BRIDGE 2026

Raido Kivikangur is a leadership coach and the author of the book “The Art of Setting Goals.” As a former Technical Director at Rail Baltic Estonia and AS Gaasivõrk, he has personally gone through the transitions he speaks about: from construction worker to specialist, from specialist to manager, from manager to top executive, and from employee to entrepreneur—moving from responsibility to greater responsibility. Today, he helps leaders make sense of changes that may look simple from the outside, but tell a very different story from within.

Some changes look logical and desirable from the outside—like moving from specialist to manager or from employee to entrepreneur. In reality, the challenge is not only new tasks, but the fact that people often try to succeed in a new role using old thinking. This talk is about the invisible transition where life has already moved forward, but the person has not yet fully adapted to the new role. Many capable people get stuck here: they try harder using strengths that no longer work the same way, as if operating with an outdated system. This “bridge” can be noticed, understood, and crossed more consciously.