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Thus, in a Matrix Coaching session we give only two minutes to the ‘narrative’, to the presenting issue, and immediately look together into what is actually happening inside us beyond the conceptual bubble of our thinking.

Here we encounter physical sensations, and within the physical sensations, we discover that there are often unattended layers of emotion.

In the remaining twenty-five minutes instead of creating further fragmentation by labeling some emotions ‘negative’, or by trying to fix, transform or over-analyse them, we create a warm, safe enough, unconditional space to simply feel, to finally give up all the tension we use to not feel.

In so doing, we usually discover a profound relaxation, a deeply welcome sense of ‘coming home’, of ease, of oneness.

This is _energy_ work, and the results of each session will be experienced in the whole self. Typical results are more energy flow, more ease, more compassion and empathy, more clarity, a sense of inner space, and more groundedness.

These are the foundations of **Leader as Healer**


Winner of the Business Book of the Year 2023 award. 

Welcome to a new vision of leadership. This powerful training is designed to give leaders and leadership teams the frameworks and practices that will take your work to new levels of coherence, service and impact.
The leadership that is needed now.

All sessions bookings are subject to availability. The booking is completed upon receipt of a full payment of the session fee. Sessions are opened for booking until 24 hours in advance of the scheduled start time.
 
Cancellations made 24 hours or more in advance of the scheduled session will be available for rescheduling. Sessions cancelled within 24 hours of the scheduled start are fully chargeable. 

Rescheduling is available until 24 hours before the scheduled session. Full refund will be issued in case of a "no-show" of the coach. 

Each of us is an energetic structure within which at any one time there is free- flowing life energy, and stuck or frozen energy.

Nothing in us needs healing, fixing or transforming. What is needed are qualities of unconditional acceptance and a trust to move towards and embrace whatever is arising.

In the words of Nikola Tesla: “if you want to understand how the universe works, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration”

Gene Hammett interviews Nicholas Janni on the Growth Think Tank Podcast

Nicholas joins Gene Hammett to explore the inner work required to lead through uncertainty and constant change. Together, they discuss presence, deeper listening, authentic connection and why letting go of the need for control can open the door to more grounded and sustainable leadership. A powerful conversation about moving from speed and reactivity towards a more conscious way of leading.

**‘The Inner Work of Leadership in Chaos’**
Listen on 
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iSKXD2AXZUuVYaVfaXleI?si=EDtbaIT9QbGS586Rd3VxWw)
- [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inner-work-of-leadership-in-chaos-with-nicholas/id833122474?i=1000778101840) 

_Listen past episodes of The Growth Think Tank podcast: 
[https://genehammett.com/growth-think-tank-podcast/](https://genehammett.com/growth-think-tank-podcast/)_

Growth Think Tank Podcast: ‘The Inner Work of Leadership in Chaos’

Jayne Warrilow Interviews Amy Elizabeth Fox & Nicholas Janni on The Sacred Changemakers Podcast 

Jayne Warrilow welcomes Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas  to explore what leadership asks of us in a world of increasing complexity and uncertainty.

Together, they reflect on healing, awakening, trauma-informed leadership, and the importance of presence and relational intelligence in creating meaningful change. The conversation offers a thoughtful invitation for leaders, coaches, and changemakers seeking to lead with greater depth, humanity, and courage.

**Episode 210: ‘Leading in Chaos: Healing, Awakening, and the Next Evolution of Leadership’**
Listen on 
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/38glwI3BxLskyXi2EBHzgC)
- [Apple Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/210-leading-in-chaos-healing-awakening-and-the/id1500347475?i=1000775777838)

_Listen to past episodes from The Sacred Changemakers Podcast: 
[https://sacredchangemakers.com/](https://sacredchangemakers.com/)
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The Sacred Changemakers Podcast with Nicholas Janni & Amy Elizabeth Fox 

Jonathan Hermida Interviews Nicholas Janni on the Deep Coach Podcast

We’re delighted to share Nicholas's recent conversation on The Deep Coach Podcast with Jonathan Hermida.

In this episode, Nicholas and Jonathan explore the relationship between healing, awakening, embodied leadership, and what it means to lead from a deeper place of presence.

**“Why Awakening Alone Isn’t Enough | Healing, Leadership & The Future of Conscious Business”**
Listen on 
[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IrMJErE8VIZOVhVgiaIBC?si=5808cb6e9e4e4a62&nd=1&dlsi=445dd2a0d6b44016) 
[Apple Podcast ](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nicholas-janni-why-awakening-alone-isnt-enough-healing/id1809232116?i=1000775166348) 

The Deep Coach Podcast:Why Awakening Alone Isn’t Enough | Healing, Leadership & The Future of Conscious Business

Podcast series hosted by Matrix Development and Nicholas Janni



To listen deeply to others, we must first learn to listen to ourselves.

Nicholas is joined by Mary Aver, facilitator, coach, seer and long-time explorer of human consciousness. Having known one another for more than thirty years, they come together to explore a question that feels increasingly relevant in ourtimes: Can humanity listen?

