PEACE & PLANETARY
SYSTEMS ALCHEMIST
Leena Al Olaimy is a systems alchemist and serial social entrepreneur as Founder and CEO of Symbaiosys, an imaginarium advancing reciprocal planetary economies and governance systems through science, technology, and art. Leena is also cofounder of three other impact ventures: 3BL Associates, a sustainable development strategy consultancy; Public-Planet Partnerships, a framework for human-nature collaboration; Diversity On Board, which promotes human and more than human representation in the boardroom, and she is the award-winning author of Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism.
Leena is a Fulbright scholar, Dalai Lama Fellow, Wall Street Journal “Woman of Note”, Expo 2020 Global Impact Innovator, and Salzburg Global Fellow. She is listed among Bahrain’s most influential women, and was recognized by ChangeNow as one of 25 women changing our future.
Bring the Voice of Nature to Your Stage
A transformative voice from the “Global South”, Leena has delivered over 300 talks globally addressing audiences like the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations. Her keynotes and panels weave ecological intelligence and systems thinking across themes like nature-conscious finance and technology, planetary governance, interspecies diplomacy, nonviolent counterterrorism, and interfaith peacebuilding.
books
If we look to the data on how terrorist groups end, the Global Terrorism Index, an analysis of 586 terrorist groups that operated between 1970 and 2007, found that repressive counterterrorism measures enforced by military and security agents achieved the least success with “religious” terrorist organizations—contributing to the demise of only 12 percent.
In light of these findings, how can humanizing counterterrorism transform the conditions that lead to violent extremism and enable greater peacefulness?
Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism reveals how our deeply fractured political landscape and polarized discourse mirror the very dynamics that fuel violent extremism. Chapter 7 (free download in Gifts) demonstrates how selective compassion and dehumanization of "the other" becomes the very oxygen feeding cycles of violence across ideological divides.
work with me
The people I have the honor of working with tend to be systems thinkers—technically brilliant, intellectually curious, and spiritually awake.
BOARDS
I serve on the board of the Earth Law Center, and have held board roles at B Corps, Silicon Valley tech companies, government, nonprofits, and global policy institutes—bringing multi-sector experience in governance, oversight, and strategy. I also work directly with boards to integrate nature-conscious governance, risk frameworks, and ecological economics—helping them authentically represent the voice of nature as a director and shareholder.
Give nature a voice on your board.
CONSULTATIONS
Each year, I offer a select number of consultations to companies, family offices, foundations, and individuals ready to radically align their wealth and influence with regenerative, justice-informed strategies that compound like biological growth. If the idea of building an interspecies legacy ignites something in you, let’s explore what’s possible.
Give nature a strategic role in your organization.
SPEAKING
It’s a privilege to speak on stages around the world, helping audiences reframe nature—not just as a victim of the polycrisis, but as a powerful solution to it. My keynotes, panels and workshops awaken new ways of thinking across biodiversity, climate, finance, economics, and geopolitics. If bringing the voice of nature to your stage resonates, I’d be honored to contribute.
Give nature a voice at your next event.
