Sparks of Hope - Liselotte Engstam

Originally published on Novisali, 2025

Gnistor av hopp / Sparks of Hope explores hope as a quiet human capacity that emerges within uncertainty, fracture, and change. Through hybrid art and reflection, the series invites attention to the light that moves through cracks rather than around them.

Key insights from the work include:

• Hope as practice, not optimism — Hope is presented as an active stance: staying present and creating meaning even without certainty.

• Light in imperfection — Inspired by kintsugi, the works honor breakage as a source of strength, beauty, and renewal.

• The power of the in-between — Thresholds and liminal spaces become fertile ground for transformation and becoming.

• Art as companion — The series offers not answers, but space for reflection, presence, and shared humanity.

The invitation:
Notice the cracks.
Trust the sparks.
Let hope move quietly forward.

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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