Drawing on decades of experience working with individuals, groups, senior leaders and political figures, Mary and Nicholas share insights into what becomes possible when we slow down enough to hear ourselves, one another and the world aroundus. Together, they explore presence, intuition, awareness and the deeper forms of understanding that emerge when we move beyond the noise and urgency of everyday life.

Listening can become a doorway to deeper connection, more authentic relationships, wiser leadership and a renewed sense of belonging in the world.

More than a conversation about listening, this dialogue is an invitation to remember a more human way of being. One rooted in presence, compassion and the courage to truly meet one another. A thoughtful and uplifting exploration of whatbecomes possible when we learn to listen deeply.

LISTEN NOW: [Apple Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can-humanity-listen-with-mary-aver/id1804307462?i=1000773737998) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/45DX3fLEUYrC5563UBi5Xn?si=icT-wi3_RcKCWH9_EUvmIA&nd=1&dlsi=d2d9398d645e46e8)
[WATCH ON YOUTUBE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgMZ2tRV9Rg&feature=youtu.be)
[MORE ABOUT MARY AVER](https://www.thematrixdevelopment.com/coaches/mary-aver) 



Recoding the Future: ‘Can Humanity Listen?’ with Mary Aver

Nicholas Janni interviewed by Jonathan Satovsky, on the Wisdom, Wealth & Wellness Podcast

Season 4, Episode 4:  ‘Integration Presence and Emotional Intelligence in an Era of Chaos’

Nicholas joins Jonathan Satovsky for a thoughtful conversation on leadership, emotional awareness, embodiment, and what it means to stay present in increasingly turbulent times.

Together, they explore why slowing down, feeling more deeply, and leading from a more grounded place may be essential for navigating the complexity of our world today.

Listen to more of Wisdom, Wealth & Wellness Podcast: 
[https://shows.acast.com/wisdom-wealth-and-wellness](https://shows.acast.com/wisdom-wealth-and-wellness)

Wisdom, Wealth & Wellness Podcast: ‘Integration Presence and Emotional Intelligence in an Era of Chaos’ 

We are living in a time of huge challenge and incredible possibility, a time that is asking something different of us, inviting what I call a ‘recoding’ of our consciousness.

Not just in what we do, but in the very way we perceive and respond to the world.

In this session, Nicholas explores what it means to meet this moment more fully, including yet beyond concepts, and into a more direct, embodied, heartfelt way of being.


'Meeting the Call of our Times' with Nicholas Janni

Series of excerpts from Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni's new book “Leading in Chaos”

**On Wellness and Transformation — Nicholas Janni**

An excerpt from Leading in Chaos, the new book by Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni.

In this chapter, Nicholas looks beyond conventional ideas of wellness and asks what genuine transformation really requires. He explores the difference between managing stress and symptoms, and doing the deeper inner work that can fundamentally shift how we relate to ourselves, others and the challenges around us.

Part of a series of excerpts from Leading in Chaos, exploring the inner development needed to lead with greater awareness, resilience and humanity in times of uncertainty.

Discover more: [www.leadinginchaosbook.com](www.leadinginchaosbook.com)

Leading in Chaos 'On Wellness and Transformation' 

LID Publishing interviews Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox on LinkedIn Live 

Nicholas Janni, Amy Elizabeth Fox and Ben Walker discuss why we need next practice - a fundamentally different inner operating system for leadership, grounded in accessing myriad transformational capabilities.

[Watch on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/events/leadinginchaos-bookdiscussionwi7430550116769366017/)


"Leading in Chaos" Book Discussion with Nicholas Janni & Amy Elizabeth Fox

An excerpt from Leading in Chaos, the new book by Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni.

In this chapter, Nicholas explores the two essential pillars of inner work and why meaningful leadership begins with the capacity to turn inward. He reflects on the inner practices that help leaders develop greater presence, awareness and the ability to meet complexity without being overwhelmed by it.

Part of a series of excerpts from Leading in Chaos, exploring the inner capacities needed to lead with clarity, humanity and wisdom in uncertain times.

Discover more: [www.leadinginchaosbook.com](www.leadinginchaosbook.com)

Leading in Chaos 'On the Twin Pillars of Inner Work' 

An interview with Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni

Through Egon Zehnder’s partnership with Mobius Executive Leadership, this conversation with Amy E Fox and Nicholas Janni, explore why performance does not come from doing more or pushing harder, but from going deeper. 

When leaders learn how to stay grounded under pressure and relate differently to fear, energy is released rather than depleted.

Trauma-Informed Leadership in Chaotic Times with Amy Elizabeth Fox & Nicholas Janni

**Healing the Pandemic of Loneliness — Nicholas Janni**

An excerpt from Leading in Chaos, the new book by Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni.

In this chapter, Nicholas explores the growing experience of loneliness and disconnection in modern life, and what it asks of us as leaders and as human beings. He reflects on the importance of presence, genuine relationship and deeper connection as essential capacities for creating healthier organisations, communities and lives.

