Ep 176 Interview Sessions with Alina Grenier-Arellano

Friends, we have a new website! Please visit www.abty.co.uk to connect with us at a heart level and see whether our heartwork may serve you better. On episode 176 I am joined by Alina Grenier-Arellano, founder of Alegoria Game. Alina began her journey into social innovation with her studies of international development and economics at McGill University. She there discovered the potential for social entrepreneurship to solve the world’s most urgent issues and pursued her Master’s of Science in Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit to research collaborative creation.  Alina specialises on identifying, promoting, and implementing the necessary conditions and culture that make people shine through, thrive and create together for the greater good. Since then, Alina founded Alegoria Game, the trilingual board game for connection and belonging, published her research on Maker Ventures twice, and led international Open Source Pharma collaborative initiatives. Alina co-founded Alegoria Game to support groups suffering from social stress and disconnect among groups in the mission towards a world where connection isn’t so scary and each person can feel like they can belong and thrive. In this episode you will hear: 01:30 social entrepreneurship and collaborative creation 03:00 helping people become unburdened and connection no longer scary 04:00 why people find connection scary 07:00 the courage to be seen, heard and understood 09:30 adopting a totally different mind frame in the workplace 13:30 the Alegoria game 19:00 the ripple effect of team connection 24:00 invention is a by product of collaboration 26:00 a safe space without judgment 27:00 willingness comes from a regulated nervous system 28:45 Alina asks Ryan a question from the Alegoria game 31:00 it’s us who makes sense and meaning of things 33:00 a new dawn, a new day I hope this interview inspires your leadership and the connections you create. Please do subscribe, leave a little review and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Connect with Alina Website: https://www.alegoriagame.com/ IG: https://instagram.com/alegoriagame Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Come to our 5 Year Celebration Event! You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abty-community-celebration-tickets-269908863677 Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Discord: https://discord.gg/Apm3Ja465j Facebook Community: www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.elevateom.com for Online Marketing & Web Design services that are affordable, bespoke & awesome. Please email your questions and comments to [email protected]