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The Exhaustion of the Inner Circle

My NoSmalltalk session with Bithindra Biswas by Albert Schiller The Two Selves Every leader maintains a professional persona, a curated version of the self designed for public consumption. For some, the distance between this public and private self is a vast, heavily guarded territory. Bithindra Biswas embodies this strategic separation. By his own admission, the direct, analytical, and task-oriented leader he projects in his professional life is a deliberate self. It is t

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An Act of Kindness.

My NoSmalltalk session with Simran Oberoi by Albert Schiller On Paper Corporate culture is obsessed with the fiction of policy. We are told that a healthy, supportive environment is the product of well-written manuals and comprehensive HR mandates. These documents function as a form of plausible deniability, a convenient shield that allows a system to claim it is humane while its day-to-day reality remains brutal. Simran Oberoi’s expulsion occurred within a system that had

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The Internal Benchmark of Imagination

My NoSmalltalk session with Suhas Ramegowda by Albert Schiller Exploring new Worlds The cyclical nature of limited potential is often misdiagnosed as a failure of ambition. The more accurate diagnosis is a failure of imagination. This is the core of Suhas Ramegowda’s philosophy of empowerment. He argues that for communities that have "lived with inadequacies for a very long time," the inability to see a different future is not a character flaw. To him, it is the logical out

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Textbook Life

My NoSmalltalk session with Ashish Chaturvedi by Albert Schiller An MBA is the worst degree an entrepreneur can have. This is the blunt diagnosis from Ashish Chaturvedi, a founder who holds the very credentials he dismisses. The statement is not an attack on the institution, but on its core logic. A business school trains the mind to calculate, model, and mitigate risk. An entrepreneur, he argues, must operate on a different frequency. They must possess the "insanity" to m

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What Still Hurts: Can Trauma Become the Engine for Change?

My NoSmalltalk session with Chandni Di & Dev Pratap Singh by Albert Schiller In conversations with leaders, we are conditioned to ask about metrics, strategies, and successes. We seek the blueprint for their achievements. But the most profound insights often lie in the questions we are afraid to ask. When I posed such a question to Chandni, “What’s the question people never ask you, but they should?”, her answer was not about her accomplishments or her plans. It was four

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Before the Algorithm: Why an Educated Mind is the First Line of Cyber Defense

My NoSmalltalk session with Sanjana Rathi by Albert Schiller The intricate layers of cybersecurity often conjure images of complex algorithms, impenetrable firewalls, and cryptographic keys. Yet, Sanjana, a 'cyber diplomat' who delves into the nascent field of 'cyber psychology', suggests a surprising truth: the most critical vulnerability lies not in the code, but in the human mind. Her work compels us to examine how even the most intelligent individuals can become unwitti

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The Multiplier

My NoSmalltalk session with Dr. Deepti Saini by Albert Schiller Two Legacies There are two ways to measure a scientific legacy. The first one is to direct accounting of an individual's own discoveries, publications, and patents. The second is a more complex, exponential metric: the number of future discoverers one inspires. Dr. Deepti Saini’s career is a deliberate choice to prioritize the second model. She operates on the philosophy of being a "multiplicator for impact,"

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A Protocol for a Unified Medicine

My Encounter with Sai Sudha by Albert Schiller What if the cure for our broken healthcare system is not a new discovery, but a respectful dialogue between two systems of knowledge that currently refuse to speak to each other? Indian healthcare often exists as a battlefield of ideologies, pitting modern Allopathy against traditional Ayurveda. This conflict forces patients to choose a side, often receiving the potent benefits of one system while being denied the crucial supp

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The Middle Ground: Why True Leaders Reject Both Chaos and Calm

My NoSmalltalk session with Rajneel Kumar by Albert Schiller Leadership is often presented as a binary choice between two flawed archetypes. On one end is the leader who "thrived on chaos", using friction, pressure, and constant crisis as management tools, often believing it sparks innovation. On the other hand is the leader of "complete calmness", who, in an effort to create a safe and stable environment, risks breeding complacency and losing the "sense of urgency to solv

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The Attention Currency

My NoSmalltalk session with Sam Baisla by Albert Schiller What is the one question a leader who has seen it all wishes people would ask? For Sam Baisla, it is not about fundraising, market share, or the secrets to success. It is a more profound and troubling inquiry into the state of our collective consciousness. He observes that people today are essentially "living a very transactional and shallow life", a condition he finds both sad and dangerous. This state is a direct c

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The Fallacy of the “Conscious Consumer”

My NoSmalltalk session with Shashank Noronha by Albert Schiller In the complex discourse of sustainability, responsibility is often treated as a diffuse, shared burden. The consumer is told to choose wisely, the government to regulate, and the corporation to comply. Yet, a more rigorous analysis, guided by the pragmatic insights of manufacturer Shashank Noronha, suggests this distribution is flawed. He posits a compelling and disruptive thesis: the primary ethical responsi

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NoSmalltalk Blog Series

The Exhaustion of the Inner Circle

An Act of Kindness.

The Internal Benchmark of Imagination

Textbook Life

What Still Hurts: Can Trauma Become the Engine for Change?

Before the Algorithm: Why an Educated Mind is the First Line of Cyber Defense

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Because of "Alba’s Sustainable Encounters" the voices of observant changemakers can now be heard. Changemakers who are not necessarily famous, but those who are quietly taking initiatives to improve their communities and the world around them. Personally, for me, the compassionate conversation with Albert Schiller, the driver behind this initiative, has been a deeply fulfilling experience-both as a corporate leader and a humanist. I firmly believe that in this AI-driven world conversations around empathy and personal intelligence is the need of the hour.

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Planet Alba BiZ

The Exhaustion of the Inner Circle

An Act of Kindness.

The Internal Benchmark of Imagination

Textbook Life

What Still Hurts: Can Trauma Become the Engine for Change?

Before the Algorithm: Why an Educated Mind is the First Line of Cyber Defense

The Multiplier

A Protocol for a Unified Medicine

The Middle Ground: Why True Leaders Reject Both Chaos and Calm

The Attention Currency

The Fallacy of the “Conscious Consumer”

The Exhaustion of the Inner Circle

An Act of Kindness.

The Internal Benchmark of Imagination

Textbook Life

What Still Hurts: Can Trauma Become the Engine for Change?

Before the Algorithm: Why an Educated Mind is the First Line of Cyber Defense

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