Part of a series of excerpts from Leading in Chaos, exploring the human and inner capacities needed to lead with greater connection, awareness and humanity in uncertain times.

Discover more: [www.leadinginchaosbook.com](www.leadinginchaosbook.com)

Leading in Chaos 'Healing the Pandemic of Loneliness' 

Dialogue with Nicholas Janni hosted by 'Back to Source'

We’re pleased to share this conversation between Nidhi Arora and Nicholas, hosted by Back to Source.

In this dialogue, they explore what it means to return to resource in the midst of pressure, and how we can relate differently to intensity, challenge, and our inner state.

You can also explore more of Back to Source’s  Resource sessions here:
[https://backtosource.in/resource-sessions/](https://backtosource.in/resource-sessions/)


Becoming a Soulful Architect with Back to Source

**There is Too Much White Space in the Slides — Nicholas Janni**

An excerpt from Leading in Chaos, the new book by Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni.

Beginning with a phrase overheard in an airport — “there is too much white space in the slides” — Nicholas reflects on our tendency to fill every available space with information, activity and noise. He explores the deeper value of space, stillness and presence, and how these create the conditions for greater creativity, insight, connection and wisdom.

Part of a series of excerpts from Leading in Chaos, exploring the inner capacities needed to navigate complexity and lead differently in uncertain times.

Discover more: [www.leadinginchaosbook.com](www.leadinginchaosbook.com)

Leading in Chaos 'There is Too Much White Space in the Slides'

Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox, interviewed by Joel Monk, on the Coaches Rising podcast.

Nicholas, Amy Elizabeth Fox discuss some of the core topics of their new book, “Leading in Chaos” with Joel Monk. Exploring what it means to lead in chaotic times - returning from exile, cultivating the frequency of hope, and learning how to bring real change into organizations. 

Episode 278: "Leading in Chaos" 

Coaches Rising: 'Leading in Chaos'

Nicholas joins Mark McCartney as a guest on the What is a Good Life? podcast.

A thoughtful exploration of presence, transformation, and what it really means to live a good life.

Episode 164 | “The End of All Seeking”
Listen on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kP7tuL9M1XnKarme7k9c9?si=cHwTfPz2QpigwoR7lBKn9w) | [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-a-good-life-164-the-end-of-all/id1663668603?i=1000752807249) 
Watch on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjdVOHxQ60&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1)

What is a Good Life? 'The End Of All Seeking' with Nicholas Janni

LID Radio Podcast with guests Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox.

On this episode of LID Radio Podcast, Nicholas and Amy Elizabeth Fox, authors of Leading in Chaos, discuss why today’s turbulence calls for a more conscious and embodied approach to leadership, and explore the inner capacities leaders must cultivate to navigate uncertainty with clarity, courage, and compassion.

Drawing on decades of transformational work, Nicholas and Amy share practical insights into developing presence, coherence, and deep human connection in times of disruption.

Listen on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GRcs0Iw0bu815KT13a1Bi?si=v9f-jgFbSteJ-VybygFWiA) | [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-in-chaos-with-nicholas-janni-and-amy-elizabeth-fox/id1123599693?i=1000751356933) 

Episode 387

LID RADIO PODCAST: 'Leading in Chaos' with Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox

 Davos Worldwide - Critical Conversations with Anand Singh

Shani Lehrer and Nicholas discuss the need for Leadership skills to evolve, and leaders need to embrace the real world around them. An exciting discussion on the future of humanity and the need for a new breed of leaders. 

DAVOS 2026: Leadership Transformation FireChat with Shani Lehrer and Nicholas Janni

Nicholas Janni on The Conscious Capitalists

In a rich conversation, Timothy Henry, Raj Sisodia and Nicholas explore the performance paradox of leadership - how slowing down and embracing vulnerability can deepen clarity, resilience, and wise action. They also reflect on what it means to lead amid collapse and chaos, pointing to deep presence as an essential capacity for our time.

Why Modern Leadership Is Failing and What to Do Instead

Nicholas Janni interviewed at The Purpose Studio Podcast

"Step into a profound conversation with Nicholas Janni, leadership coach, author of Leader as Healer, and Co-founder/Programme director of Matrix Development. With decades of experience working across corporate, educational, and social sectors, Nicholas guides leaders through the urgent shift from transactional management to conscious, embodied leadership.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why navigating radical uncertainty requires more than rational thinking

• The lifelong journey of healing and reconnecting with exiled emotions

• How collective numbness and disconnection shape our world today

• Practical insights on dealing with team resistance to inner work

• The two pillars of transformation: healing and awakening

• Why radical inclusion and expanded consciousness are essential for the future of leadership

Nicholas challenges us to rethink leadership in a world where traditional approaches fall short, offering a path of transformation that is both deeply personal and globally impactful.

This episode is especially timely as leaders navigate unprecedented challenges, from organizational dysfunction to global crises. Nicholas’ insights cut through the noise, showing that lasting change begins with inner transformation."

