“J’adore” de Dior et “Mon Guerlain” de Guerlain doivent leur succès à un ingrédient précieux issu de l’Inde: le jasmin de Madurai.

Madurai est une ville de l’état du Tamil Nadu dans le sud de l’Inde.

Pendant presque 2,000 ans Madurai fut la capitale de la dynastie des Pandyas.

Madurai est une ville connue mondialement pour son temple hindou dédié à la déesse Meenakshi et réputé pour sa « salle des 1000 piliers »

Mais Madurai est aussi réputée mondialement pour son மல்லிகைப் பூ ou fleurs de jasmin.

Depuis des siècles, les fleurs de jasmin sont offertes à la déesse Meenakshi durant les “pujas” (rituels d’adoration) qui ont lieu plusieurs fois par jour dans le temple.

Aujourd’hui, la fleur de jasmin de Madurai — réputée pour son parfum enivrant — est prisée par les marques de luxe comme LVMH, Dior, et Guerlain qui l’intègre dans leurs parfums pour les ennoblir avec une sensualité captivante.

En 1989, Jean-Paul Guerlain, parfumeur de la quatrième génération de cette maison de luxe vieille de deux siècles (aujourd’hui appartenant au groupe LVMH), utilisa le jasmin de Madurai pour créer le parfum Samsara.

Le succès de ce parfum incita tous les fabricants de parfums à se procurer ce précieux jasmin.

Je vous invite à visionner cette superbe vidéo produite par The Plate India.

Cette vidéo montre explique de façon très pédagogique comment :

a) 100 000 agriculteurs, dans une petite région autour de Madurai, cultivent le jasmin de la meilleure qualité au monde, utilisé par des parfumeurs renommés comme Dior, Guerlain et Tom Ford.

b) Il faut +1 000 kilos de ces petites fleurs blanches pour produire un seul kilo d’huile de jasmin, un produit qui se vend à près de 400 000 roupies, ou 3,800 Euros

(l’agriculteur indien gagne 300 roupies, environ 3 Euros, pour chaque kilo de jasmin vendu)

c) Thierry Wasser, maître parfumeur suisse et nez de Guerlain depuis 2008, est à l’origine de parfums célèbres tels que Dior Addict et L’Homme Idéal de Guerlain.

Fasciné par le jasmin de Madurai, il se rend chaque année dans cette région, non seulement pour vérifier la qualité des fleurs et les pratiques agricoles durables des producteurs, mais aussi pour puiser son inspiration.

d) Les marques comme Guerlain encouragent les agriculteurs indiens qui produisent le jasmin à adopter les pratiques du développement durable pour faire « mieux avec moins ».

En produisant un jasmin de meilleure qualité tout en minimisant les intrants chimiques, les agriculteurs augmentent leur bénéfice tout en réduisant les couts d’exploitation de leur terres.

Lisez ce superbe article qui résume bien les éléments de cette vidéo.

J’étais à Madurai récemment pour prier au temple Meenakshi (Lisez mon billet LinkedIn)

La prochaine fois que je viens à Madurai, je compte bien visiter les champs de jasmin ainsi que l’usine qui extrait l’huile de jasmin !

Selon Mike Froman, président du Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), le prestigieux think-tank américain des relations internationales siégeant à New York, il n’existe plus d’alliances stratégiques (marriage) entre pays.

Selon lui, nous entrons non pas dans un nouveau monde multipolaire mais une nouvelle ère où les pays préfèrent pratiquer le polyamour.

Il définit le nouveau modèle de commerce international, ainsi que le nouvel ordre mondial, comme “polyamoureux”

Lisez les interviews de Froman dans TIME et Bloomberg.

Voici comment Wikipedia définit le polyamour:

“Le polyamour, aussi appelé la polyamorie ou le pluriamour (du grec ancien πολύς / polús, « nombreux », et du latin amor, « amour »), est une orientation relationnelle qui désigne la capacité à aimer et/ou avoir de l’affection pour plusieurs personnes en même temps, ce qui peut se traduire par plusieurs relations amoureuses non exclusives, avec le consentement éclairé de tous les partenaires.

Ce comportement amoureux et sexuel est souvent confondu à tort avec l’adultère (le fait d’avoir des rapports avec une autre personne que son conjoint), le libertinage (le fait de ne pas respecter les normes morales et sexuelles de son temps), l’échangisme (échange temporaire des partenaires chez les libertins) et la polygamie (avoir plusieurs unions légitimes).

