Emerson Collective

“At Emerson Collective, we are honored to invest in entrepreneurs and innovators who are working to create a world of abundance for future generations. As we bring 2024 to a close, it’s my pleasure to highlight a few of these leaders, whose unwavering sense of purpose will inspire us in the new year and for many years to come." -LPJ Read a year-end letter from Emerson Collective Founder and President Laurene Powell Jobs: https://lnkd.in/eeHUqhJV

Efficiency and empathy don't need to be?opposing forces, but essential partners. ICYMI ????In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, Emerson Collective's Chief Technology Officer, Raffi Krikorian, explores how we can build systems that center on both better technology and humanity.? ? Read the story:?https://lnkd.in/eWDbMhfi

Many companies are scaling back community commitments—but evidence shows that strategically designed impact initiatives can fuel business growth. ? Emerson Collective's Susy Sch?neberg, in Harvard Business Review, writes that in today’s increasingly complex business landscape, integrated impact-driven strategies can unlock new markets, strengthen brand loyalty, and create competitive advantages that drive measurable business results. ? Susy breaks it down to four key principles to guide leaders designing impact growth engines: 1?? Listen before leaping 2?? Deploy your core strengths 3?? Make impact drive value 4?? Design for the long run ? Read more: https://lnkd.in/ebMf9sN3

???Meet the newest cohort of EC Fellows—each taking on a hyperlocal project to help their community come together and solve problems. Follow their stories, and read more about each project at?https://lnkd.in/eMGzmrHG. Rachel Reynolds | Todd Richardson | Natalia Crujeiras Trujillo | Terry Tempest Williams | AlexAnna Salmon | Molly Hemstreet | Djamil Djibril Bah traore, CHIA, MHM | Bri Stensrud | Nina Chase | Chris Merritt | Salamishah Tillet

"Governments must prepare for continued climate migration. When millions of people are forced to abandon their homes due to extreme weather, the consequences ripple within and beyond borders." Climate Migration Council member Leon E. Panetta's op-ed, out this week, argues that climate change is a grave security threat. The former U.S. Secretary of Defense and director of the CIA shares a multi-faceted approach that proposes a forward-looking?approach to stabilizing populations in light of the current climate crisis. Read the piece in Just Security: https://lnkd.in/e8FgVKtn

The Inc. Magazine #FemaleFounders500 list is out, and we have incredible leaders to celebrate! ?? The list recognizes exceptional business entrepreneurs. ? Rebecca Hu-Thrams, an Emerson Collective Dial Fellow, is the co-founder of Glacier, a company transforming recycling with AI-powered robots ?? that rescue 130M items from landfills each year.? ? EC Dial Fellow Shara Ticku co-founded C16 Biosciences. They created Palmless?, a palm oil alternative made from yeast rather than trees, addressing a major driver of tropical deforestation. ?? ? And Dawn Lippert is Emerson's own Senior Climate Advisor and CEO of Elemental Impact. Under Dawn's leadership, Elemental has pioneered an approach to bridge the climate technology Scale Gap, investing in 160+ climate companies with deep community impact.? ? Read more about these leaders: https://lnkd.in/gEb9rQb9

it’s time to build systems that are about better technology AND better humanity.

?? Breaking the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic is building the world’s fastest civilian airliner. EC partner Boom and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration partnered to capture this XB-1’s second supersonic flight in February using Schlieren photography, a technique to visualize the shock waves. "This image makes the invisible visible—the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier."?-Blake Scholl Read more: https://lnkd.in/ewNQFtyu ??: NASA/Boom Supersonic

"We're moving from this world of keyword based search to prompting." As the cofounder and CEO of Coactive AI, Dial Fellow Cody Coleman is taking on the unprecedented surge in visual information. Images and videos now represent 80% of internet traffic—but it’s challenging to work with such data. Coactive AI's technology uses AI to search and analyze visual content, allowing data, marketing, and product teams to find a powerful clip in seconds.?

Our country is in the midst of the Innovator’s Dilemma. This was the discussion in Washington D.C. last week. The U.S. built its fortune on fossil fuels, treating energy as a resource to dig up and sell. But soon, energy will be something we build, not extract - this will turn the $8T energy market upside down. But don’t just take my word for it. Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma explains how big incumbents, despite doing everything “right,” get blindsided by newcomers all the time: ?? Serving the Core: Incumbents pour resources into existing customers. ??♂? Early Disregard: A new entrant offers an “inferior,” niche solution that seems too small or expensive to matter—until it isn’t. ?? Rapid Improvement: That once-small solution steadily improves and attracts customers. ? Market Shift & Incumbent Scramble: The disruption is obvious too late, and old-guard organizations struggle to adapt due to entrenched infrastructure. Sound familiar? Energy dominance is shifting from what's under the ground to what you can build, and those stuck in the old model risk being left behind. Emerson Collective #Innovation #DeepTech #Energy