From Blame to Gold: The Kintsugi Approach to Resilient Leadership.
How leaders and teams stop hiding what breaks and start building value from it.
Invite Samia to speak
Dr. Samia Jamai brings Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing with gold, to leadership: a distinctive, research grounded perspective on resilience, teams and change.
Invite SamiaWhat Samia speaks about
What the Cracks Teach Us: Leading Teams Through Pressure and Change.
Turning setbacks into trust, openness and adaptive teams.
Women in Gold: Turning Lived Experience into Leadership Presence.
Helping women leaders transform what they have carried into clarity and voice.
Repair, Not Perfection: A Cross Cultural Lens on Leadership.
Lessons from a career spanning Morocco, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
On stage and in the room
About Samia
Dr. Samia Jamai is the founder of SAWA Leadership and the creator of the Kintsugi Leadership framework. She holds a PhD in the Science of Education and spent seven years at Oracle before moving into leadership development and facilitation. She has worked across Japan, the UAE and the wider MENA region, with a focus on resilience, women's leadership and cross cultural dialogue. She is also the host of the SawaTalks podcast.
Meet Samia →Formats and audiences
Available for keynotes, panels, corporate and women's leadership events, and as a guest lecturer for universities and executive education programmes. In person and online, in English, French or Arabic.
Looking for a speaker who brings research, lived experience and a distinctive Kintsugi lens to your stage? Dr. Samia speaks to leaders across the UAE and the wider region.