The Purpose Studio: Beyond Performance with Nicholas Janni

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-power-of-language-with-william-ayot/id1804307462?i=1000727019579) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XGRBf8e9zYBnh6wgauTgB?si=U2awYQOCSACrtFHeymoRBQ)

In this heart-opening conversation, Nicholas Janni and William Ayot explore language not as mere words, but as psychoactive energy - living vibrations capable of healing and awakening. They invite us to move beyond surface narratives into the deeper currents of speech that embody presence, precision, and truth.

William shares moving poems such as The Remembrancer and Of Hares, Grace, and the Miraculous, while Nicholas offers frameworks that bridge leadership, coaching, and the artistry of words. Together, they reveal how poetry and authentic language can act as a psychoactive force - opening hearts, evoking collective grief and joy, and reweaving our capacity for genuine human connection.

This is more than a conversation - it is a living transmission, an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and rediscover language as medicine: a bridge between soul and society, and a path to leading with presence, courage, and heart.

Recoding the Future: 'The Power of Language' with William Ayot

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/recoding-the-future/id1804307462?i=1000720572492) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fxgVhrqq4WZowTXKYM6BJ?si=CecBt9_-T4aP_eDK0b00ig)

In this deeply resonant conversation, Sola Akingbola invites us into the heart of his new album - an offering that goes far beyond music. He and Nicholas explore how sound becomes a vehicle for self-inquiry, a compass through uncertain terrain, and a bridge back to presence.

What begins as a dialogue about music unfolds into a soulful meditation on purpose, creativity, and transformation. Sola speaks of sound as a living language - one that captures feeling, invokes memory, and anchors us in the truth of our experience. Drawing from myth, personal journey, and the shared wisdom of years in conversation, Nicholas and Sola explore what it means to meet the unknown with awareness, to remake ourselves again and again, and to allow sound to guide us home.

This episode is an invitation to listen differently - not just to music, but to life itself.

Recoding the Future: 'The Power of Sound in the Journey Home' with Sola Akingbola

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/the-wisdom-of-the-body-with-orly-portal/id1804307462?i=1000714686995) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VolU1dMcGqJilAcIGH7nt?si=E9jpHVnaThq68uRB2lJwaA)

This episode is a celebration of what becomes possible when we listen from the body, move from the core, and allow the wisdom beneath thought to lead the way.

Nicholas and his guest Orly Portal reflect on the deep call that shaped both their life’s work: to return home to the body - down to the pelvis. From Nicholas’ formative years with Grotowski-inspired theatre to Orly’s profound “downing” practice, they explore how reconnecting to this core center opens a gateway to whole new levels of perception, direct knowing, and creative expression.

Together they speak about intimacy, presence, gravity, and vulnerability - not as abstract ideas, but as living, somatic truths. Through their stories, we hear how the journey home to the body is not linear, but cyclical, courageous, and deeply human.


Orly Portal is a choreographer, dancer, singer, and musician, founder and artistic director of the Orly Portal Dance Company. She created a unique dance language that mergesancient traditional dances with contemporary movement. She is also the developer of the Orly Portal Method - a distinctive teaching method cultivated over three decades and taught worldwide.

Recoding the Future: 'The Wisdom of the Body' with Orly Portal

Nicholas Janni, interviewed by Joel Monk, on the Coaches Rising podcast.

"In this conversation with Nicholas Janni we explore the invitation of the times we’re living in, the capacities we need to foster to meet that invitation, moving from abstraction to experiential dialogue, the alchemy of authenticity, and the transformation project versus the wellness industry."

Coaches Rising: Nicholas Janni, Returning from Exile

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devotion-and-identity-in-the-age-of-ai-with-michael-watkins/id1804307462?i=1000709448738) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ARHJ88EVMwh59qCPzL47j?si=_Wxi3pcNT7KhMqIUzAsXmA)

This episode is a call to remember what is irreplaceably human. "What does it mean to walk a Way - and who are we becoming as machines begin to outperform us?"

In this searching and profound dialogue, Nicholas and Michael explore what it means to live with purpose, depth, and presence in an age of accelerating artificial intelligence. Through the lens of Japanese arts, the silence before a drumbeat, and the ritual of tea, they reflect on Ma - the space before action - and the radical act of slowing down.

Recoding the Future: 'Devotion and Identity in the Age of AI' with Michael Watkins

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/the-journey-home-with-daniel-cipriani/id1804307462?i=1000705848917) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dNHU7W039thn9TcGXXKnJ?si=04JX3viITFijv86AoZllfw)

In this illuminating conversation, former rugby star Daniel Cipriani and Nicholas Janni share their experiences of "the zone". For Danny in rugby, it was a state of perfect flow where he felt most at home on the field. "When I was playing, it was a guide back home to my being."

Daniel describes how sport allowed him to move instinctively, free of thought, reading energy and making decisions that even opponents couldn't predict.

