Leaders in conversation during an Adaptaa session

Ideas worth sitting with.Questions worth acting on.

Perspectives from Alina, Tatiana and the people we work with, on ambition, pressure and the human work of leadership.

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12 October 2026 · 3 min read

I almost didn't go to Riyadh

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22 April 2026 · 4 min read

The Audacious 10, Shona

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22 March 2026 · 3 min read

The Audacious 10, Zena Everett

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23 February 2026 · 3 min read

The Audacious 10, Mandy Lehto

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26 January 2026 · 3 min read

The Audacious 10, Tatiana Poliakova

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17 December 2025 · 8 min read

The Paradox of Ease – A Year in Review

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The Power of “I Got Time”: What a Japanese Gardener Taught Nvidia’s CEO About Career Success

4 November 2025 · 2 min read

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The Golden Fish & The Cost of Forgetting Gratitude

9 September 2025 · 2 min read

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28 July 2025 · 2 min read

When Life Throws You a Curveball

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27 May 2025 · 2 min read

When Courage is Contagious

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23 April 2025 · 2 min read

Between Tulips and NASA: The Audacity to Begin Again

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14 April 2025 · 3 min read

Lessons from Tango and Wolves

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3 February 2025 · 3 min read

When “Random” Isn’t So Random After All

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10 January 2025 · 3 min read

When Commitment Meets Disappointment – The Power of Surrender

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27 November 2024 · 2 min read

Turning Triggering Moments into Opportunities for Connection and Innovation

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29 October 2024 · 3 min read

Dangerous vs. scary

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Do you trust yourself?

8 April 2024 · 2 min read

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28 March 2024 · 3 min read

The Happiness Equation

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Healthy intensity and difficult conversations

11 March 2024 · 3 min read

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28 February 2024 · 2 min read

What is your relationship with failure?

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7 Years. 7 Audacious Lessons.

1 November 2023 · 5 min read

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20 September 2023 · 5 min read

Kindness – an underestimated business strategy?

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28 July 2023 · 4 min read

Achieving effortlessly – the challenge of turning effort into ease

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10 May 2023 · 4 min read

When the most audacious question is a ‘stupid’ question

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18 April 2023 · 2 min read

What differentiates toxic intensity from a healthy one?

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Saying YES before you are ready

17 October 2022 · 3 min read

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What are you committing to?

16 August 2022 · 3 min read

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Less is More

15 February 2022 · 4 min read

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24 November 2021 · 2 min read

Work hard, play hard, and be kind

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3 September 2021 · 3 min read

Slowing down to speed up

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15 July 2020 · 3 min read

Audacity – Dare to care and not care

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Be Bold, Authentic and Kind

30 July 2019 · 3 min read

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Leveraging your strengths for high performance and success

16 February 2018 · 3 min read

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Delayed gratification – The longer it takes, the longer it lasts…

1 July 2017 · 2 min read

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Are you paying attention to your attention?

22 May 2017 · 3 min read

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Nothing to prove.

A session with Tatiana Poliakova.

What changes when ambition stops being about approval? Explore how leading with nothing to prove can change your energy, your decisions and your impact on others.

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