BEYOND THE TURNING POINT

What does leadership look like from the inside - behind the title, the authority and the public role?

In this second episode of Beyond the Turning Point, I speak with Dunya Maumoon, former Foreign Minister of the Maldives, whose career has spanned the United Nations, public service and diplomacy.

We reflect on the values we inherit and the choices we make for ourselves; on women and leadership; and on the difficult decisions that come with responsibility. We also explore the many identities carried alongside public life - as a daughter, wife and mother - and what happens when deeply held values pull us in different directions.

We also explore what remains when a powerful professional role changes or comes to an end, and how identity, family, experience and reflection can reshape our understanding of what leadership really is.

Because leadership may appear to be about the power we are given. But perhaps the leadership that matters most comes from somewhere else: the power within.

The Power Within is a conversation about leadership and vulnerability, duty and courage, family and identity - and the human being behind the public role.

Editing and post-production: Amir Rahimi Rik.

What does a lifetime spent caring for others teach us about the value of human life?

In this first episode of Beyond the Turning Point, I speak with Dr Khalid Shibib, a physician and humanitarian whose career has taken him into places where questions of responsibility, suffering and human dignity are not abstract.

We reflect on the choices that shape a professional life, the responsibility that comes with it, and what years of working closely with human suffering can teach us about equality, purpose and the value we place on another person’s life.

The Value of Human Life is a conversation about medicine and humanitarian work, but also about something more fundamental: what we come to believe about people and how those beliefs shape the choices we make.