Host, Nicholas Janni, who spent decades exploring similar states with actors, describes how the rehearsal room sometimes became a ‘miracle field’, and how awakening the body was always the key portal to ‘the zone’.

They discuss how life, fame and expectations create layers of protection. They explore how the state of flow is fundamentally connected to love, and how Daniel’s path to healing involved recognising that both his mastery on the field and his struggles off it were guiding him deeper to his authentic being - a journey of moving from innocence through difficult experiences toward what host Nicholas Janni describes as a "higher innocence."

Recoding the Future: 'The Journey Home' with Daniel Cipriani

Episode #03: Podcast series hosted by Matrix Development and Nicholas Janni

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/restoring-the-temple-with-amy-elizabeth-fox/id1804307462?i=1000703859079) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6W95J42n9EErtsqyaW2B7e?si=1DmyI4xaRlGpTQy6dr3shQ)

This profound conversation between leadership transformation experts Nicholas Janni, co-founder of Matrix Development and Amy Elizabeth Fox, CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership, offers valuable insights for anyone looking to deepen their leadership approach or create more humane workplaces.

If you've felt the limitations of traditional leadership models or experienced the disconnection in modern organizational life, this dialogue illuminates a gentler path forward.

You'll discover how healing personal wounds and reconnecting with your body's wisdom can naturally expand your awareness and ability to create psychological safety for others. The speakers share thoughtful perspectives on fostering spaces where authentic connection flourishes and deeper understanding emerges.

This episode is especially valuable for leaders, coaches, and practitioners who sense there's more to leadership beyond conventional frameworks. Nicholas and Amy offer a warm vision of leadership as "being a blessing" - sharing an embodied, heart-open presence that gradually transforms organizations and brings a sense of the sacred back to our work lives. Their conversation reflects a growing movement responding to our challenging times by bringing more humanity into leadership through personal healing and awakening.

Recoding the Future: 'Restoring the Temple' with Amy Elizabeth Fox

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/resilience-love-faith-and-leadership-in-the/id1804307462?i=1000701103495) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/40F31uZbHTSNInj1WSmRlk?si=ziBfKJzwRqy8egFBez4-6w)

In this powerful conversation, Nicholas Janni sits down with Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath to explore the deep connections between faith, love, resilience, and leadership in the face of adversity.Dr. McMurry-Heath, the first Black graduate of The Duke University MD/Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program and former President & CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, shares her personal and professional journey navigating the challenges of senior leadership as a Black woman in the U.S.

Recoding the Future: 'Resilience, love, faith and leadership in the face of adversity' with Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath

Podcast recorded in Mauritius, October 2024 by Conversations Live featuring Nicholas hosted by Kabir Gobin

What does it mean to be truly present? How can stillness and self-awareness transform the way we lead, work, and connect with others? 

A Mantra Connexions Production brings this beautiful dialogue of the host Kabir Gobin and Nicholas 

The Power of Presence with Nicholas Janni

LISTEN NOW on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/devotion-and-the-recovery-of-the-sacred-in/id1804307462?i=1000700726800) or [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kIEtIVc5AqRRcdoMUoxSb?si=3f_6dzLiSvOoMhksJlyi0A)

Nicholas Janni explored the depth of devotion - to presence, self-mastery, and service, not just in leadership but in life. When we commit to inner and outer alignment, continuous transformation, and leading with integrity, we cultivate a deeper sense of purpose. True devotion goes beyond discipline - it opens the door to lasting impact and fulfilment.

Recoding the Future: 'Devotion, and the recovery of the sacred in a secular world' by Nicholas Janni

Author, founder, yogi and futurist Christine Marie Mason interviews Nicholas in her podcast, a weekly deep dive into how we can live with more freedom, impact and joy. 

What if true leadership is more about presence, healing, and deep connection than endless action and strategy? Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Nicholas Janni, a transformational coach and leadership expert whose groundbreaking book "Leader as Healer" challenges the traditional leadership paradigm. 

Nicholas is the Co-founder and Programme Director of The Matrix Development, where he catalyzes the future by working with CEOs and senior teams globally. He also teaches at two of the world's leading business schools, pioneering a new vision and practice of leadership.

Today, Nicholas shares his insights on the importance of vulnerability, emotional intelligence, and true leadership's healing power. Whether you're a seasoned executive or aspiring to make a bigger impact, we invite you to listen in and learn more about the holistic, embodied, and soulful approach to guiding organizations and communities.

The Rose Woman: Becoming a Radiant Leader 

Nicholas Janni on the Coaches Rising podcast, interviewed by Joel Monk

"In this conversation with Nicholas Janni we explore the emergent edge of coaching, what it means to be awake, helping leaders transform their approach to problem-solving, being with not knowing and coaching from attunement."

Coaches Rising: Nicholas Janni, Coaching From Attunement

Nicholas Janni interviewed by John Vervaeke his YouTube conversation series

"In this episode, John Vervaeke and Nicholas Janni explore this question through a conversation about leadership, spirituality, and human connection."

