Dr Kirsti Samuels is the CEO of KS Insight, a leadership and strategy consultancy based in New York City. She is a Professor at Columbia University where she teaches Leadership in Action, and Leadership and Management in Moments of Adversity and Opportunity at the School of International and Public Affairs as adjunct faculty. As an entrepreneur and strategist with 25 years of experience, Kirsti specializes in tackling complex problems with innovative approaches. Her work has spanned executive teams, senior country leadership, and even armed rebel groups, often in deeply divided societies. Her clients have included the President of the Comoros Islands, the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the U.S. Department of State, the Clinton Global Initiative, the United Natio...