India, June 10 -- In a world increasingly obsessed with linear resumes and structured borders, Arto Sivonen moves like a self-directed piece of kinetic art. The impact strategist and co-founder of Common Ground never went to high school, let alone college. Yet today, he advises global systems on sustainable transformation and lectures at prestigious academic institutions, including Finland's Aalto University. Also read | Ukrainian woman shares difference between gym culture in India and Europe

His latest adventure? Swapping Helsinki - consistently crowned the world's quietest, most structurally predictable, and happiest capital - for the hyper-caffeinated, tech-fueled sensory kaleidoscope of Bengaluru.

For Arto, who has lived in countri...