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How climbing a mountain changed my view on leadership - Season 15 (Singapore, Nov 2025)

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Adib Amit compares leadership to Kerala's snake boat races, where the winning boat moves with perfect unison, not just muscle.

Adib Amit, founder of Lulu Financial Holdings, shares how climbing Mount Kilimanjaro transformed his leadership approach. He explains his three-pillar framework of purpose, pace, and people, using the Swahili mantra 'pole pole' (slowly slowly) and analogies from Kerala's snake boat races to illustrate sustainable leadership rhythms.

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