Talks
Selected talks, grouped by the questions they take up. Start with the three below, then follow any thread. More recordings are on Illumine’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/illuminelabs).
Start here
Beyond Intelligence: What Becomes More Human?Crossdive Conference, 2026The newest statement of the work: what becomes more human as machines grow more intelligent.
Building Karmayogis for Viksit BharatWorld Wisdom Connect, 2026The Contributor Ethic at national scale.
Coaching at ScaleAPAC, 2020How enablement can reach everyone in an institution, told through frontline staff at petrol stations.
Knowing in an age of AI
InquiryCognitive Enablement- An Exploration into Cognitive Empowerment2015Cognition as the missing link between knowledge and behaviour, and how working on it lets people act differently.
Work as contribution
InquiryThe Contributor Ethic- The Paradigm Shift in Organizations: From Efficiency to Contributionfor leaders and managers, 2019Why organisations must move from an ethic of efficiency to one of contribution.
- Learning to Contribute: The Swami Vivekananda WayNational Youth Day Lecture, IIT Madras, 2014Contribution as the path from career success to a meaningful life, drawing on Vivekananda’s idea of work.
Enabling people at scale
InquiryEnablement Thinking- How to Become a “Transformative Agent” in Society?Conference on Bid & Proposal Management (APMP), 2020How professionals in any role can become agents of change in their organisations and society.
Awakening human potential
InquiryBecoming- Awakening the Potential of Individuals, Institutions and CommunitiesShaping the Future of Humanity, Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, UK, 2018Vedanta’s view of human potential, and how it can be awakened at scale in individuals, institutions and communities.
- Building Evolutionary Capacities for Future GenerationsPositive Economy Forum, San Patrignano, Italy, 2015The capacities young people need for a world whose rules keep changing.