Voices with Vervaeke: From Monasteries to Boardrooms, Integrating Spirituality and Leadership with Nicholas Janni

Newsletter eleventh edition: Leader as Healer - a new paradigm for 21st century leadership

Nicholas Janni: Reflections on Orientation and Navigation

Interview with Nicholas Janni provided by Sutra's co-founder Lorenz Sell as part of the Transformational Learning Summit

Sutra: Transformational Learning Summit recording

Newsletter tenth edition: Leader as Healer - a new paradigm for 21st century leadership 

**The current paradigm**

 Things are not going very well.
 As we arrive at the turn of the year, two major wars are creating devastating suffering. Each carry a daily threat of dangerous escalation while also wasting of billions of dollars on weaponry.
 Cop28 came and went, with ever growing cognitive dissonance. The comforting fantasy of ‘moving towards net zero’ seems to protect the majority of people from facing the difficult fact that it is almost certainly already far too late to avoid varying degrees of climate catastrophe, and that we, the human race, have basically not done remotely enough to mitigate this.
On a more local level in the UK, 200,000 people are currently homeless, of whom 140,000 are children. The words ‘moral iniquity’ seem far too small to describe the heart-breaking fact that this could be happening in the world’s fifth largest economy.
Many of the core economic, social and political systems of society are creaking badly. We are acting out what Daniel Schmactenberger calls a number of ‘self-terminating scenarios.’
I find it useful to think of humanity as one individual who is suffering from various addictions. In the case of an individual, we know that frequently, the only way that change/transformation happens is when the person hits rock bottom, a painful and often unavoidable process.
Within that metaphor, we are collectively in the grip of some huge addictions, the biggest of which is the scientific materialist version of reality. Life as inorganic matter, devoid of consciousness. This is a highly functional model, producing incredible technology, medical interventions and so on. But as mystical traditions and now all the new sciences tell us, it is simply the wrong version. It is actually not at all how life really works at its most foundational levels.
It is clearly going to take some time before this huge, game-changing in every sense shift, fully includes yet replaces the former as our core map in the mainstream.
When we also include the addiction to consumerism, we see that everything currently leads us not just to external collapses but also to painfully barren internal landscapes. We meet these once a safe enough relational space makes it possible to temporarily pause the speed of Doing, Doing, Doing, and the medications of work, status, substances.
I have witnessed this again and again recently in leadership development programmes. People being brave enough to turn towards these landscapes, often described initially as ‘dead’, ‘aimless’ or ‘loveless’, and to see how this ‘turning towards’ with warm, unconditional acceptance, can generate tremendous relief and healing, as well as powerful connections between people.
Closely related is what I have elsewhere called the desecration of the Feminine, both as profound principle and more literal enactment. In corporate life, I meet many women in senior roles who have sacrificed, and therefore numbed deep parts of their innate nature and wisdom, in order to fit into the hyper Masculine, hyper rational, hyper left-brain cultures that still dominate the majority of organisations.
A furnace of anger is often stored inside, unfelt because our culture has no place for this anger, this essential life-force. When I suggested recently to one woman that she may be carrying ‘volcanic anger’ inside her, she dissolved into deep grief and uttered the unforgettable words “I would rather volcanic anger than deadness…”
Another, during an intense inner exploration in a 1:1 setting, came to the realisation that “I have been compromising myself my whole life”. These are privileged moments of incredibly precious intimacy, in which we experience unreservedly the maxim: “the truth will set you free”, even if at first it is very uncomfortable.
How little ‘truth’ can be spoken in so much organisational culture. Why I wrote in my book Leader as Healer how urgent it is:
 “to break from the chronically imbalanced ways of thinking and functioning that have become the norm in so many corporate cultures, where doing eclipses being, and hyper-rational, analytical thinking relegates feeling, sensing, intuiting and the transpersonal to the outer fringes of life.
I believe that the failure to correct this imbalance is severely detrimental not only to individual and organizational performance, but to our capacity for creating healthy, thriving futures.”

But in these dark times, perhaps the biggest disconnect, the most painful existential alienation of all, arises from how far we have distanced ourselves from a Sense of the Sacred, the title of the last chapter of Iain McGilchrist’s masterpiece The Matter with Things.
 The great legacy religious traditions are so mired in corruption, abuse of power, misogyny and often worse, while elsewhere they are denigrated to the tragic level of justifying the destruction of anyone who dares to have a different faith path.
 We have largely lost our most simple yet most profound sense of bowing, bowing in the face of the great Mystery, the transcendent dimension of life, the imminent numinosity of the ‘Divine’, of That which has been named by every single culture since records began.
 In the bigger picture of the evolutionary journey of humanity, we are, as many of the great wisdom traditions foresaw, in a dark and dangerous descent, during which we have really never had so much Power, and so little Wisdom.
 During the BBC World Business Report interview I was privileged to be invited to in September, I spoke of how we are ‘between two paradigms’ [https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=Qlal1h5Yxcw](https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=Qlal1h5Yxcw)
 
