#542 The Navigator's Pivot: Danura Miriyagalla on Purpose, Uncertainty and Leadership | Niels Brabandt
About this episode
Niels Brabandt interviews Danura Miriyagalla about leadership, decision-making under uncertainty, and the importance of purpose in career transitions.
In this leadership interview, Niels Brabandt speaks with Danura Miriyagalla, author of The Navigator's Pivot: A Reflective Guide to Work, Life, Changes. The conversation explores how leaders, executives and professionals can make better decisions when certainty has disappeared, why traditional career models often fail in volatile environments and how purpose can become the fixed point when work, life and leadership demand a pivot. Danura Miriyagalla explains why uncertainty should no longer be treated as an exception, but as a normal condition of modern careers and organisations. He discusses the navigation metaphor behind his book, the importance of reflective frameworks and the need for leaders to act with imperfect information without pretending to possess full control. Niels Brabandt and Danura Miriyagalla also discuss local careers shaped by global dynamics, the difference between destination and purpose, forced pivots, overthinking past decisions and the leadership discipline required to move without certainty. For decision-makers in business, this episode offers a serious and practical conversation about leadership, career transitions, purpose, organisational change and…
People in this episode
Host: Niels Brabandt
Guest: Danura Miriyagalla
Topics covered
- leadership
- decision-making
- career transitions
- purpose
- uncertainty
- organizational change
Keywords
- leadership
- uncertainty
- career models
- decision-making
- organizational change
- purpose
- reflective frameworks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NB Networks, LinkedIn, expert.nb-networks.com, nb-networks.biz
Books & works: The Navigator's Pivot: A Reflective Guide to Work, Life, Changes
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