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Misha Saidov is a modern philosopher, mystic, entrepreneur, and author whose work sits at the intersection of personal transformation, meaning, and human potential. He is the founder of the Institute of Metacognitive Programming, a global training and practice ecosystem built to help people understand who they are beneath conditioning, trauma, and inherited patterns, and live from that place with far more clarity and intention.

Based in Toronto, Misha has built a body of work that has reached more than 150,000 people across 93 countries. His work has been shaped by a question that has followed him for years: what actually changes a person at the deepest level? That question became far more urgent after a moment that stayed with him deeply — hearing a young woman speak about surviving severe wartime trauma as a child. It sharpened his sense that understanding human behavior was not enough on its own. What mattered was whether that knowledge could help people truly heal.

That search became the foundation of his teaching, his writing, and the vision behind IMCP. Before founding the institute, Misha built a successful career in business leadership, strategy, sales, and marketing, including senior roles at Konica Minolta and Phenom People, and earned his MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.