Les relations non exclusives se veulent fondées sur la liberté, l’égalité et l’honnêteté entre partenaires, le respect des choix individuels et de l’autonomie de chacun.”

Froman cite l’Inde comme un pays qui excelle dans la pratique de la polyamorie:

“Certains pays, comme l’Inde, apprécient les États-Unis pour leur technologie ou leur coopération dans le domaine du nucléaire civil. Mais l’Inde apprécie la Russie pour ses munitions. Et ils apprécient l’Iran pour son pétrole.”

J’ajouterai que l’Inde apprécie aussi la France pour ses Rafale et nous allons “consommer” la relation entre la France et l’Inde en 2026 en organisant l’Année de l’Innovation Franco-Indienne (il est temps de sortir le champagne !)

Je trouve ironique que Froman — et CFR — parle de polyamour, indiquant (avouant) ainsi que l’Amérique doit accepter cette nouvelle réalité.

Or, depuis 2004, quand j’habitais aux USA, je suis intervenu à plusieurs tables rondes à CFR qui étaient organisées sous le thème de Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy (Table Ronde sur la Technologie, Innovation, et la Primauté Américaine).

Découvrez la liste de toutes mes interventions à CFR depuis 2004.

Cette expression American Primacy (Primauté Américaine) m’avait toujours dérangé.

Il est temps de redéfinir ce qu’est — et ce qui constitute — la primauté americaine dans un nouvel ordre mondial polyamoureux !

I am delighted my new book The Frugal Economy is shortlisted for the inaugural Thinkers50 Regenerative Business Award sponsored by Deloitte.

In this book, I show how to expand the concept and implementation of regeneration beyond the ecological aspect and include people and places.

I refer to it as triple regeneration — a holistic approach to boosting the health and vitality of people, places and the planet synergistically.

Read my Sustainable Brands article on triple article.

I would like to clarify my emphasis on the human aspect of regeneration.

In Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond identified 5 factors that historically caused human civilizations to collapse:

- climate change

- hostile neighbors

- collapse of essential trading partners

- environmental problems

- the society’s response to the foregoing 4 factors

All these factors are exogenous to human beings.

I fear, however, in today’s hyperconnected and hyperactive world that pressurizes our mind, our over-taxed nervous system risks collapsing well before the over-stretched ecological or social systems.

We already live in “the burnout society,” to cite the Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han.

He believes that in our performance-driven culture, “we exploit ourselves passionately until we collapse. We realize ourselves, optimize ourselves unto death. The insidious logic of achievement permanently forces us to get ahead of ourselves.”

Hence, before we stop exploiting dwindling natural resources, we must end over-exploiting our own mind, body, and psyche to death.

Rather than bridge the wealth gap between rich and poor in our society, we must first bridge the gnawing inner gap between our gratification-seeking ego and our alienated soul.

I often assert that “I am a humanist first, then only an ecologist.”

In all my previous three books, I showed how we can unleash and harness our abundance inner resources — ingenuity, empathy, and wisdom — to build inclusive and sustainable economies.

My fourth book — The Frugal Economy — is no different.

In The Frugal Economy, I humanize the field of economics and show how nascent paradigms such as regenerative development can contribute to “mass flourishing” — a term coined by Edmund Phelps, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics.

The preamble of the US constitution begins with “We the People”

It should be “We the HEALTHY People”

A recent Gallup poll shows the % of US adults having depression exceeded 18% in both 2024 and 2025, up about 8% since the initial measurement in 2015.

Nearly 50 million Americans — especially the youth — suffer today from depression.

While the elite frets about America’s declining economy under Trump, I am deeply concerned about the decline of American’s mental well-being

America can’t remain a global superpower if one-fifth of its population has lost their biggest superpower : mental stability.

It’s insightful to analyze the Rise, Decline, and the Rise (again) of Great Powers by studying the personality and behavior of the animals associated with them.

America’s symbol is the EAGLE: an air creature that can soar to the sky rapidly, just like the US economy took off during 19th century and early 20th century.

The Eagle can plunge rapidly to grab its prey (like US Navy Seals who parachute anywhere for rapid interventions), but when it chooses to land, it descends gradually and gracefully — just like the US economy will in next two decades.

Europe’s symbol is the BULL. Learn why by reading this and this.

The bull is an Earth animal known for its strength, indomitable spirit and tenancy. It symbolizes hard work and a slow path to success rather than short-cuts, quick wins, and rapid growth.

