The legend of John Henry — the Black steel-driver who raced a steam-powered drill during the Industrial Revolution and won, only to die from the effort — has long been read as a tragedy of human pride versus machine efficiency. But Jayson Council and Dax-Devlon Ross, two strategists who have spent decades at the intersection of equity work, organizational transformation, and cross-sector leadership, want to reframe it entirely.
Afdhel Aziz is a best-selling author at Wiley and Co. He focuses on corporate sustainability, food production, and the intersection of business and culture, exploring themes such as entrepreneurship and environmental issues. Afdhel's insights have been featured in the Sunday Times Newspaper, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo News UK.














