In this episode of Corporate Unplugged, Vesna Lucca talks with scholar‑entrepreneur Raiya Kind, who lives at the crossroads of language, consciousness and AI, and serves as Chief Emergence Officer of Wisdom Beyond. Together, they explore what it really means to shift innovation from disruption and speed toward healing, restoration and integration.

Raiya introduces the idea of embodied leadership, where leaders slow down, deepen their mind–body connection and tap the body’s vast data‑processing capacity to access wiser, more aligned decisions. She shares how group containers for “healing innovation” allow high‑impact AI and systems leaders to see and integrate old wounds and limiting beliefs so that new insight and strategy can emerge naturally from the collective field.

The conversation also reframes AI as a co‑creator rather than a saviour or villain. Raiya explains why treating AI as either rescuer or threat erodes human agency, and how discerning collaboration—with humans firmly in the loop—can help AI amplify our deepest values, not our fears.

They dive into belonging, coherence and community as essential containers for evolutionary leaps, and imagine a future where “AI in the loop” seamlessly supports human connection, interdependence and joy in everyday life.

On today’s podcast:

● What healing innovation looks like in practice for leaders and teams

● Embodied leadership and why slowing down unlocks breakthrough creativity

● AI as co‑creator: keeping discernment and human agency at the centre

● Belonging, interbeing and the role of community in transformative work

● Designing AI and systems for coherence, not just productivity and profit

● Why joy, curiosity and self‑care are strategic filters for the future of work

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