Indie Leadership is the future of work that nobody’s talking about—yet. Forget rigid career paths and top-down management. Indie Leaders are redefining success on their own terms, leading with autonomy, purpose, and innovation. Whether they’re solopreneurs, unconventional professionals, or change-makers inside organisations, they challenge the status quo and carve out new ways of working, leading, and creating impact. This article explores what it means to be an Indie Leader, why this movement is on the rise, and how it’s shaping the future of leadership.

I’ve long been fascinated by Conscious Business and Conscious Capitalism. The idea that business and our capitalist way of being can (and should) be a force for good in the world and that organisations have a responsibility in making this true.

Human centred being, it's what organisations need when human centred design no longer cuts the mustard. Human centred being addresses individual behaviour and collective culture. It is about being human centred, not doing human centred design.

There’s no denying we have become a bit ‘why’ fixated. Looking for meaning and purpose in our work and our businesses is the topic of a growing number of books, programs, articles. Simon Sinek’s famous book and talk ‘Start with Why’, years on from originally hitting YouTube is still widely renowned and quoted. But in all the WHY, we are forgetting the HOW, which can be just as important.