the future of coaching will call us back to deep, soulful human connection — the only force that truly moves us as social beings. We’re drifting away, chasing things, titles, and status symbols, becoming emptier inside, and as we lose connection with ourselves, we also lose depth in how we treat others. In business, this shows up as serious talent, retention, and engagement challenges. Coaching must restore dignity, ethics, and authentic human warmth everywhere.

competencies, while helpful to start with, become less relevant as we gather experience. Relational skills and collective work begin to matter more. Being able to bring the proper focus, mindset, and attention to match the coachee’s needs at any given moment is essential. Learning is less effective in silos and more transformational in collaboration with peers.

coaches could start using VR for things like leadership simulations or team-building exercises? I read about a tech company in Singapore using VR to train employees. It feels like this could bring a new level of immersion to coaching, especially for skill development.

with people working later in life retirement coaching could be huge. Coaches could help clients design new paths like starting a business or volunteering. Tools like VR might even let them test these lives first.

the picture on this page tells the story. No human to human connection there. I am noticing it is probably too late, technology will prevail. The question is how do we adapt as we become more and more machine like. Technology will use us not vice versa.