Science fiction is simply a way to practice the future together. I suspect that is what many of you are up to, practicing futures together, practicing justice together, living into new stories. It is our right and responsibility to create a new world.
— Adrienne Maree Brown
WHAT IS MAGICAL LEADERSHIP ?
Magical Leadership is a path of systemic leadership that harnesses the power of body-intelligence. In practical terms it results from a leader refining their capacity to be, notice, allow, imagine, and co-create. It is magical in its subtlety, its power, and its acknowledgement of the relational field between things.
Who we are
We are optimists. Despite the multi-crises facing our world we see real potential in the humano-ecological system. Every human is blessed with a unique heart-body-mind that is capable of tapping into systemic intelligence and navigating our interdependent world - we only have to listen.
We are champions of the shift from system thinking to system sensing: an embodied systemic lens that honours human spirit and nature, and invites leaders to reconnect with the earth through their bodies.
We have over 28 years combined experience in development, consulting, impact tech, leadership, and facilitation. Thriving in international organisations and complex systems we have honed our expertise in systems thinking, systems awareness, and team dynamics.
Trained in engineering, social sciences and somatic practices (yoga, authentic movements, contact improvisation), we have built an expansive playground at the intersection of somatics, leadership, and deep ecology. We warmly invite you to come play in this liminal space with us, and expand our collective leadership horizon.
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Michael Dowling
Nurvitria Mumpuniarti
Michael is the co-founder of Magical Leadership, and a sought-after Leadership Development Advisor and Executive Coach. His work is guided by the belief that we must urgently develop attuned leadership capacity to meet the social and ecological crises facing our world. He brings a global perspective, a clear understanding of the challenges facing today’s executives, and an empathy and sensitivity that allow his clients to explore their inner world and deeper intuition.
Nurvit is the co-founder of Magical Leadership, an impact strategist, and a systemic coach. Her work is guided by a love of humanity and a belief that our global multi-crises are the result of a prolonged disconnection from our bodies and the earth.
Nurvit is a former UN consultant with roles in ILO, UNIDO, GIZ, as well as an advisor to the Government of Indonesia and several think tanks and NGOs.
Michael is a former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company and Chief Operating Officer at Elephant Healthcare, a technology platform with a mission to improve worldwide healthcare outcomes. At McKinsey he led work on Ebola Response in Sierra Leone, Primary Education Reform in Pakistan, and Government Investment Advisory in Ethiopia. At Elephant Healthcare he led a global team with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Lebanon and Pakistan.
Michael is trained in somatics, yoga, meditation, energy work, constellating systemic intelligence, and Internal Family Systems, all of which inform his outlook and approach. He is an enthusiastic skier, mountaineer, hiker, poet and dancer. He holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Oxford.
In these roles, she has led projects across Africa, South East Asia and the Pacifics and her expertise extends across financial inclusion, rural economic development, blockchain for agriculture, circular economy, regenerative economy, and renewable energy.
Nurvit has a deep movement and somatic practice with training in Contact Improvisation and Ontological Coaching, and she loves facilitating intuitive dance and curating sonic journeys. You can also find her forest bathing, following turtles under the sea, making art with her daughter, dancing with the trees, playing piano or ukulele, or curled up listening to music. She holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology and a Masters in Development Studies from Graduate Institute Geneva.
