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.