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Centaur Stage — 123 episodes

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Leading with an Open Heart Lessons from the TEDx Stage with Marilyn Zakhour

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Speaking Up at Work: What Gets in The Way

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The Skills AI Can't Replace & How Organizations Build Them with Dua Al Toobi

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The Foundation of High-Performing Teams: Willingness to Help at Work

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What the Latest Data Says about Psychological Safety with Marie Nakhle & Hadeel Kabosh

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Crisis & Creation: Building Organizations that Renew - Keynote with Marliyn Zakhour | 2026 Cosmic Cofnerence

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Purpose & Impact: Stories from Team Centaur | Cosmic Conference 2026

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Leading & Governing at the Edge of Uncertainty with Jose Santos | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Resilient & Ready Building Global Organizations that Thrive - Loic Moultault | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Lives & Livelihoods: Lessons from the UAE Crisis Management Playbook with Peter Zemsky | 2026 Cosmic Conferene

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Pressure & Performance: How Crisis Reshapes the System with Dr. Saleh Altamimi | Cosmic Conference 2026

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Riyadah: From National Vision to Global Impact with Rajit Nanda | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Individual & Collective: The Power of Community with Wafa AlObaidat - 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Present & Future: Leading when the Crisis Doesnt End - Claudia Zeisberger | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Trust & Tension: Building Leadership Teams that Operate as One with AstroLabs CEO Roland Daher

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Containment & Ambition: Delivering Visionary Impact in a Complex World with Wissam Adib | Cosmic Conference

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Dignity & Hospitality: Turning Crisis into Community Infrastructure at Scale with Maya Ibrahimchah | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Relationships & Results Business Development in a Prolonged Crisis with Emad Odeh | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Manager Mailbag: Answering Questions about Leading in the Middle | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Self & System | When the Ground Moves: Leading Across Different Realities in the GCC with Ghida Barakat | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Food & Solidarity: Responding to Crisis One Meal at a Time with Aline Kamakian | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Decisive & Compassionate Leadership in Downsizing with Rabih Brair | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Indigenous Wisdom for Uncertain Times with Rama Chakaki: 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Present & Connected: Human Connection in Uncertain Times with Connie Hadley | 2026 Cosmic Conference

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Empathy & Direction: Leadership Communication in Uncertainty - Claire Furlong Cosmic Conference 2026

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CLARITY & COURAGE: Emotional Regulation in a Crisis with Sandra Salame | Cosmic Conference 2026

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2026 Cosmic Conference - Opening Keynote | Grounded & Limitless: Leading Organizations that Survive & Thrive

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Leadership as Service | أمانة with Muna AbuSulayman

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Leading from the Arab World | Season IV Premiere

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Psychological Safety: Inclusion and Diversity in Practice

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Why and How Leaders in the GCC Build Meaningful Public Presence

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What Leaders Learn When They Measure Psychological Safety with Mazuba Haanyama

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Key Insights from Psych Safety Day 2025

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Psychological Safety in the MENA Region

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Understanding Neuroinclusion in the Workplace with Dr. Molly Taylore

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How AI is Redefining the Future of Workforce Learning with Russell John Cailey

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Conference Closing Is the System the Strategy?

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Building Systems to Bring Culture to Life with Tala Odeh & Marilyn Zakhour

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Building Systems to Reclaim Your Time with Dhiren Bhatia

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Building Systems to Transform at Scale with Ibraheem Sheerah

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Building Systems to Transform Large Companies with Breeze Dong

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Building Systems to Balance Parenthood & Work

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Weaving the Human into the System (& Vice Versa) with Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón

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Building Systems to Innovate with Wissam Adib

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The Heart of Systems with Rawan Albina

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Building Systems to PERFORM with Stoyan Yankov

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🎧 Building Systems to Deepen Impact with Daniel Delati & Mazuba Haanyama

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Understanding the Systems Thinking Toolbox with Drs Derek & Laura Cabrera

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Building Systems to Scale Psychological Safety with Sander Hoeken & Marilyn Zakhour

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🎧 Breaking the System: Leading in the Age of AI with Imad Lahad

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Understanding Systems Change with Darren Yeh

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Leading Through Systems: The 2025 Cosmic Conference Opening Keynote

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Psychological Safety: The Superpower of High-Performing Teams

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The Surprising Power of Rituals - Learnings from our HBR Article

