Lisa Gralnek
ASSOCIATE
“To help people and organisations connect with the values core to who they are and what they believe”
Lisa is a unique combination of empathy, intuition and global perspective, married with extensive operating experience in corporate environments and a producer's ability to ‘get shit done’. She enjoys tackling big meaty challenges and doesn’t shy from complexity, instead focusing on asking the important questions and quickly integrating diverse perspectives and disparate information into actions that provide a realistic assessment of how things are and where they're [likely] heading. As a strategist, having both a 300' and 30,000' view is indispensable.
She believes that human beings need to stop 'Otherising' each other and recognise that we are all one, spinning on a tiny planet in a giant universe of universes. If we don't actively acknowledge this reality and choose to work together to make this world better in the short time we are here – it will cease to exist for us or our progeny. Further, she’s convinced that Purpose is how we formulate answers and focus positive action.
Lisa very much admires 1% For The Planet – an organisation co-founded by Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard, with the mission to "build, support and activate an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet".
Based in NYC, Lisa is a native English speaker with nearly fluent French (she was once fluent in Spanish too, but claims it needs some serious rust removal!). She has lived and worked in the USA, the UK, France, and Spain; and on projects and with clients in Italy, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, and Brazil.