A new paradigm emerging
In many places in the world, in many different areas of life, a fast growing number of people appear to be waking up to an entirely different version of how we should be living, of what is the true inheritance and purpose of being human. We rarely hear about this in the mainstream media, but it is undoubtedly happening.
CSR and the idea of the ‘triple bottom line’ have been around for a while in the corporate world. Although much of it has been exposed as ‘greenwashing’, there is a powerful if still small groundswell now of new thinking, new feeling, new behaving, based on the simple, stark truth that commercial interest can no longer be the first priority if we are to avoid ‘self-terminating scenarios’.
 In November I sat one evening with Eugene Woods in New York. Gene is a former client and now dear friend, writer of the foreword to my book. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit healthcare systems in the US with 155,000 employees serving 6 million patients.
 On this occasion, he wanted to show a small group of us a remarkable film. As it was two hours long, he said he would fast forward though parts of it. But once it started, all of us were glued to every second.
The film ‘Advocate Health Has Talent’ is based on the globally popular TV show. In this case, 120 entrants had been whittled down to 13 finalists. The show is brilliantly hosted and the three judges are well-known celebrity figures.
Many of the actual performances are jaw-droppingly good, yet I was more profoundly touched and inspired by the interviews conducted with each finalist before we saw their performance. Oncologists, nurses, physiotherapists, lab technicians, music therapists, finance officers, delivery drivers…each and every one spoke about their work with qualities of love, devotion, joy and service far beyond anything I have ever seen.
When the film finished, I said: “Gene, this is the new paradigm…this is the basis of how every organisational culture could/should be - why shouldn’t every bank or every law firm for instance be rooted in this paradigm?”
Have a look for yourselves.
[https://youtu.be/iIhVa5SGruo](https://youtu.be/iIhVa5SGruo).
 
In recent months, some of my colleagues at Matrix Development have been collecting many examples of this new paradigm. It may be a small percentage of the total, but it is unquestionably growing in size and strength. It has to if humanity has any kind of viable future. Our whole concept of Purpose has to massively expand.
Its pillars are almost the exact opposite of current mindsets. While so much of the current paradigm is founded on Taking, on inner scarcity, on head dominating heart, on disconnection from self and others, transactional relationships, greed and self-interest, and on lack of meaning and purpose, the new paradigm is founded on Giving, on heart, on connection to self and others, an experience of inner abundance, and contribution as the source of lasting joy, satisfaction, and a meaningful life worth living.
 Within this there is a foundational and completely natural connection to a purpose far beyond self-interest. In fact, Gene told me that many of their meetings begin with one person recounting an experience of their vision and values in action.
 And because an open heart is so central to their experience, there is a natural and simple sense of the interconnectedness of all life – the interconnectedness repeatedly demonstrated by all the new science, and spoken of by mystics throughout the ages.
 In his recently published book - Health, Hope and Healing for All, (the Advocate vision statement) - the levels of contribution escalate remarkably to the regeneration of whole parts of cities within their reach.
 
This is the work of Leader as Healer. This is the work of Heart, of living a life of connectedness.
 Many of the leaders I work with initiate the simple practice of starting meetings with one or two minutes silence. Why? Because the subsequent meeting has a much higher level of Presence and dialogue.
Others start meetings with a short ‘check-in’ – how is each person really feeling. Really, not “I’m fine”. Why? Because they have understood that no emotions are ‘negative’ or ‘positive’, that no emotions need fixing or changing, and that when people are allowed to be authentic, and are simply met and received in their authenticity, great connection and energy ensue, emotions naturally move and change, because that is how life works when we stop trying to over control it, and meetings have an entirely different value.
 
We are living in extraordinary times. Humanity has been through many challenging periods, but we have never had so much destructive possibilities available to us, as well as so much new ancient Wisdom at our fingertips.
In the final words of my book:
 “Yesterday’s leaders were masters of incremental change and gradual shift, and were selected and rewarded for their powers of profit-maximization. Today’s leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting, yet must also be empathic and therefore embodied; grounded and therefore intuitive; present and therefore awake.
 They must be skilled in mindfulness and deep listening; present and receptive to higher levels of insight and innovation; able to inspire authentic engagement and collaboration; and possess a clear and wholehearted sense of service, mission, and purpose. They are called upon to restore coherence where there is fragmentation and unity where there is division.
 They must be both intentional and surrendered, able to embrace the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our time, so as to become agents through which radical disruption transmutes into radical opportunity, and planetary crisis into global transformation.
If we are to meet the systemic challenges and ecological crises of our time, if we are to enable our organizations to both thrive and contribute to society, our emotional, ethical and spiritual selves must also rise and grow. New and higher leadership capacities are possible and available, and are more urgently needed than ever."
 
