Lunch & Learn with Claudia Piacenza

​ How Systemic Leadership Can Drive Lasting Change

​Today’s most pressing challenges, from food security to inequality and climate resilience, are not just technical problems. They are systemic, deeply human, and interconnected. Addressing them requires a different kind of leadership: one that understands complexity, works through relationships, and creates conditions for long-term change.

​Join Claudia Piacenza, Food Systems Lead at Wasafiri, for an engaging Lunch & Learn on Systemic Leadership: What It Is and Why It Matters. Drawing from her work across food systems in Africa, Claudia will explore how people-centred leadership can unlock collaboration, shift entrenched systems, and support change that lasts beyond individual projects or organisations.

​From her early experiences volunteering in community kitchens in southern Italy to supporting leaders navigating complex food systems today, Claudia’s journey reflects a lifelong commitment to human-driven change. Her work shows that when leaders understand systems — and their role within them, transformation becomes possible.

​Expect thoughtful insights, practical examples, and reflections on how systemic leadership can help individuals and organisations navigate complexity with clarity and purpose.

​Join us for an interactive Lunch & Learn with Claudia Piacenza at Ikigai Westlands Peponi – Roasted Truth Café on Thursday, 22nd January 2026, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, and explore how leadership rooted in systems thinking can shape more resilient, inclusive futures.