Baktash Ahadi: Cultural Identity and the Immigrant Experience

<div>The tragic events of 9/11 set Baktash on a path of examining why people do what they do. Upon graduation from college, he decided to serve in the Peace Corps as an educator in a rural village in Mozambique. His father learned English from a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kandahar in the 1960s and that experience was the inspiration for his family to come to the United States. <div> </div> <div>After completing his service in the Peace Corps, Baktash went back to Afghanistan, the country of his birth, to serve as a combat interpreter and cultural advisor for three years supporting military and reconstruction efforts throughout the country. This life-changing experience put his Afghan-American identity on the front line on the War on Terror in Afghanistan.</div> <div> </div> After his service in Afghanistan, Baktash produced and translated a number of award-winning documentary films about free speech, photojournalism, the refugee crisis, and violence against women. He writes, speaks, and teaches regularly about individual, organizational, and societal change.</div> <div>Baktash Ahadi is an agile leader with 15 years of helping companies and organizations solve their most complex human centric problems. <div> </div> <div>He specializes in culture change, digital transformation, and helping leaders make a positive impact on their organization and on society.</div> <div> </div> The recipient of numerous awards and compelling speaker, Baktash is a certified Executive Leadership Coach and is the host of the chart topping <a title= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-transformation/id1493065590" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-transformation/id1493065590" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-transformation/id1493065590&source=gmail&ust=1619191439115000&usg=AFQjCNGFLJspz6em3TBX7yb6dVv5lO3wzg"> Stories of Transformation</a> podcast.</div>