Six ways to work with SAWA

Leadership and resilience programmes

Choose a half day for your team, a four session programme or a women’s leadership pathway. Each combines research, hands on Kintsugi and application at work, for organisations in Dubai, the UAE and MENA.

Half day · Shared language

Kintsugi Resilience Workshop

For generations who use the same words for pressure but mean different things. Your team defines resilience in its own words and agrees one shared way to name pressure early.

Who it is for: HR directors and Heads of L&D at UAE companies.

Format: one half day · up to twelve people · at your office in Dubai.

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Team experience

Team Experiences

A facilitated half day for leadership teams to examine how they work together, using hands on Kintsugi, structured dialogue and practical commitments.

Who it is for: executive and senior leadership teams in Dubai and across the UAE, including cross cultural leadership teams working internationally.

Grounded in research, practice and anchoring, with agreed commitments and a short follow up session to revisit their application at work.

Format: half day (3 to 3.5 hours), up to 12 participants per session. Larger teams in several sessions. At your offices or a venue of your choice. All materials provided. Language agreed with each client.

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Signature

The Kintsugi Resilience Masterclass

The signature organisational programme for leadership teams and cohorts, commissioned by HR and L&D. Four sequenced sessions connect reflection, hands on Kintsugi practice, a live organisational priority and continued application.

  1. Session I · AwarenessMap leadership patterns, pressures and the real team landscape.
  2. Session II · The GoldHands on Kintsugi practice: repair as a physical metaphor for leadership.
  3. Session III · ArchitectureApply the SAWA workflow to a live organisational priority.
  4. Session IV · AnchoringConnect the learning to continued practice and a 30 day plan.

Format: four sequenced sessions · in person or blended · typically 10 to 20 participants per cohort · English, Arabic or French · Dubai and across MENA. Investment discussed in the conversation. Indicative · confirmed for each engagement.

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Specialised

Women in Gold

A specialised leadership pathway for women navigating visibility, influence and advancement in complex organisational environments. Rigorous, not remedial. It draws on Samia’s doctoral research into what limits advancement beyond structure and policy.

Who it is for: women in or moving into senior leadership, in organisations that want the development to be substantive rather than symbolic.

Format: cohort programme · typically 8 to 16 participants · in person, Dubai and across MENA · English, Arabic or French. Investment discussed in the conversation. Indicative · confirmed for each engagement.

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Advisory

Private Advisory

For senior leaders navigating decisions where there is no obvious playbook.

A confidential thinking partnership for complex leadership, organisational and cross cultural challenges.

Format: one to one, shaped around the leader’s agenda · typically a series of sessions over several months · online or in Dubai. Indicative · confirmed for each engagement.

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On stage

Speaking Engagements

Keynotes and talks for conferences, leadership summits and corporate events · on leadership through change, resilience, cross cultural collaboration and what organisations can learn from the art of repair.

Who it is for: event organisers, HR and L&D teams, and institutions looking for a speaker who brings both academic depth and a story the room remembers.

Format: keynotes, panels and fireside conversations, in English, Arabic or French · in Dubai, across MENA and internationally.

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Not sure which is the right fit?

A short discovery session is usually enough to tell · and we will say so if SAWA is not the answer.

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Programme guide

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SawaTalks podcast

Conversations with leaders on repair, resilience and growth, hosted by Dr. Samia Jamai.

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