Sri Lanka The Intelligence After-Action Gap: Why Sri Lanka Does Not Learn From Crises Sri Lanka does not lack intelligence capacity. It lacks a system of institutional learning. The intelligence after-action gap continues to repeat crises because lessons remain personal, not structural.
The Fidelity Method The Fidelity Method™ A working-dog doctrine based on trust, clarity, and calm authority. The Fidelity Method™ establishes reliability without fear, conflict, or coercion.
calm leadership The Architecture of Calm: Why Stillness Is the Highest Form of Leadership Stillness is not absence. It is control. Calm is the first condition of leadership.
Leadership Psychology Featured The Geometry of Obedience: Why True Authority Cannot Be Forced Obedience cannot be compelled. It is granted when trust is established, consistency is held, and purpose is shared.
Working Dog Doctrine The Fidelity Method: Rebuilding Sri Lanka’s Working Dog Culture from Foundation to Field Working dogs are not shaped by commands or force, but through clarity, composure, and relational architecture. This is the Fidelity Method.
Security Culture Beyond Blame: What Easter Sunday Reveals About Sri Lanka’s Security Culture — and What Must Change Now The Easter Sunday investigation reveals systemic weaknesses in intelligence coordination, institutional accountability, and cultural trust.
churchill The Cult of Churchill: Brilliance Without Benevolence Behind the cigar smoke and speeches lies a darker truth: Winston Churchill’s “greatness” was brilliance without benevolence — a triumph of rhetoric that excused empire, racism, and famine. This essay re-examines the man behind the myth — and what his cult reveals about us.
leadership The Six Traits of Leadership: What Abdul Kalam Still Teaches the West A tribute to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s six timeless traits of leadership — vision, exploration, accountability, courage, nobility, and integrity — and why the West must now learn from his moral geometry of leadership.
architecture of trust The Architecture of Trust, Part III — The Institutions of Command In The Architecture of Trust, Part III — The Institutions of Command, Alfie Ameer explores how trust scales from individual to institution — revealing how ethical architecture turns authority into continuity and command into culture.
architecture of trust The Architecture of Trust, Part II — The Engineering of Belief In The Architecture of Trust, Part II — The Engineering of Belief, Alfie Ameer explores how energy, tone, and coherence turn structure into conviction — revealing that belief is not persuaded but engineered.
architectureoftrust The Architecture of Trust, Part I — The Geometry of Obedience In The Architecture of Trust, Part I, Alfie Ameer dissects why control is fragile, fear is corrosive, and obedience is best designed — not demanded. Through the geometry of calm, consistency, and competence, he shows how structure creates freedom.
leadership The Geometry of Obedience: Why Structure Creates Freedom True freedom isn’t the absence of rules — it’s the presence of rhythm. The Geometry of Obedience explores how structure transforms control into trust and why every disciplined system — from the saddle to the institution — finds its freedom through design.
sociology Entitlement by Design: Colonial Pipelines and the Psychology of Precedence in Sri Lanka Entitlement in Sri Lanka is a colonial inheritance — a system designed to reward proximity to power over merit. This essay explores how those hierarchies still shape behaviour and why true reform begins with psychological decolonisation.
fieldcraft leadership Fieldcraft Leadership: Lessons from War, Wind, and the Willing Animal Leadership that begins with awareness—not orders. How fieldcraft turns instinct into discipline and trust across war rooms, kennels, and the saddle.
behavioral science Featured From Saddle to Strategy: Leadership Lessons from the Riding Arena Why rhythm, balance, and connection — the core principles of horsemanship — hold the key to national renewal and institutional integrity. Executive Summary Across centuries, great horsemen have known a truth that many modern leaders forget: control is not command, and obedience is not trust. In both the saddle and the state,
evergreen code The Evergreen Code II: Why Every Generation Returns to Its Own Golden Age of Sound What nostalgia, memory, and identity reveal about why old songs never truly grow old. The Golden Loop Every generation believes the music of its youth was the best. Scroll through any comment thread beneath a classic track—“They don’t make songs like this anymore,” someone writes, and thousands agree.
hindi film music The Evergreen Code: Why Classic Hindi Film Music Still Outsings the Present What Naushad, Hasrat Jaipuri, Rafi, Lata, Kishore, and Mukesh Reveal About Culture, Memory, and Meaning. The Paradox Streaming platforms spend billions. Labels optimize for algorithms. Marketing is louder than ever. Yet when families gather—from Mumbai to Karachi to Kuala Lumpur to Toronto—the playlist tilts back to the “old”
ethical leadership 76 Years of Honor — An Army That Shapes a Nation Marking 76 years of the Sri Lanka Army — a tribute to discipline, character, and sacrifice. Beyond defense, the Army stands as a forge of citizens, leaders, and men and women of honor who carry integrity and courage into every field of national life.
morale Featured Discipline, Dignity & Due Process: When a War Hero Is Accused A call for ethical discipline, institutional accountability, and balanced justice — inspired by the wrongful arrest of a Sri Lankan war hero, and informed by lessons from Justice Ameer Ismail, SSP Tassie Seneviratne, Zerny Wijesuriya, and Gen. Cyril Ranatunga.
Ali Soufan Between Banners and Shadows: Lessons from The Black Banners for Sri Lanka’s Intelligence Future Originally published in The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Republished here with permission as part of the Insights by Cognisive Consultants initiative on leadership, intelligence, and behavioral science. By Alfie Ameer Executive Summary In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks and amid continuing regional volatility, Sri Lanka stands at a
News The Science of Calm Authority: Lessons on Leadership from the Field In every arena of leadership, the quietest voice often commands the greatest respect. This is the science of calm authority—where strength is refined by control and trust replaces tension. Leadership, at its highest form, begins with calm.
