The Shift That Doesn’t Show Up in Metrics
I’ve been thinking a lot about transformation. Not the packaged kind people talk about in boardrooms.
I’m talking about the kind that makes one pause mid-sentence, and realize -
“Wait. Something seems to have shifted in me.”
- That small, often invisible movement.
- That’s the kind I chase.
- That’s the one hope Inner Leap is built on.
When I create specific session plans with art as my anchor, I don’t start with textbook theory.
I build my activities around memories - happy and sad, distant and new.
When I create specific session plans with art as my anchor, I don’t start with textbook theory.
I build my activities around memories - happy and sad, distant and new.
- Failures and falls.
- Discomfort.
- Sorrow.
- Silence.
- Pain.
A body mapping exercise.
A single cue card that unlocks something.
A sound. A stillness. A movement. A moment.
And then, I let Art do the rest.
Art, not as indulgence, but as a powerful, mind-opening tool A way back to self.
Sometimes we co-learn around music -
A specific tune of a raag that finds a memory you didn’t know was still alive.
Or dance -
An expression so full, it says everything without saying a word.
Sometimes it’s voicework, breaking shackles.
And sometimes, just a person standing still - allowing their body to speak what their mind has been suppressing.
We rebuild from there.
Slow and gentle.
Let’s take music for example.
It has never just been entertainment.
When Tansen sang Raag Deepak, flames were said to rise.
When Megh Malhar echoed through the halls, clouds gathered.
- These are not just stories - they are reminders.
- That channelled emotion is powerful
- That our minds, when fully present, can move more than mountains.
- So if a raag could shift the skies...
- Can it not shift the mental fatigue of that burnt-out colleague?
- The overwhelmed founder trying to keep up with their own ambition?
- The student stuck somewhere between expectation and expression?
- Sometimes I smile to myself.
- While the world is chasing quarterly wins and funnel logic, I’m designing emotional cue cards.
- Creating session journeys where movement and music aren’t “nice-to-haves”; But levers to unlock clarity, courage, and leadership at its most human.
- And I say this as someone who’s spent over two decades in HR, L&D, and Organisation Development -
- Building strategy, setting up performance systems, leading transformation from the inside.
- I understand the frameworks.
- I’ve lived the boardroom pressures.
- I’ve won some. I’ve failed and felled some.
- But I do know this:
- None of those who succeed… succeed without alignment to the self.
- No strategy sticks if the people behind it are emotionally fragmented or operating on burnout.
- So to answer a probable, potent question:
- No, this isn’t a soft detour.
- It’s the deeper route.
