Season 8 Episode 3
How can everyone be a leader and collaborate efficiently?
May 12, 2026
In this episode of Break Away, Bryan Tower sits down with Eda Bozkurt and Zena Aljilehawi from the Ginsberg Center to discuss the idea of collaboration between multiple leaders. Listen as they discuss modern leadership ideas and how it may be more nuanced and hopeful than you may believe.
Competencies
Episode Resources
Reflection Questions:
- How can you be a leader in every room you step into?
- What is the most effective way to lead and collaborate simultaneously?
Bryan Tower
Producer/Editor of the Break Away Podcast, Bryan Tower is a student of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan. He’s excited to be a part of this incredible podcast and to learn more about leadership with every episode he does. He has a lot to learn and loves to have his incorrect conceptions corrected and recorded in real time.
Eda Bozkurt
Eda Bozkurt is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture. Her research explores urban transformation, displacement, and memory through community-engaged methods. She serves as the Chair of the Student Advisory Board and as an Engaged Learning Graduate Consultant at the Ginsberg Center, where she supports partnerships between students, faculty, and communities across campus.
Zena Aljilehawi
Zena Aljilehawi is a senior at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, majoring in Biology, Health and Society. She transferred to U-M from community college to further her studies. Her interests center on the connections between healthcare, social justice, and voting rights.