by Arvid Buit | Feb 7, 2026 | Leadership Blog
Why Collectives Endure Falsehood and Dysfunction I found myself once again genuinely unsettled by Donald J. Trump’s appearance in Davos. Years ago, Walter Isaacson famously described what he called a Reality Distortion Field surrounding Steve Jobs: an ability to bend...
by Arvid Buit | Feb 7, 2026 | Leadership Blog
When Care for the Other Becomes Destructive I have written often about leadership and have consistently stressed the importance of reciprocity. Functional leadership depends on mutuality: the capacity to connect without self-erasure, to influence without merging, to...
by Arvid Buit | Feb 7, 2026 | Leadership Blog
The Chamber of Reflections Vladimir Putin, leadership, and the risk of losing contact with reality At its core, leadership is a relationship with reality. Not with ideology, intention, or identity—but with what actually exists. As leaders rise higher, that...
by Arvid Buit | Feb 7, 2026 | Leadership Blog
How understanding emerges through dialogue Human experience is always filtered through an individual perspective. What is ultimately real can never be known with absolute certainty. We may try to approximate reality by having many people observe the same phenomenon...
by Arvid Buit | Feb 7, 2026 | Leadership Blog, Thoughts
A Reality Check at Both Extremes To begin with, burnout is nothing. It is not a medical condition.It is not a diagnosis. It is not a pathology. In modern language, “burnout” has become a convenient container—an all-purpose label for exhaustion, frustration,...
