Wendy Shaia
Leading in human systems changes you.
Most leadership development asks what leaders should know. My work explores who leaders become, and how that transformation changes the systems they lead.
Scholar-practitioner. Fiction writer. Afrofuturist.
SHARP asks people to imagine that human systems can become something different. Afrofuturism asks people to imagine futures that dominant narratives have struggled to envision. Same mind, two expressions.
Writing
From the dystopian imagination of The Black Cell to the structural analysis of the SHARP Framework, her writing moves between worlds that seem separate but share a single question: what would it take for systems to truly serve people?
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Her talks have helped thousands of practitioners and leaders rethink how systems shape outcomes for the communities they serve. She speaks to those who are ready to look more honestly at the structures around them.
Speaking and keynotes"History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life. The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guidepost of that movement's destiny, that nation's destiny, that race's destiny."
Marcus Garvey
An Invitation
If your organization is looking for a speaker, thought partner, or workshop facilitator who helps people see the systems they stand in, Wendy welcomes the conversation.
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