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Akaya Windwood, Rockwood Leadership Institute
In her work at Rockwood Leadership Institute, Akaya provides transformative leadership trainings for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations globally. She is a partner in the Opportunity Collaboration, an international conference that convenes leaders working to end poverty, directs the Mycelium Fund, which makes small grants to nonprofit organizations based on generosity and interconnectedness, and is faculty on the RSF Social Finance Integrated Capital Fellowship. Akaya has been a featured speaker at the Stanford Social Innovation Institute, the Aspen Institute, and the Association of Black Foundation Executives conferences. She received an Ella Award from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and is deeply committed to working for a fair and equitable global society while infusing a sense of purpose, delight and wonder into everything we do. Akaya lives in Oakland, California where she reads science fiction and relishes growing enormous squash in her garden.
In our increasingly divided country, good leadership requires us to build authentic relationships with those who are both like us and those who differ from us in fundamental ways. Our capacity to skillfully navigate difference while celebrating our common humanity is what is needed to create the world we’re all working toward.
Stories are what make us human – they contain our histories, our current realities and our dreams of what will come. Prepare to listen to the stories of your colleagues and partners and to tell a bit of your own. Let us create a narrative and a vibrant picture of the future and take strong next steps in making that a reality.
It is through good partnerships that we move our work forward. Good partnership often requires us to have conversations that may be uncomfortable or require some courage. Becoming skilled in courageous conversations is an important leadership responsibility, so come prepared to practice having a conversation that is important to your leadership and your work.