👤 Hosted by Charles Simonetti ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlessimonetti/ ),Executive Coach (PCC) and Founder of “On a Quest.” ( https://www.onaquest.eu/ ),”Everyone is a Leader.” is a leadership podcast for Executives, Investors & Business Leaders.

🎙️ Today’s guest: Nafees Hamid, PhD (https://nafeeshamid.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nafees-hamid-phd/ https://www.youtube.com/@DrNafeesHamid)A cognitive scientist and field researcher who has scanned the brains of extremists, negotiated with radicalized individuals, and studied how identity and belief systems drive human behavior.

He is the Research & Policy Director of XCEPT, based at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and advises governments worldwide on preventing political violence, negotiating conflict, and peacebuilding.

🧭 Each episode follows a three-part structure:

– The Leader’s Journey: Turning points that shaped the guest’s leadership.

– Breakthrough Conversation: An unscripted dialogue about one current challenge the guest is facing.

– Key Takeaways: Insights the guest believes every leader should embody.

🔗 Links to cited articles and studies

Devoted Actors

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181585

https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-neuroscience-of-devoted-actors-within-extremist-groups/

Sacred Values

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02462

Steward Ownership

https://purpose-economy.org/content/uploads/purposebooklet_en.pdf

Instrumental and value rationality

https://archive.org/details/economysociety00webe/page/n755/mode/2up

Moral Injury

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.07.003

Positionality

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003377986

https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406919900828

https://doi.org/10.34293/education.v8i4.3232

📌 Chapters

00:00 Warning

00:21 Generic

00:41 Intro – Host

00:53 Intro – Show

01:33 Intro – Guest

02:27 The Leader’s Journey

28:38 Breakthrough Conversation

49:56 Key Takeaways

1:01:28 Final Thoughts & Exercise