The Numina Blog
Parts of One Whole
Unlocking your full potential is about coming to know the many facets of yourself. Most of us treat parts of ourselves as if they were “not me.” For example, in a recent coaching session in which I was being coached, I encountered a part of myself that feels...
Seeing Depth
Our mission here at Self Emergence is to scale depth of character by transforming the coaching process and giving people at all levels of an organization access to coaching tools, practices, and supportive community. By depth of character we mean developing self...
Some of the Science Behind Emerge
One of the things we're excited to develop here at Self Emergence is a robust understanding of the science and professional research relevant to the Emerge app and our goal of scaling effective leadership development throughout all levels of an organization. We're...
Becoming Your Full Potential
The Emerge app is built up by many modules, or sessions as we call them (as in coaching 'sessions'), which focus on different facets of leadership and personal development. The first five modules are called Be Your Full Potential, Feeling Small, Being Hard on...
Emerge Featured on Ivy Magazine
Ivy, the "social university," just featured Emerge in their online magazine. I had a lot of fun talking to reporter Andrew Bezek, who was genuinely curious and appreciative about what we're up to. Here's a short quote from the article: "The whole point—like improv—is...
Amazing Initial Feedback on Emerge
Over the last couple of months we’ve run several user testing groups with the Emerge app. Two outside of work environments, and two inside of our first client, a small health platform company in San Francisco. The feedback we’re getting is fantastic. One participant...

David Lesser
Founder CEO
David is a social entrepreneur who believes the best way to change the world is to empower people to be more fully themselves. He has guided people and organizations through crucial transitions for over 35 years, acting as coach and confidant to CEOs and senior executives aspiring to the highest levels of personal growth.