Western Europe gained its economic might gradually over centuries before dominating the world between 1850 and 1950.

An aging bull retains its majestic presence. Europe’s economic VALUE (output) will decline in coming decade but it will still command global respect for its VALUES.

China’s symbol is the DRAGON, a fiery and powerful air creature.

Just like an eagle, the dragon can soar rapidly, just like the Chinese economy took off during the 70s, thanks to Deng Xiaoping’s reforms (1978), and maintained its growth momentum till now

But the Dragon is a finicky and insecure creature that can provoked easily (due to its dominant “fire” element) which can make it lose its focus and cause imbalance — as characterized by the “yo-yo” (up-and-down) pattern of China’s economy during the entire 2nd millennium.

In Chinese astrology, the dragon is known for its pioneering spirit and its capacity for self-renewal (like a Sphinx that can rise from its ashes)

Hence, to maintain its economy supremacy in 21st century, China must enkindle its people’s “entrepreneurial spirit” and harness frontier science & tech innovations to reinvent its economy constantly.

India’s symbol is the ELEPHANT, a majestic Earth creature known for its strength, wisdom, and steadfastness.

The elephant moves slowly but has the endurance to travel very long distances to reach its goal.

In 1000, India’s economy was the largest in the world — just like the elephant is the largest land animal. India’s economic decline was gradual since 1700.

India has grown fast in past 10 years and overtook most European economies.

But, in next decade, India will face headwinds that will hamper its growth: water scarcity, natural disasters, overpopulation in North and an aging South.

India must muster the elephant’s resilience and vigor to keep growing inclusively and sustainably in next 2 decades.

The elephant is a “trailblazer” : it clears alleys in dense forests.

Rather than catch up or leapfrog the West economically, India must confidently “trailblaze” a new socio-economic development pathway, which could inspire the whole world.

Read my article on Bharat the Trailblazer.

The data & chart used in this article is sourced from “The World in 2030: Trends, Inflection Points Challenges & Opportunities” published by Arab Strategy Forum المنتدى الاستراتيجي العربي

In 1943, sociologist Abraham Maslow introduced his hierarchy of needs

He classified human needs in 5 categories: physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualization

He depicted these needs as a Pyramid with physiological needs at bottom and self-actualization at top — implying basic needs (safety, food, shelter) need to be satisfied before a (wo)man can pursue self-realization

Note that Maslow introduced his Hiearchy of Needs during World War II, when physiological needs (survival) were #1 priority for whole humanity (just ask the Brits whose grandparents rushed to the Underground to take shelter during the Blitz)

But, after WWII, as peace reined worldwide, Maslow revisited his hierarchical view of needs and emphasized a need doesn’t have to be satisfied 100% before the next need emerges.

For him, “a more realistic description of the hierarchy would be in terms of decreasing percentages of satisfaction as we go up the hierarchy of prepotency”

In 1964, Krech, Crutchfield, and Ballachey introduced a dynamic hierarchy in terms of ‘waves’ of different needs overlapping at the same time: see graphic at the top of this article.

In this graphic, the peak of an earlier main set of needs must be passed before the next ‘higher’ need can begin to assume a dominant role

Sadly, what I see in India today is we “keep raising the bar of survival”

In 2025, most Indians focus their vital energy on fulfilling our basic needs, although the majority of Indians have enough food and shelter.

As the Indian mystic Sadhguru poignantly points out:

“(We) keep on raising (the bar of survival). What was your idea of survival 25 years ago? What is your idea of survival today?

It’s raising the bar, isn’t it? 2 meals a day was survival, when you didn’t have anything. If you have known such a state, it’s good to know those things

But now Mercedes is survival

In (our) society, survival has been raised to a place where billionaires are still struggling to survive, among their community. Yes?

I have had this opportunity, at close quarters, to see multi-billionaires — but they are still beggars

Every day their mentality, their mindset, is just that of a beggar who sits on this street and thinking: what is today? How many more pennies can I gather?

The numbers have increased, but the experience of life is still the same — because you raise the bar of survival

Now your whole life, it doesn’t matter what you do, still goes in survival.”

Watch Sadhguru’s talk at MIT. Read his article.

To pull ourselves out of this quandary, Sadhguru suggests: “In your life, you must fix (the bar) somewhere: how much is survival.”

In 2021, I left Silicon Valley — where I kept the raising the bar of survival — to return to France.

