#12 How to Lead When the Ground Shifts: Bijan Khajehpour on Resilience, Reinvention, and Staying True to Yourself
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#12 How to Lead When the Ground Shifts: Bijan Khajehpour on Resilience, Reinvention, and Staying True to Yourself
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Bijan Khajehpour is a social entrepreneur, economist, Managing Partner at EUNEPA and WAIP, and Co-President of the International Dialogue Initiative (IDI). With over three decades of leadership experience, Bijan has built a career at the intersection of entrepreneurship, cross-cultural understanding, and socially responsible business.
From co-founding one of Iran's leading consulting firms to navigating unexpected turns as a political prisoner and migrant, Bijan’s journey reflects resilience, integrity, and the courage to adapt when life takes an unplanned path.
He reflects on navigating the complexities of building businesses in challenging environments, including his time as a trusted advisor to multinational companies in Iran, to co-founding leading businesses and the life-altering experience of political imprisonment. Bijan dives into the personal cost of leadership, how he rebuilt life as a migrant in Europe, and why integrity remains his guiding principle. He also explores partnership and business with his wife (the host Pari Namazie), the concept of energy balance—how leaders can sustain themselves while supporting others—and offers powerful advice for entrepreneurs facing uncertainty.