Potluck Culture Solutions was born not in a boardroom, but in a quiet village in southern India, sitting beside my grandmother in the sweltering summer heat. A fiercely independent woman and a rare female landowner in her time, she was a farmer, mentor, and community pillar. Her fields yielded crops, yes—but more importantly, her life yielded wisdom. She believed that everyone, no matter their status or circumstance, had something to offer. On any given day, she might give a meal to a laborer who needed work, or listen intently to a merchant who simply needed to be heard. To her, people were never transactions. They were ingredients in the greater recipe of a meaningful life. One afternoon, as we sat looking over her fields, she turned to me and said, "If you want one year of prosperity, grow rice. If you want ten, grow orchards. But if you want a hundred years of prosperity, grow people." At the time, I didn't fully understand. But years later, at her funeral—when more than 2,000 people traveled from across the country just to honor her—I realized the depth of her impact. They weren't there for wealth or legacy. They came because she had poured into them, nourished them, and seen their worth. Her life was, in every way, a potluck—where everyone was welcome, everyone contributed, and everyone left fuller than they came. That ethos is the heart of Potluck Culture Solutions. We believe that workplaces thrive when people are given the space to show up, bring their best, and be seen for who they are. Leadership isn't about titles or tactics—it's about cultivating presence, empathy, and trust. Like the best potlucks, our work is built on the idea that when everyone brings something to the table, something extraordinary can happen.