In 2024, I left France to return to India.

Today, my annual income is 10x less than what I earned in 1999 when I immigrated in the US.

I failed in my American dream, but I stopped raising the bar of survival — so I can focus my energy on self-actualization.

Ask yourself:

“How I can stop raising the bar on survival — and shift my energy to self-actualizing my potential ?”

India must urgently build and promote the LONG TAIL in Spiritual Tourism.

Studies show unregulated tourism — which leads to uncontrolled construction — is a major cause of flash floods which wreak havoc in the Himalayan Valley, where Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are located.

Info on these studies:

https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/flood-risk-study-of-himalayan-valley-highlights-unregulated-tourism-as-a-cause/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924002565

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/increased-construction-in-the-himalayas-risks-more-deadly-flash-floods/

Uttarakhand and Himachal are home of famous Hindu temples and religious sites that attract dozens of millions of tourists each year who visit these holy places as part of their spiritual pilgrimage.

For instance, Hindus throng Uttarakhand as part of the Chota Char Dham circuit ( Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri) and to visit Haridwar-Rishikesh.

Geographically speaking, Uttarakhand and Himachal constitute the Head of India (along with J&K and Ladakh, which also house famous Buddhist and Shaivite spiritual sites)

It’s time we de-concentrate spiritual tourism in the Head of India — which causes ecological damage in Himalayan Valley regions — and build & promote the Long Tail in Spiritual Tourism.

Doing so will benefit the whole India, especially small towns and villages that have less-known Hindu temples.

Here is a map that shows the number of Hindu temples in each state of India.

As a Tamilian, I am proud my home region Tamil Nadu (TN) boasts the highest number of Hindu temples (nearly 80,000) among all Indian states.

The majority of these temples in TN are not archeological sites, but “living spiritual hubs” that are actively maintained with daily pujas.

And yet, most Tamilians today only visit a handful of religious towns like Madurai, Chidambaram, Kanchipuram, Rameshwaram, Trichy — which all suffer from overcrowding.

But there are hundreds of amazing small places across Tamil Nadu that very few know which I’ve visited and are “spiritually-charged” such as Vaitheeswaran Kovil, a small town that houses a powerful temple dedicated to Shiva as the Healer (who happens to be my Kula Deva)

For instance, you can undertake a spiritual pilgrimage across Tamil Nadu to visit the Navagraha temples, a cluster of 9 temples dedicated to the nine planetary deities (Navagrahas), located in and around the towns of Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai.

These temples, mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva except for the Sun temple, are visited to alleviate planetary afflictions and bring prosperity.

The superpower of India is its DIVERSITY, including its GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.

I invite you — especially Gen Z-ers — to explore the rich geographical diversity of Bharat — and save the Himalaya Valley states from ecological crisis — by visiting less-popular Hindu sites that constitute the Long Tail of Spiritual Tourism in India.

Read this article on how Gen Zers are fueling spiritual tourism in India.

Map of India with Hindu temples — Source: Dharmik Vibes

I got goosebumps as I read this GovInsider article on the Alice Lee Centre for (Healthcare) Innovation and Excellence in Singapore, led by Shin Yuh Ang.

The ALICE centre is fostering a space where both industry and healthcare professionals can co-create solutions together in a meaningful way.

This article made me happy for 3 reasons:

1) Exactly 30 years ago, in September 1995, I consulted the National Computer Board (NCB) in Singapore on how to apply Business Process Reengineering (BPR) techniques to improve the performance and lower the cost of public services in Singapore.

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a management strategy for completely rethinking and radically redesigning core business processes to achieve significant improvements in cost, quality, service, and speed.

I was motivated to consult NCB in Singapore because I firmly believed the public sector can operate efficiently to better serve citizens at lower cost.

In 1995, Singapore was the only government in the world (except Andhra Pradesh in India led by IT-savvy chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu) that was leveraging latest tech and BPR for “continuous improvement” of public services.

30 years later, I am glad to see Singapore, with an aging population that requires more care, still maintaining its focus on “doing better with less”

2) In this article, Ang Shin Yuh describes the ALICE centre’s role as an innovation match-maker between the universe of solutions (private sector, academia, startups) and the universe of needs (doctors, patients)

In 2004, I published a Forrester report where I explained how public and private organizations can set up a dedicated team that acts as a BROKER who can help build and facilitate innovation networks.

