Subject: An Invitation to Lead from the Front—With Learning at the Centre
Dear Esteemed Colleague,
I hope this message finds you well.
I’m reaching out not simply to share a body of work—but to open a doorway. For nearly three decades, I’ve worked with The Fifth Discipline not as a set of concepts, but as a deep and practical infrastructure for navigating complexity, restoring coherence, and reshaping the systems that shape us.
Today, that work feels more urgent than ever. Around the world, I see how personal mastery, systems thinking, and the other disciplines are being adopted—but often in ways that miss the depth, and therefore, the true possibility of transformation. The result is a world moving faster than it can learn, and leadership struggling to find footing amid crisis and fragmentation.
But there is another way forward.
At STRLDi, we’re building what I call the second arm of humanity—a path where learning leads speed, where coherence leads innovation, and where the five disciplines are held in their full integrity, not diluted to convenience.
I’m currently seeking aligned leaders—within institutions, research bodies, government, and across disciplines—who are ready to work together on this front. Whether it’s:
- sharing the systems study on persistent unemployment,
- designing a learning journey within your institution or region,
- or simply exploring where we go from here—
I would welcome the opportunity to connect more deeply.
If this message resonates, let’s begin a conversation. If now isn’t the time, I thank you for receiving this—and hope that, when the moment is right, we will meet in service of the learning the world is calling for.
Warmly,
Sheila Damodaran
Founder, STRLDi – Systems Thinking Research & Leadership Development Institute
[LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilasingapore/] |
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[Email: sheilasingapore@gmail.com]
Systems Thinking Research & Leadership Development Institute (STRLDi) 