Dr. Ehssan in the Media

The books behind my thinking as a coach, consultant, researcher, and writer. By Dr. Ehssan Aljohani ⸻ People often ask where my ideas about organizations come from. Is it my doctoral studies? Executive coaching? Consulting? Academic research? The answer is all of these—but not entirely. Much of my thinking has been shaped by books. Some challenged the way I understand organizations. Others changed how I think about people, leadership, creativity, and meaning. Together, they c

I did not have enough time to finish the idea during my last lecture. I closed the presentation, the students left the classroom, yet something remained unfinished within me. I kept thinking: perhaps the defining skill of the next century will not simply be artificial intelligence, nor speed of achievement, but rather the human ability to protect one’s attention and spirit from exhaustion. In the field of Organizational Behavior, we learn that people do not enter the workplac

Stories is the core unit that shapes the heart of an organization, its meaning, and its final image. But how so? The story appears in an organization’s strategy: Who are we? What do we do? How do we work? Who has worked with us? What do we promise? What value do we offer? It even appears in pricing, services, language, and everyday decisions. Yet, narrative is not a story told in one direction only, nor is it simply what an organization says about itself. A narrative is als