"What does it mean to lead in this climate?" A dialogue on leadership brought to you by Propeller Ventures + Heidrick & Struggles
🌊 It's rough out there! Founders, investors, and operators are being pounded by wave after wave of business challenges... But to quote Jon Kabat-Zinn, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." So join us for a conversation around what it means to be a business leader in these tumultuous times, and what lessons we can learn from a life spent riding the biggest waves in the ocean.
8:30AM - Welcome + Refreshments
8:45AM - Risk, Reward, Leadership, Activism and the Ocean - Greg Long, Pro big wave surfer and Patagonia Global Ambassador
9-9:30AM - Founder perspective
Jess Adkins - Cofounder/CEO, Calcarea
Kelly Zheng - Cofounder/CEO, Hum.ai
Stuart Landesberg - Founder/Chairman, Grove Collaborative
Moderated by Reece Pacheco, Propeller
9:30-10AM - Investor perspective
Saloni Multani, Co-head Venture & Growth, Galvanize Climate
Colin le Duc - Founding Partner, Generation Investment Management
Morgan Hitzig, VP, Venrock
Steven Mandel, Partner, TPG Rise Climate
Moderated by Scott Atkinson, Heidrick & Struggles
10-10:30AM - Thanks and networking.
About your co-hosts
Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions. https://www.heidrick.com/
Propeller Ventures is an early stage climate-tech fund investing in founders building at the ocean-climate nexus. https://propellervc.com/