NAVYRA Podcast – Beyond Consulting

NAVYRA is a podcast about the space between success and fulfillment.
Real conversations on identity shifts, quiet doubts, and brave pivots — for people navigating their next era.

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Guest Archive

A curated archive of voices who’ve joined the NAVYRA conversation.
Founders, leaders, and thinkers sharing lived experiences of change, identity, and what comes after success.


Rianne Hottinga — When Success Stops Working

Former corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur, Rianne shares what happens when the life that looks right on paper no longer fits. A conversation about courage, failure, and choosing alignment over approval.

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Ewa Koppik — The Red Flags We Learn to Ignore

Coach and creative voice on burnout, ambition, and the warning signs high performers often overlook — until the body forces a pause.

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Gerben Abbink – When Success Collapses

A conversation about ambition, identity, and what’s left when success, certainty, and control disappear.

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The Hosts

Tove Ingulfsvann and Stephanie host NAVYRA.

As founders, leaders, and mentors, we’re less interested in how growth is supposed to look —
and more curious about how it’s lived, questioned, and carried over time.

We’ve built companies, led teams, and sat with uncertainty long enough to recognize it.

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#23 Play the System, Change It or Leave? How to Navigate Your Organization Strategically NAVYRA – Beyond Consulting

Once you understand the system you’re operating in, the real question becomes:Do you play it?Do you try to change it?Or do you leave?In this episode, we move from awareness to action.Building on the idea that organizations operate like systems — as machines, cultures, or psychic prisons — we explore what strategic navigation actually looks like.We talk about:• Why “playing the system” isn’t unethical — it’s strategic• How different systems reward different behaviors• What it really takes to change a company from within• Why most change attempts fail (and how to avoid burning out)• When leaving is not weakness — but clarity• And how to decide consciously instead of reacting emotionallyBecause the problem isn’t the system.The problem is staying unconscious inside it.If you’ve ever wondered whether you should adapt, influence or exit — this episode will give you a sharper lens.If this resonated, share it with someone who might be stuck inside a system that no longer fits.And for deeper reflections on career strategy, leadership and growth, subscribe to The New Era Edit — our short, no-fluff weekly newsletter for ambitious professionals.
  1. #23 Play the System, Change It or Leave? How to Navigate Your Organization Strategically
  2. #22 Why Your Company Feels the Way It Does (it’s not random)
  3. #21 Who (and what) shapes your next level
  4. #20 The Hidden Cost of being good at your Job
  5. #19 The Career Challenges no one prepared you for

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