Life happens in VUCA.
Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity are not glitches. They are the default field. I cultivate an inner stance that moves with it without collapsing.
Philosopher of Process · Creative Technologist · Storyteller
Rahim
Rasul.
I study how people and ideas stay whole in volatile worlds, then build systems, stories, and spaces that let that wholeness show up in real life.
01. Self-Portrait
How I carry myself in the world.
I move through the world as a listener first. My work begins in observation, in watching how people respond to pressure, to beauty, to uncertainty.
I am drawn to systems, but I am not interested in turning people into components. I care about the inner weather behind what we build, the emotional tone inside the work, and the quiet decisions that never show up in a deck but shape an entire trajectory.
Present
But not performative
Serious
About craft, soft about ego
Curious
Enough to change my mind
02. Worldview
Process is spiritual.
How we do things shapes who we become. I care about repeatable processes because they are a daily way of remembering what matters.
Resilience is quiet.
It rarely looks like a movie scene. It looks like small, consistent choices to stay aligned with who you are, even when it is not rewarded immediately.
Indwelling intelligence.
There is a deeper intelligence underneath conscious thought moving toward integration. My work is to clear the road so it can move without interference.
Stories are vehicles.
The stories we tell about ourselves do not just describe reality, they shape it. I aim to give people better vehicles to travel in.
Tech is an instrument.
AI, software, and systems are powerful, but they are instruments. I use them to extend perception and craft, not to outsource meaning.
Principles I try to live by.
Less about tactics, more about how I try to work day to day.
01
Clarity before performance
If I cannot say it clearly, I will not pretend to package it beautifully. I would rather move slowly and honestly.
02
Integrity of inner and outer
The work should feel like the person. My inner questions, outer projects, and collaborations are expressions of the same inquiry.
03
Gentle on people, rigorous on work
High standards for craft and thinking, but no appetite for tearing people down to get there.
04
Stay in conversation with uncertainty
Instead of forcing quick answers, I let questions breathe. Breakthroughs come from staying with the question.
03. Living Projects
My philosophy does not live in a notebook. These are the rooms in the house.
Studio
B&Y Consultancy
Where philosophy meets practice. Translating ideas about process, resilience, and systems into real engagements and structures for others.
Podcast
Halftime Talks
The locker room for life's pivots. Strategic conversations about adjustments when the game is on the line.
Archive
Profiles of Resilience
Long-form meditation on dignity and agency inside distorted conditions.
Broadcast
Radio Rahim
Sonic notes, hip-hop, and audio essays about culture and staying power.
Lab
AI Studio
Experiments with generative models and visual reasoning.
Writing
Read on Substack
I Love Process
Rhythm & Experiments
I organize life in experiments.
Six Week Cycles
Quarterly Immersions
Daily Anchors
04. Invitations
Ways to be in conversation.
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Conversation
A focused, off-the-record conversation about process, resilience, or how you are navigating your own VUCA environment.
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Collaboration
Select projects where philosophy, story, and systems need to come together.
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Advisory Presence
A quieter role, helping founders or teams think about how to build without fracturing themselves.
Direct Line
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When you write, one helpful line to include is:
"What process are you in the middle of, and what feels at stake for you right now?"
No funnels. No pressure. Just resonance.