Innovation Networks are fluid and dynamic ecosystems that seamlessly integrate internal and external ideas, talents, and capital to co-develop impactful solutions.

Watch this video of my talk on Innovation Networks and its 4 key roles including the Broker.

I am glad to see ALICE playing this vital role of Broker to build healthcare innovation networks in Singapore.

3) Ang Shin Yuh explains why her center is keen to embrace frugal innovation to develop simple solutions that deliver better care at lower cost.

As Singapore population ages rapidly, the island-state needs to adopt frugal innovation techniques to improve the quality of life of its aging citizens while keeping public spending under control.

Or else, Singapore will face the same public deficit problem as European nations like France with an aging population and a generous welfare system.

FRANCE INSIDE : the best kept secret is out !

In 2026, India and France will celebrate the India-France Year of Innovation (IFYI), which will showcase Indian innovations and Indo-French cooperation in sustainability, design, cultural exchange.

I am working with the French Institute in India on an event on frugal innovation to be held in Spring 2026 in Bangalore as part of IFYI.

I want to use this post to highlight a less-known fact about Indo-French cooperation.

Way back in 2008, I published an article in leading French newspaper Les Echos arguing India and France must transcend their purely commercial (buy-sell) relationship.

Instead, I showed how India and France can build a strategic partnership by forming what I call Réseaux d’Innovation Franco-Indiennes, or Indo-French Innovation Networks (IFIN).

The Indo-French Innovation Networks (IFIN) would be a fluid and dynamic ecosystem connecting French and Indian talent, ideas, and capital to meet local and international demand.

Instead of rigid trade between “importers” and “exporters,” the IFIN involve a richer collaboration between 4 key actors:

- Inventors (government research orgs, academia, private R&D centers)

- Transformers (developers, manufacturers, distributors, IT delivery units)

- Financiers (banks, venture capitalists)

- Brokers (diplomats, non-resident Indians, media)

In this fluid model, French firms collaborating with their Indian partners would adopt the roles of inventor, transformer, broker, or financier, depending on their strategy and the project.

For instance, till now, the French defense firm Dassault Aviation merely “sold” its Rafale fighter jets to India and played both the roles of Inventor and Transformer: it designed and manufactured its jets all by itself in France.

But by partnering with Tata Advanced Systems (TAS), Dassault is willing to share its Transformer role with TAS which will produce the Rafale jet fuselages in India from 2028

Similarly, Capgemini’s Western consultants “transform” cutting-edge tech invented by their Indian colleagues into industry-specific solutions tailored to specific Western clients.

Recently, I gave a talk on frugal innovation at the French postal service La Poste’s HQ in Paris.

I learned its subsidiary Geopost (aka DPDgroup) invested in and owns 42% of Indian courier service DTDC.

Hence, Geopost plays the role of Financier in IFIN to fund and scale up valuable Indian services (I love DTDC for its reliability).

I wasn’t aware of DTDC-La Poste connection till Sébastien Lacombe, Geopost’s director of innovation told me.

I call it the FRANCE INSIDE phenomenon:

French tech, know-how, and capital already power well-known Indian products and services but many Indians (and French) are not aware of it !

In coming months, I will post other examples of FRANCE INSIDE that illustrate the power of Indo-French Innovation Networks (IFIN).

I recently visited a Hindu temple in Bangalore dedicated to Sri Ganapati and Sri Dakshinamurthy

Ganapati (Ganesha) is the Hindu God who removes obstacles

Dakshinamurthy (which means “One who faces the South”) is a form of Shiva as a benevolent teacher who imparts wisdom and enlightenment to seekers.

In Jyotish (Hindu astrology), Dakshinamurthy is related to Guru (Jupiter), the largest planet in our solar system that symbolizes expansion and growth ⨁

As Ganesha and Dakshinamurthy are my two favorite Hindu Gods, I went to this temple to worship them.

To my great surprise, I found next to the idols of Ganesha and Dakshinamurthy a statue of Shani (Saturn)

In Jyotish, Shani is viewed as a malefic planet associated with hardship and restrictions ⊖

Sade Sati is a 7.5-year period in Vedic astrology when Saturn transits over your zodiac sign. I went through it between 2014 and 2021

Most Hindus dread Sade Sati, expected to bring AUSTERITY and HARDSHIP in your life

But here is the secret: during Sade Sati, Shani restricts your material growth (personal finances) to shift your focus to your INNER-growth

Read this great article on it.

