How One Sustainability Leader Is Replacing Plastic Forever
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What is the main focus of Lila Karlsen's sustainability efforts?
I am very active in the sustainability space. We want to do good for people and good for the planet. We attended a sustainability awards ceremony and we were a nobody. We were up against DuPont and Hankel and all these big companies. Our company was out of a thousand entries, made the top five finalists.
Lila Carlson is a sustainability strategist, entrepreneur, and the global director of sales and marketing at NantBio Renewables. She helps organizations accelerate growth by advancing sustainable packaging solutions and circular economy strategies that drive business performance and environmental impact.
You can do anything you set your mind to. It's not just America, but the whole world is opportunity. I can teach anyone how to sell. I can teach anyone technical things. I cannot teach them grit. Discipline and preparation need opportunity every day. You know, it's all about execution. I think you have to always look for the positive in people.
How did Lila's childhood influence her career in sustainability?
I think so many people are negative nowadays that there's always... It spans the globe like a super high school internet. Elvis! Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. For Insight Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today moments before we film our episode for Women in Power is Lila Carlson, another great visionary, another great entrepreneur, and she's joining us today. Welcome to Miami. Thank you. Happy Wednesday. Thank you. What brings you to good old South Beach?
To come work with you. Oh, right on. Get some tape for our future marketing efforts.
What mindset is essential for successful leadership in sustainability?
Right on, dude. I love it. I love the spirit. We're about to film your episode for Women in Power, and I feel like we live in an age where it takes a good storyteller to run an amazing company. I feel like you have an amazing story inside you, and I can't wait to learn more. Let's just take this moment to give us the preview of what we'll learn in your episode today.
Sure.
How does AI enhance creativity in sustainable business practices?
So I am very active in the sustainability space. We want to do good for people and good for the planet.
Wow. Simple. How does one get that message so refined and so confidently polished? How many years of practice and layers upon layers of resilience does it take to just go, this is what I want. Here's what requires it. Boom. There you go.
I think I've always been that way.
Really?
I learned it from my mom.
What role does execution play in achieving sustainability goals?
Nice. Let's talk about mom. Do you mind? Sure. We usually have a story script. We kind of have some insight on your background, but we're doing things a little differently here. We're authentically just learning as we go. If your mom was watching, what do you think she'd say watching you sit here, speak about what you do?
I think she would say she's proud of the course that I've charted.
What is that course that you charted? Was it through power, pain, suffering, or happiness?
Pure happiness. Really? Wow. I was very fortunate. I had a very happy childhood, very accomplished family. So we learned work ethic and happiness.
It's funny, like once you immerse yourself into a successful culture, successful tribe, especially when you start a family within that tribe, it always takes a village. Great, amazing things happen to your legacy. I feel like based on your energy, you wear that legacy very proudly. What does it truly take to be a woman in power and also crafting a legacy?
I think you have to always look for the positive in people. I think so many people are negative nowadays that there's always a positive angle. You just have to find it.
I just got a sneak peek that you've been traveling a lot. Are you looking for this positive energy everywhere you go?
It finds you. You attract it like a magnet.
How does it work? Like, you know, walk me through your Tesla coil. Like, how are you magnetizing this positivity and how do you know that you're being called in the right direction?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main focus of Lila Karlsen's sustainability efforts?
0:00–0:47
2
How did Lila's childhood influence her career in sustainability?
0:47–1:55
3
What mindset is essential for successful leadership in sustainability?
1:55–2:15
4
How does AI enhance creativity in sustainable business practices?
2:15–2:42
5
What role does execution play in achieving sustainability goals?
2:42–9:36
6
What challenges do women face in leadership roles within sustainability?
9:36–9:49
7
How does Lila cultivate a positive team environment?
9:49–15:46