Finding Our Place in the Wild
Originally published on Novisali Blog, August 9, 2025
In a world where screens often replace landscapes and digital noise drowns out the song of birds, our connection to nature risks becoming a faint memory. Yet the longing remains — a quiet pull toward belonging, beauty, and balance.
Reclaiming this connection isn’t about escape. It’s about seeing ourselves as part of a living web, where resilience and creativity are lessons offered daily by the natural world. From the ingenuity of a beetle navigating by starlight to the quiet persistence of roots breaking stone, nature reminds us that adaptation and care go hand in hand.
Key reflections from the full article include:
- Why shifting from “observer” to “participant” in nature changes how we live.
- How slowing down reveals nature’s problem-solving wisdom.
- The role of guardianship in what we choose to protect and pass on.
- Why belonging to nature deepens our sense of meaning and responsibility.
The invitation is clear: not to stand apart, but to step back in — to listen, to learn, and to protect the wild threads that hold us together.
Read the full article on Novisali: Finding Our Place in the Wild
About Liselotte Engstam, Digoshen & Novisali
Liselotte Engstam is an explorer of perspectives, an adventurer of ideas, a pathfinder of meaning, and a guide of timeless transitions. She bridges the worlds of board leadership and art, helping organizations and individuals navigate disruption while nurturing creativity and reflection.
As founder of Digoshen, she works with boards and leaders to expand future insights and reduce digital and sustainability blindspots. Through research, networks, and executive programs, Digoshen supports responsible value creation in the digital and sustainable age, contributing thought leadership via books, articles, events, Digoshen Exploring Leaders podcast, and blogs.
She also serves as Chair of the Boards Impact Forum in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance. The Forum convenes board members, thought leaders, and experts in dialogues, webinars, and collaborative events, accelerating action on climate, AI, and sustainability.
Through her artistic practice as Novisali, Liselotte explores creativity and meaning. Her watercolors, digitally reimagined, invite reflection and renewal, offering perspectives that connect head, heart, and hand, and complementing her work with leaders and boards.
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