Leadership is often framed as an individual pursuit. In reality, especially in uncertain contexts, it is deeply shaped by the communities around us. In this session from the 7th Cosmic Conference, Individual & Collective: The Power of Community, Tala Odeh is joined by Wafa Al Obaidat, Founder & CEO of Playbook, to explore how community influences how leaders think, decide, and move forward. Drawing on her experience building a global community of over 800 members across 100+ countries, Wafa...

What happens when the crisis doesn’t end? In today’s environment, uncertainty is no longer a phase to navigate through, it is the condition leaders are operating within. There is no clear end point, no stable ground to return to, and no precedent to rely on. The challenge is no longer how to get through disruption, but how to lead within it. In this session, Present & Future: Leading When the Crisis Doesn’t End, Claudia Zeisberger, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD,...

In times of uncertainty, leadership is often framed as an individual effort. But what actually determines whether an organization holds, adapts, or breaks is something deeper: the system behind it, and the leadership team that carries it forward. In this session, Trust & Tension: Building Leadership Teams That Operate as One, Roland Daher, CEO of AstroLabs, joins Marilyn Zakhour for a candid conversation on what it really takes to build a leadership team that moves beyond alignment on paper...