Arun Maira has an unusual combination of experience as a hands-on leader in the business, public, and social sectors, as well as a consultant to leaders for over fifty years. He is a thought-leader on subjects of leadership and systems transformation. He has written several books on institutional transformation and the future of India, including A Billion Fireflies: Critical Conversations to Shape a New Post-Pandemic World;; Discordant Democrats: Five Steps to Consensus;; Transforming Systems: Why the World needs a New Ethical Toolkit;; Listening for Well-Being: Conversations with People Not Like Us;; and The Solutions Factory. He has produced far-sighted scenarios for the future of India with citizens’ participation in 2000, 2007, and 2013. The insights from those scenarios are becoming very relevant today. Arun is a coach to many change-makers in the social and policy sectors and a thought-leader in the shaping of movements for change in the paradigms of government and business policies. Arun was a Member of India’s Planning Commission from 2009-14, prior to which he was Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group India, and previously had worked with the Tata Group in India and abroad for 25 years.