As the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair prepares to release his book On Leadership next year, I want to offer an alternative perspective as an Indian woman born and raised under Britain's imperial shadow.

For those of us who do not want history to keep repeating itself, colonialism provides a very important lesson in the power of impact and consequence. In many ways, it still provides the blueprint for the most dysfunctional leadership systems of our modern times, fuelled by white supremacy, greed and the abuse of power through control and domination. 

I’m here to explore this further, as well as the many alternative forms of leadership which contribute to a more harmonious, decolonized and liberated world.

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