Parul Punjabi Jagdish

In this episode, Alistair sits down with Parul Punjabi Jagdish — co-steward of AIME and co-founder of the Oslo Project — to explore what it means to build organizations, movements, and lives that are designed to serve, not survive.

Together, they unpack why writing a death date into an organization's constitution might be one of the most life-giving acts of leadership. From ancestral intelligence and Indigenous custodianship to institutional composting and inner transformation, this conversation challenges the modern obsession with perpetual growth in favour of purpose, stewardship, and regeneration.

If you're building organizations, communities, or movements for the long term, this episode asks a profound question:

👉 What if the greatest act of leadership is knowing when—and how—to let something die?

Guest Bio (Parul Punjabi Jagdish)

Parul Punjabi Jagdish is a Gondi-Khatri man, filmmaker, systems steward, and co-steward of AIME, an Indigenous-led movement spanning 52 countries that reimagines education through imagination, mentoring, and custodianship.

His name means both "beautiful flower" and "look within"—a philosophy that has shaped his life's work at the intersection of ancestral intelligence and systemic transformation.

Parul is the co-creator of IMAGINE, an animated feature film co-written with 150 young people from 17 countries alongside Tyson Yunkaporta, a Salzburg Global Fellow, and co-founder of the Oslo Project. In 2023, he led one of the most radical acts in organizational design by writing a death date of 2032 into AIME's constitution, embracing institutional composting as an act of stewardship.

His life vow:

"May we live fully, trust fearlessly, and serve all beings—human and more-than-human."

🌐 https://aimementoring.com 🎬 https://imaginefilm.org 🌐 https://osloproject.org/about 🔗 https://linkedin.com/in/parul-punjabi