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In today's show, I'm receiving Alessa Berg the Founder of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of impact investors, LPs, entrepreneurs, professionals and public figures in more than 45 countries. TTI runs weekly impact investment events across its 40+ city chapters and during gatherings such as the World Economic Forum and COP.
We discuss:
-The steps to successfully build a global network of impact and the actual results 4 years into this amazing experiment
-The crucial role that communities have to play to give us a chance to solve humanity's biggest challenges
-The importance of spiritual awakening and why we need to take a profound step back from our societal dogmas in order to draw a more sustainable path for Humanity
-Why Climate Change is only the tip of the iceberg and a symptom of a more fundamental problem --- our relationship with nature and with ourselves
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ABOUT THE GUEST:
In today's show, I'm receiving Alessa Berg the Founder of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of impact investors, LPs, entrepreneurs, professionals, and public figures in more than 45 countries. TTI runs weekly impact investment events across its 40+ city chapters and during gatherings such as the World Economic Forum and COP.
Early in her career, Alessa worked in M&A at Goldman Sachs, private equity at Blackstone, and venture capital at Mosaic Ventures.
Since then, she's decided to dedicate her full career to community building and impact.
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SHOW NOTES:
1:22 – start
1:29 – From institutional life to impact the community
3:25 – how big Top Tier Impact is and what are some tangible results in the past 4 years?
6:08 – How important is the role of the community and why?
8:55 – why is educating people so important?
12:51 – how do we convince more people to start operating differently? Is it one person at a time or is it a spiritual awakening?
19:06 – Why is climate change merely a symptom of a larger issue and not the underlying cause? What are the steps to convince people to think in new ways?
27:20 – What if the Western communities were to backpedal to tribes and communities instead of dominant societies. Is it going to naturally happen?
32:27 – Do we need government states to move away from economic growth dogma for community tribes to emerge?
35:04 – The importance of taking time when it comes to eco change.
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ABOUT THE HOST:
Yoann Berno https://www.linkedin.com/in/yberno/ After a career spent building and investing in top tech startups, Yoann is now a founding member and General Partner at Climentum Capital focused on investing in game-changing technological solutions to our worsening climate crisis.
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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness by Harward
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness/comments
Simon Sinek's Start with Why
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action/comments
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership https://conscious.is/15-commitments
Founder of Top Tier Impact
Alessa Berg is the Founder of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of impact investors, LPs, entrepreneurs, professionals, and public figures in more than 45 countries. TTI runs weekly impact investment events across its 40+ city chapters and during gatherings such as the World Economic Forum and COP.
Early in her career, Alessa worked in M&A at Goldman Sachs, private equity at Blackstone, and venture capital at Mosaic Ventures.
Since then, she's decided to dedicate her full career to community building and impact.
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