Akoben

10/02/2026

Unhealed pain is rarely private. It echoes through families, teams, classrooms, and communities.



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/healing-responsibility-yourself-collective-malik-muhammad-g09qe

09/17/2026

The human part of the work is what takes the longest, costs the most, frustrates us the deepest... and ultimately determines whether any of the work actually lasts.

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/always-takes-longer-hofstadters-law-human-side-malik-muhammad-cbafe

08/12/2026

Every leader leaves a residue. Make yours worth carrying.



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-smoke-we-leave-behind-malik-muhammad-ozfse

07/21/2026

We have inherited a tradition of discipline rooted in isolation and distance. What would a tradition rooted in belonging and accountability look like?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-much-enough-reexamining-severity-escalation-school-malik-muhammad-nnaic

05/26/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-minute-gap-what-uluru-george-gan-teaching-me-timing-muhammad-abpvf

We stood facing Uluru in the quiet of early morning, surrounded by dozens of others who had gathered for sunrise. There was a shared sense of anticipation in the air, but also a kind of stillness that made the moment feel heavier, more meaningful.

04/22/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/same-direction-different-steps-power-alignment-malik-muhammad-setae

“Malik, the problem is that we are just not on the same page.” “Yep, yep, that all sounds great and I believe in this, but everybody is not onboard.

04/07/2026

Every system rests on a pattern of conversation, whether we acknowledge it or not.

I am by no means a tech head, but I learned about an idea from software design that keeps resurfacing for me: Conway’s Law. In 1968, Melvin Conway made an observation: organizations design systems that mirror their internal communication structures.