipulating. Leadership
that sees through the noise to what actually
matters. Either way we are not achieving perfection
and perfection is not the goal at all. Idealistic
is also not the goal at all. Truthful, aligned,
clear, courage, presence. They are the new criteria,
values, trust, integrity, sense of responsibility.
Because when I look around, I see a profound
absence. Seeds filled but souls missing. Voices
speaking but truth silent. This is exactly why
I pioneered awakened leadership Not at all as
another business theory or an organizational
framework or a management philosophy But exactly
as an answer to this specific moment in history
that that has seen a huge past and that is colluding
at the present and very much unsure, unsafe and
unprepared for the future that we are about to
witness and becoming a part of it and how we
are becoming the part of it and what part we
have to play there by setting our clarity here.
How we, what we take from the past, what we should
not take from the past. Awaken leadership begins
with a simple recognition. The challenges we
face have outgrown our traditional ways of leading.
At every aspect. You cannot govern artificial
intelligence with industrial age thinking. You
cannot unite divided nations with transactional
politics or diplomacy. You cannot restore institutional
trust through PR strategies. You need awakened
governance. You need awakened AI governance.
You need awakened diplomacy. You need awakened
political diplomacy. You need awakened global
governance. At every level that awakening has
become an integral part now and is the need that
is missing now and that's the push, that's the
add -on. That's the restoration we need. Restoration
of purpose and power. What you need in leadership
that operates from a deeper source. Leadership
that remains clear when complexity overwhelms
others. And when I say clear, I mean, I'm not
saying being perfect. I already told that. Being
truthful, being loyal, being integrated in courage,
values. What makes us humans? Leadership that
can hold both the urgent demands of today and
the timeless principles that must guide tomorrow.
And this is not at all mystical. It is completely
practical, even strategic. And at the same time,
rooted in philosophy, rooted in values, rooted
in wisdom, rooted in ethics, rooted in integrity,
rooted in loyalty, rooted in trust. When you're
truly awake as a leader, you see patterns others
miss. You make decisions from clarity rather
than fear You inspire I mean you inspire followership
not through manipulations. You don't have to
do that stunt but through authentic presence
Every conversation I have with leaders today
carries the same undertone You know what I know
something fundamental needs to be changed. But
I keep waiting for the right moment to begin
that change. Let me tell you something. There
is no right moment. No right moment. Every moment
is the moment. There's only this moment. And
this moment is asking everything of you. If you
are leading a company, you are running a nation,
you are running a state, you are running an organization,
you are shaping a global movement or a smallest
of movement or you are leading at a place where
you are with the need of this kind of world and
leadership, with the craving of having such kind
of leadership and participation and your leadership
and that's what your leadership need. So no matter
where you are in government, no matter if you
are leading a company, your team is looking for
direction that cuts through the uncertainty or
or your political party is seeking that kind
of guidance or having that gap that is making
everything, you know, useless, worth groundbreaking.
Your cities need leadership that transcends parties
and games. If you are building something new,
the world needs your vision to be rooted in something
deeper than market opportunity. Don't even try
to chase trends. Trends are made by systems,
strategies that deviate you from your truth.
Trends are for those who have no vision for the
world. Trends are for those who have no leadership
awakening within them. Trends are for those who
just want to follow one line that has already
been drawn. And the cost of delay is no longer
theoretical. Every day you postpone your own
awakening as a leader, the gap widens between
the challenges we face and our capacity to meet
them. This is why this season exists, not to
add more content to your already overwhelming
information diet, but to create a space where
real transformation becomes possible, where transmission
leads. We will explore how awakened leaders navigate
AI governance without losing their humanity.
How they rebuild trust in fractured institutions.
How they make decisions that serve both immediate
needs and generational wisdom. How they lead
through collapse and emergence simultaneously.
Not just in AI, but majorly around the global
dynamics. organizational, political, national,
AI, but not through the idea of technicality
inside them or becoming them. No, we are not
at all in a position to see things from that
perspective because that's already happening.
become the part of same happening, you won't
be able to get the clear answers and you won't
be able to ask the right questions also at the
same time. So our perspective will be the awakened
perspective, awakened governance, awakened leadership,
awakened diplomacy, awakened AI. So we will explore
all these things. But understand this one thing,
I am not here to inspire you with feel -good
stories. I am here to challenge you to step into
the fullness of what leadership requires right
now. Throughout history, every great leap forward
has required leaders who could see beyond their
immediate circumstances. who could hold a vision
larger than their, I mean, their current capacity,
who refused to let external chaos determine their
internal clarity. We stand at such a moment now.
This is the moment. The technology is reshaping
our world, the conflicts redefining our relationships,
the institutions questioning their own relevance.
all of this is asking for a new quality of leadership.
Not leadership that reacts to every headline
but leadership that shapes the deeper currents
beneath the headline. Not leadership that promises
easy answers but leadership that can hold difficult
questions with grace. This has always been the
mark of truly awakened leadership. This I mean,
I mean this is the ability to remain centered
in the eye of storm while consciously directing
its energy toward transformation What we are
building together is not I mean just like an
individual development It it is the individual
development but it is just like It is the individual
awakening of leadership within individuals, leaders,
systems, nations, organizations, all have their
souls. It's not just about individual development.
Obviously everything starts with individual,
but that individual lies in system also, lies
in nation also. Every system has a soul. Every
nation has a soul. Every organization has a soul.
That's why it's a movement, a global movement,
a recognition that the old models of leadership
based on control, scarcity and separation simply
cannot address the integrated challenges of our
time and the time coming now for us. Awakened
leadership operates from abundance, connections
and awakened conscious choices. It leads with
both fierce clarity and deep compassion. It is
not like to say good good or bad bad. It is here
to say what needs to be said at the moment, what
is better for all, what is truth, what makes
sense, what brings the bigger picture first,
not the personal interests. It makes decisions
that account for multiple generations Not just
multiple quarters or a planning for next quarter
It is not like a a business plan investment plan
or the or the turnover for the last year And
it cannot be delayed any longer So as you step
into this season with me I want you to ask yourself
What would change in your leadership if you stopped
waiting for perfect conditions? What would be
that? What decisions would you make if you truly
trusted your deepest wisdom? Think of it. What
impact would you have if you led from your most
awakened self? Imagine that. And these aren't...
rhetorical questions they are invitations to
transformation they are the revolution that's
needed and transformation unlike inspiration
requires action this is season of truth not because
truth is uncomfortable but because delay has
become more dangerous than courage not because
the path is clear but because waiting for clarity
has become its own form of blindness. The world
needs awakened leaders, not someday but today.
Not when conditions improve, especially when
they are challenging, not when you feel ready.
Precisely because readiness is found in the doing,
not in the preparation. Awaken leadership cannot
be delayed and neither can you. The question,
yes, the question isn't whether you are ready
to awaken as a leader. The question is whether
leadership as we know it can survive without
your awakening. I believe you know the answer.
Welcome to the season of truth.