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Mastering the Limitations of Polarities

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Mastering Polarities in Organizations

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Mastering Sustainable Performance

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Mastering the Mythic & the Mundane

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Mastering Change in Uncertainty

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Mastering Dualities in Leadership

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Mobile Giant to Nostalgic Memory: The Decline of Nokia’s Digital Dynasty

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Navigating the Tides of Change: Taking the Film out of Fujifilm

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Prioritizing well being at work with Sandra Saleme

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Leading through Time with Prof Jose Santos

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Leading Organizations through Restructuring

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Leading the Reskilling Revolution

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Leading in a Global Organization

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Leading Systemic Change

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Leadership During Change: Adapting your leadership to the phases of change with Wissam Adib

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Lead. Execute. Fund. Grow.

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Leading the Long Term Game with Richard Fitzgerald

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Leading for Sustainable Growth with Patrick Flesner

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Leading the Strategy Process from Experimentation to Execution with Mihai Ionescu

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Masters of Strategy Execution: The Coach's Perspective with Wissam Adib

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Masters of Strategy Execution: The Consultant's Perspective with Jean Abou Assi from PWC

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Masters of Strategy Execution: The Managers' Perspective

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Leading Organizations that Deliver - Virtual Keynote

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Revolution and Reckoning: The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan

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Bootstrap to Brilliance: Atlassian's Unusual Journey to Scale

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From Maverick to Mishap: Southwest's rise & fall

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When Innovation Goes Wrong: Kodak's Untold Digital Camera Story

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"Discovering" your Strategy: Lessons from IKEA's founding story

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Mastering the Turnaround: How Best Buy Stood the Test of Time

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Pits & Peaks from the 2022 Cosmic Conference all about the Employee Experience

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(re)Leveraging Systems Thinking for Engagement at Scale with Breeze Dong

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(re)Thinking your Identity at Work with Jonathan Yeo

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(re)Building the Firm as an Establishment with Jose Santos

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(re)Kindling Connections at Work with Connie Hadley

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(re)Visiting Assumptions about the Workplace with Agustin Chevez

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(re)Implementing Flexibility at Scale with Claudius Boller from Spotify

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(re)Thinking the Role of the Intranet with Adam Booth & Jennifer Dunsford

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(re)connecting distributed teams with in-person off-sites with Chase Warrington

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(re)strategizing leadership with Dr. Susan Vroman

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(re)shaping the EX through imprintable moments with Gillian French

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(re)prioritizing Well-being at Work with Scott Armstrong

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(re)Engaging your Organization with Purpose &Intention with Tony Jamous from Oyster HR

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(re)Thinking the Office with Imad Lahad, Managing Director, Dubai Operation @ APCO Worldwide

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(re)thinking work with Laurel Farrer, International Remote Work Expert

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(re)Establishing your Purpose, Culture & Values with Tariq Saiduddine, COO @Zension Technologies Inc

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(re)Thinking Work: The Unshackling of Work from Place with John Preece

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(re)Designing the Employee Experience: The 2022 Cosmic Conference Keynote with Marilyn Zakhour

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Flexible work models in action with Damian Brown

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The Future of the Office with Hamza Khan

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Scaling a startup in the post-pandemic world with Rami Kahale

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What Agile can teach us about running remote teams with Andrew Blain

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Can you shatter glass ceilings while working from home? With Rhea Chedid

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Ability Not Age with Adam El Rafey

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Teaching entrepreneurship to children with Helen Al Uzaizi

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Data-driven Organizational Design & Decision-making with Phanish Puranam

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Why Broad Knowledge Wins in a Specialized World with James Piecowye

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Discussion with Nitesh Batra: Mindful Leadership

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Debate with Rama Chakaki: Remote Work & Refugee Talent

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Agile Teaching with Jose Santos

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The Art of Virtual Facilitation with Myriam Hadnes

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Debate: Are Remote Teams Better?

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Managing Diversity in Distributed Teams

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The Impact of Workspaces on Collaboration

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Internal Communications in Distributed Organizations

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What we can learn from (E) sports Teams

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Keynote: Unpacking the Challenges of Hybrid Work with Mark Mortensen

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LinkedIn's Ziad Rahhal on Leadership, Empathy, and Customer-Centricity

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Debate with Iulia Istrate: Is Corporate Culture Dead in Remote Work Settings?

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