ABOUT THIS EPISODE
It's easy to mistake awareness for action and anxiety for accountability. Even when we take action, it's easy to spiral into "this alone will not solve the problem." This episode is for the fighters. The ones who feel the weight of what's happening in the world and refuse to look away, whether you're building a company, working in foodtech, healthtech, femmetech, media, or simply trying to live in a way that reflects what you believe to lead systemic change.
Lia Carlucci, a serial entrepreneur + founder of Food Campus Berlin, shares what systemic change looks like in foodtech / innovation. She grounds us in the science about what moves the needle on our food system. She'll spark a conversation at your dinner table about the habits around consumption we've normalized, and what they're costing us, not just environmentally, but energetically.
This episode will show you
>how to hold the urgency without drowning in it.
>climate anxiety → climate action
>anti-hustle but pro-impact, (how to actually be in your impact-era !)
>how to build community, over competition, and actually have values-led impact
>how to convert what feels like helplessness into what Lia calls constructive adrenaline–turning the problem you care most about into the thing you choose to build toward.
We face daunting challenges as a collective. But the path through them is not heroic isolation, it's intersection between the scientist, the corporate innovator, the entrepreneur, the policymaker and investors. That starts much closer to home than we think: Our mindset and ability to widen our circle of influence. We increase our circle of influence by collaborating with others. With those who will meet your urgency with their own, and help you make an impact in the way that is most authentic to you. <3
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to the Pod <3
01:36 Everyone loves food, it connects everyone
03:58 Abandoning Medical Studies: "I left my medical studies, even though everyone was a doctor in my family, to work in food"
07:16 Building and Selling Lia's Supplement Brand, Nori
08:39 Lia's sprint in Corporate Innovation at Jaegermeister
10:57 Systemic Change Happens at Intersections
15:12 Collaboration Toolbox
17:53 Policy x Food Innovation: Policy First, or Innovation First?
22:25 Consumerism + Overconsumption: Shall We Talk About Our Coping Mechanisms?
25:58 Reducing Food Waste Habits
27:17 Abundance Over Scarcity With Consumerism: Is that even possible ?
28:33 No New Clothes Challenge for 1 Year?
30:00 Secondhand First Mindset
30:44 Tools For Impact Leaders
33:47 Motherhood And Efficiency
35:10 Food Climate Connection
38:10 Promising European Food Innovations
42:22 Dinner Table Objections: Debunking Common Beliefs around Food
45:43 Europe’s Pivotal Role
47:41 Empowerment + Pace: Are we Moving Fast Enough?!
51:02 Redefining Success as An Impact Leader To Stay Motivated
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