A Strong Me, A Greater We

I keep returning to the same question, in different rooms, on different continents: what does it take to build a genuine We? Not a slogan. Not a hashtag. Not a flag waved at a rally and put away by evening. A We that holds — because the people inside it are strong enough, clear enough, […]

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Who Blew Up Nord Stream — and Who Gets to Say

A field note from the media diet chapter of The Nomad. The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, encounters, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them. They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. The book is finished. The Nomad is out […]

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Rich in Possibilities

The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, encounters, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them. They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. The book is finished. The Nomad is out in the world now, closed between two covers — but the […]

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It’s Out. The Nomad is on Amazon.

I have been writing this book, in one form or another, for most of my adult life. Not always consciously. Not always with the intention of turning it into something anyone else would read. But the questions it circles — why do we live the way we live? how much of it did we actually […]

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Introducing: The Janwaar Way

A Nomad’s Compass to Change That Holds I have been carrying this for a while. In talks, in workshops, in conversations after conference sessions when someone pulls me aside and asks: but how did you actually do it? This booklet is my answer. It started with a simple question I asked myself in 2014 when […]

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Radical Transparency and Participation

— Why Citizens Can No Longer Wait — Four years ago I interviewed Audrey Tang — Taiwan’s first Digital Minister and one of the most original thinkers on democracy alive today. We talked about radical transparency, citizen participation, and what it actually takes to build trust between people and their institutions. This conversation stayed with […]

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Into the Canyon, Out of My Comfort Zone

The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into The Nomad — others insist on staying a little […]

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My Early Childhood

The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]

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A Nomad’s Chronicle of Change and Connection

The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]

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