Ep 15. Systemic Regeneration and Feminine Leadership with Jehane Akiki (Co-Founder Farms not Arms, Lebanon)
My guest on this episode is Jehane Akiki, a Lebanese social entrepreneur and systems designer. She’s the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Farms not Arms, a collective bringing Lebanese people and refugees together to build food security and social cohesion.
Jehane is also the Co-Founder of ioi Strategic Design and Learning Blocks. All of these efforts have seen her acknowledged as one of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers.
Jehane and I talk about the philosophy and vision behind Farms Not Arms and her personal leadership journey to work at the interface of food systems, social justice and sustainable development.
The topics we cover are:
· The catalyst for Jehane’s work in food and agriculture
· What her work has taught her about about social integration and the refugee crisis
· How she worked with a collective from around the world to create Farms Not Arms using a collaborative systemic design process
· The idea, philosophy, and principles behind Farms Not Arms
· How this internationally co-designed project was able to be locally embedded
· The biggest challenges they faced when implementing the project
· Gender issues that emerged during her work
· Personal challenges Jehane has overcome on her leadership journey
· How to manage the self-doubt that can arise when we tackle complex challenges
· Moments that have personally touched her while working with Farms not Arms
· How Jehane creates space for feminine leadership values
· What living a great and full life mean for her
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Find more information about Farms Not Arms on https://www.designfarmsnotarms.org/
You can follow them on Instagram and Facebook @farmsnotarms
Find out more about Jehane at https://www.jehaneakiki.com/
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