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Welcome to the inside of the mind of Alfred Tora. These blog posts are opinions, thoughts, and expressions of an aspiring thinker of things. Enjoy the reads, leave your comments, and stay positive!

My PhD Fieldwork In Living Color

As I move into TikTok, I also want to share my PhD journey. I’ve recently come back from my first PhD fieldwork and so I thought I’d share a couple of clips.
Designing for Continuity—Why Pasifika Businesses need to Design Systems.

Healthy systems anticipate absence, promoting shared knowledge and clearly defined roles. Businesses should avoid reliance on individual presence for functionality. Continuity is achieved through trust, predictability, and supportive design. This approach fosters clarity, safety, and sustainability, allowing organizations and their leaders to thrive without dependence on any single person.
Leadership Is Stewardship, Not Control

As we move toward a new year (Wohoo 2026!), many leaders feel the quiet pressure to “get things right.” More planning.More oversight.More involvement. But leadership or veiliutaki was never meant to be about carrying everything. In the Pasifika worldview, leadership begins to look a lot more like stewardship and is about holding something in trust—for the…
Fostering Leadership: Bridging Urban and Vanua in Fiji

The Indigenous Knowledge conference revealed varying perspectives on Fiji’s future and highlighted the potential disconnect between urban Fijians and their traditional roots. Important questions arose regarding knowledge sharing, leadership, and the role of urban achievers in the vanua. Addressing these issues requires creating inclusive spaces for dialogue and collaboration to foster meaningful connections.
Insights from an Indigenous Knowledge Conference

The inaugural Indigenous Knowledge conference in Fiji, organized by FNU and partners, focused on the theme of Vuku ni Vanua, emphasizing the importance of indigenous wisdom. Attendees discussed the need for more dialogue about indigeneity and collaboration among social groups, highlighting the gap between research and application for community benefit. The conference aimed to foster…
Pasifika and Self-imposed Limitations.

Self-imposed limitations hold us back from reaching our full potential. As Pasifika, I believe this is something we need to become more aware of and work towards overcoming as a people.