leadership The Fidelity Method™: A New Standard for Integrity-Driven Leadership The Fidelity Method™ is a high-integrity leadership doctrine founded by Alfie Ameer. Built on trust, clarity, and performance under pressure, it offers a scalable framework for leaders, institutions, and systems that must endure.
Sri Lanka They Leave the Field the Same Way They Fought A generation of Sri Lankan soldiers is retiring quietly — with the same dignity, discipline, and silence with which they once fought. This is their farewell.
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.
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,
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.
