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A new vision of leadership. There are no limits to the expansion that is possible and needed now. Hosted by Nicholas Janni, the author of 2023 UK Business Book of the Year, ‘Leader as Healer - a new paradigm for 21st-century leadership’.
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Explores themes of resilience, love, and the transformative power of leadership, with episodes featuring insights on navigating adversity and personal journeys such as Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath's experiences as a Black woman in senior leadership and the lessons from transformative figures like Martin Luther King Jr.
Intimate, soul-rich conversations with changemakers who are redefining true leadership. Listen for inspirational insights that recognize no limits to your potential expansion. These times need people anchored in their center, bringing calm, compassion, and inspiration to the world as a lived reality. Hosted by Nicholas Janni, author of 2023 UK Business Book of the Year, ‘Leader as Healer – a new paradigm for 21st-century leadership’. Nicholas has guided senior leaders for 25 years, teaching at world-leading business schools while pioneering a revolutionary leadership approach.
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.
Sola Akingbola is a British-Nigerian percussionist, composer, and solo artist best known for his role in the Grammy-winning band Jamiroquai, where his dynamic rhythms helped shape the group’s iconic sound. Blending his Yoruba roots with funk, soul, and global influences, Sola creates music that bridges tradition and innovation. He’s also an award-winning composer for TV and theatre, with credits including Bob Hearts Abishola, Hamlet, and Othello. His solo work, described as “Black Atlantic Funk,” channels ancestral rhythm into contemporary expression.
Ifanla | Sola Akingbola and the Eegun Rhapsodies | Live at Abbey Road Studios
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