During 2014–2021, I faced severe financial hardship, but it was a great 7.5 year period of intellectual and spiritual growth.

When I saw Ganesha flanked by Guru and Shani (see photo above), I realized the deep meaning of the Infinity symbol (∞) I used in the cover of my new book The Frugal Economy.

In this Infinity ∞ symbol, the ⨁ is Guru and ⊖ is Shani

Guru ⨁ boldly encourages us: Do (and Be) MORE

Shani ⊖ reminds us prudently: LESS is Better

Shani is the planet of boundaries.

As climate change worsens, we need to respect the “planetary boundaries” and produce and consume LESS.

But we humans are not born to do LESS. We are wired to do MORE. We are driven by an innate evolutionary need to surpass ourselves and *break* all boundaries.

Humanity today must reconcile our innate yearning to do (be) MORE and the ecological imperative to do LESS

Kubera Ganesha symbolizes the wisdom we must cultivate to manage this paradox of “Doing MORE with LESS”

Kubera Ganesha teaches us what is real wealth.

Read the myth on how Kubera Ganesha teaches us humility.

Kubera Ganesha teaches us how to *experience* infinity (∞) while living on a finite planet, by making us aware of 2 things:

1) “Infinite economic growth on a finite planet” is no longer sustainable

2) “Infinite human growth on a finite planet” is possible and worth pursuing as a noble goal

In my book, I use 100 examples to show how businesses & countries can simultaneously:

DO LESS ⊖ by respecting planetary boundaries and play safely within those limits

BE MORE ⨁ by crossing physical, mental, scientific limits and pushing out the boundaries of what humans can achieve, not selfishly but to serve others

Let us become Kubera Ganesha and wisely harness the power of both Guru and Shani to DO (BE) BETTER ⨁ with LESS ⊖

As Lord of Paradox, Ganesha invites us to RESPECT and BREAK ALL LIMITS

In Jyotish (Hindu Vedic astrology), Rahu and Ketu are Chhaya Grahas aka shadow planets lacking physical form but hold tremendous power (influence)

Rahu is ambitious and creative and seeks to transform the external world. He is the daring explorer who can mobilize crowds and lead societal major change.

Ketu is inward-looking, spiritually-oriented, and is dedicated to personal development and inner-mastery.

Rahu is depicted as the head of a celestial snake without a body — implying he lives in his head: he is super-creative, likes visibility, and is a born leader.

Ketu is symbolized by the tail of the snake devoid of a head — implying he is Ego-less but also a chameleon: he can put on any “face” like a versatile actor to adapt to shifting circumstances.

Today (May 18), both Rahu and Ketu are in transit.

Rahu enters Aquarius, an Air sign known for 1) its revolutionary spirit, 2) speed of action

Ketu enters Leo, a Fire sign famous for transformative leadership and audacity

Both Rahu and Ketu will stay respectively in Aquarius and Leo during the next 18 months — which takes us till end of 2026 !

This The Times Of India article is the BEST I found that explains how today’s Rahu-Ketu transit will usher in major socio-economic, cultural, technological, and political changes worldwide over the next 16 months.

I like this article because it shows how the upcoming major shift in collective consciousness will *MANIFEST* in various spheres (politics, society, business).

Here are 3 predictions that caught my attention:

1) Aquarius is the sign of Internet and technology.

Hence, 2026 will see massive advances in AI and biotechnology, but these tech advances will be a COLLECTIVE sport among companies and nations — and not an “arms race” among countries as we saw in 2025 with the advent of DeepSeek, a tool used by China to boast its “tech supremacy” over America.

In 2026, France and India could announce a major partnership around “AI For Good” as part of the India-France Year of Innovation that will be celebrated throughout 2026 to showcase Indian innovations and Indo-French science & tech cooperation (the operative word here is cooperation).

2) We will see a shift from TOP-DOWN political governance to decentralized socio-political structures, which will empower grassroots movements, but also emphasize collective action over individual efforts.

HYPER-GLOBAL will be replaced by HYPER-LOCAL, which will become the new buzzword.

Read my article on how hyper-global supply chains are replaced by “hyper-local value networks”.

3) Ego-driven individual leadership will be challenged by spiritually-driven humble leaders willing to share power and authority. Glamour is out, Authenticity is in !

Globally, we will shift from Smart Leadership to Wise Leadership.

OM RAM RAHAVE NAMAHA !
OM KEM KETAVE NAMAHA !

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