Policy People Podcast: Universal Leadership with Nikola Ilic

Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I dive into the digital disruption of leadership training with Nikola Ilic. We discuss how he got addicted to activism as a young rebel in Yugoslavia, his vision to make leadership training universally accessible, how power changes people, the moral risks of public persuasion training, the tensions between chosen identities and tribalism, tribalism as a political tool, and many more topics. You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, sharing this episode’s LinkedIn post is the easiest way to do so. I will personally thank you for sharing at the start of the next episode.Thank you to Neha Singh, Arpit Chaturvedi and Km Sulekha for sharing our last episode. Nikola Ilic is the Co-Founder and CEO of Change Lab, a consultancy that plans to deliver leadership development and coaching at scale to millions around the world. He is also a Co-Founder of Serbia on the Move - a grassroots, citizen engagement NGO based in Serbia. Formerly, Nikola was an International Development Consultant and the World Bank Group and a teaching fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught the course ‘Organizing: People, Power, Change’. You can discover his consultancy and its work at changelab.global. You can also connect with Nikola on LinkedIn, follow him on Twitter at the handle @NikolaIlic7 or on Clubhouse at @nikolailic7. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com