What if productivity wasn’t about doing more, but about creating the right conditions for focus, flow, and meaningful work? In this episode of What’s Possible, Ilene Schaffer sits down with Steven Puri, CEO of The Sukha flow state app, to explore a radically different way of thinking about productivity, leadership, and modern work.

Steven shares lessons from a career that spans engineering, Hollywood visual effects, studio leadership, and tech startups, and how failure, trust, and flow states shaped his perspective along the way. Together, Ilene and Steven unpack why the most important work doesn’t happen in the minutes between meetings, how leaders can create conditions for deep focus, and why understanding how people actually work is essential in a hybrid and remote world.

This conversation is both thoughtful and practical, offering a “toolkit for 2025” filled with ideas leaders can use right now to support healthy productivity, creativity, and fulfillment at work.

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From Burnout to Flow: Rethinking Productivity in a Hybrid World with Steven Puri