So, as this year ends, with the high possibility of even more instability and turmoil in 2024, my prayer is that all of who feel called, stand even more strongly, with deep heart and uncompromising clarity, for what is birthing at this terribly challenging time. That we stand both lovingly and fiercely against the devastating toxicity and disconnection we have collectively fallen into.
That we support each other in our endeavours, for none of us can possibly stand alone any more, as we call in and bow to the return of the Feminine, the Mother and the next turn of human evolution in which right and left brain, head, heart, mind, body and spirit move into higher cohesion and unity, bathed in the sweetest whisper of the eternal Sacred.

December 2023

Nicholas Janni: End of 2023 reflections - two paradigms

Discover Nicholas Janni's Keynote at T3CON23

"T3CON23 opened with a keynote by award-winning business book author and leadership consultant Nicholas Janni under the title Leader as Healer. The talk focused on how leaders can develop their inner lives and activate what he calls whole-self intelligence to create more humane, connected, and purpose-driven organizations.

Attendees described the talk as “an absolute privilege to listen to” and “a great keynote.” It set the tone for a lively program that paired technical topics with business insights and global ideas, in this case showing the importance of spirituality and well-being within the tech world."

T3CON23: Recap Keynote "Leader as Healer"

Article discovering Nicholas Janni's Leader as Healer and the importance of emotional intelligence

Cast your mind back several weeks: when Prince William posted a public notice for an “emotionally intelligent” CEO with a “low ego” to help run Kensington Palace, it reignited discussion about the role of modern-day leaders. Who better to delve deeper for us than author Nicholas Janni whose outstanding work, ‘Leader as Healer’, recently earned him the Business Book of the Year award for 2023. 

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FMCG CEO Magazine: Insight into Leader as Healer

Back by popular demand Nicholas Janni the author of Leader as Healer the business book of the year 2023 is back on BBC World Business Report interviewed by Sally Bundock. Epidemic of toxic leadership in top firms. 

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Nicholas Janni in 5min interview about 'Leader as Healer Business Book of the Year 2023'.

BBC World News interview with Nicholas Janni

Sally Percy - Leadership and management journalist

Good leaders are always looking to improve. One good way to finesse your leadership skills is to catch up with the latest in leadership thinking. So, what lessons in leadership can we learn from the winners of this year’s U.K. Business Book Awards?

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2023 Business Book of the Year Award Goes to Leader As Healer 

On the season 4 premiere of Do The Work, author and educator Nicholas Janni sits down with Denise for an in-depth candid chat about becoming an embodied leader. Nicholas focuses on exploring the development of our consciousness and highest potential, and how simple mindfulness practices can contribute to a bigger holistic modality in which all parts of a person are working together.


Do The Work Podcast: Nicholas Janni. Leader = Healer

Preparing for the Unexpected hosted by Alex Fullick

I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. "To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive." (From book cover). Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience (I loved this!), 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5. Defining purpose (personal and as a group), 6. The importance of emotions (You don't want to miss this!), 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

Part 1: Talking About Leadership - Leader as Healer w/ Nicholas Janni

I continue my talk with transformational leadership expert and author of 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. "To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive." (From book cover). Nicholas touches on: 1. The importance of emotions in Leadership and how some leadership issues relate to emotions (You don't want to miss this!), 2. The importance of purpose - in organizations, leaders, and ourselves 3. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!


Part 2: Talking About Leadership - Leader as Healer w/ Nicholas Janni

Julie Cusmariu is broadcasting from unceded Indigenous lands Tiohtia’ke, known as Montreal, Canada which is the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Kanien’kehá:ka has long served as a gathering place for many First Nations including the Haudenosaunee , st-lawrence iroqouains, mohaawk and Huron-Wendat and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. Nicholas Janni joined the conversation from Puglia, Italy.


Julie Cusmariu in conversation: Leader as Healer with Nicholas Janni 

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There is so much uncertainty in the world at the moment and it is felt across many sectors. In many of my discussions, this is very prominent. But what does this ask of us and how do we navigate such a challenging time? My latest newsletter, “The world is shaking”, touches upon lessons from my book #LeaderAsHealer and deliberates on the healing we all need. 

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Grant Thornton - In person video interview

The world feels brittle, anxious, non-linear and incomprehensible, and coaches can support leaders in expanding their bandwidth. This recording is part of our latest coaching event with Nicholas Janni.

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Newsletter first edition: Leader as Healer - a new paradigm for 21st century leadership 

Nicholas Janni: Welcome to the first edition of my newsletter!

Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William and Mary Podcast

As businesses, organizations, and professionals deal with change like we’ve never seen before, it makes sense the way we lead will also change. Our guest today says a new leadership paradigm is urgently needed. Nicholas Janni is a sought-after coach, teacher, speaker and author. He works with the world’s top businesses and business schools transforming the way executives lead. He’s written a new book “Leader as Healer: A New Paradigm for 21st Century Leadership.” He joins us today to discuss his theoretical and practical path to the highest levels of presence and peak performance leadership. The leadership he says is needed moving forward.

Learn how the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William and Mary can help you and your organization develop your top talent through customized executive education and professional development programs. Visit us at www.wmleadership.com. Thank you for listening.

Nicholas Janni - A New Paradigm for Leadership

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