Leonardo Zangrando

Business adviser, Business mentor, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Global soul, Life mentor

I work with leaders who want to leave a mark on the world. They are like powerful waves in the Ocean. But there’s only so much that a wave can grow. I help them multiply their impact on their own life, their business and the environment, to go beyond their past successes and multiply it exponentially. I help them become powerful like the Ocean. Even highly successful people have unspoken fears and frustrations that hold them back from achieving a much greater impact. I help them uncover their highest, unthinkable aspirations and realise them to leave a mark through what they love. I am a profoundly curious creative thinker with a bias for action. I always ask myself Why-What-How: “Why things are how they are, what can we do to change them for the better, how can we take action now?“ I have repeatedly been a trailblazer in adopting technical innovation, process innovation and business innovation that eventually became new standards. - I was the first to adopt digital technologies to design a ship’s hull in a way that made its manufacturing a great deal cheaper. - I was the first to bring the Lean Startup concepts to Europe and launched a Lean Startup entrepreneurship course in parallel with the first similar course by Steve Blank in Silicon Valley. - I transformed a grant-zombie startup into being acquired by a biotech leader, by creating the first prototypes of a bioreactor for bone tissue regeneration which then became the company's main product. I read a lot and when I was a child I used to ask millions of why and how questions. I was always thinking how to make things. Also today I keep my hands dirty by inventing and making objects using wood, steel, aluminium. The emotion of seeing an object that I envisioned, take shape under my hands is indescribable. The joy of using it day after day is ineffable. I am a visionary who’s often been called a romantic by my colleagues, and I always took it as a compliment! Of course I have also been misunderstood, taken advantage of, betrayed, and at times bullied. That’s a price that I would pay again and again to be able to do the things that I did in my life.

Ocean, Sailing, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Impact

Inspiring People to Take Action for Exponential Impact on Ocean Sustainability

Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups

I started a project to inspire people multiply their impact on ocean sustainability by interviewing normal people and famous leaders about how they managed to have an exponential impact. Then I discovered of TEDx Countdown and it became clear that what I was doing would be perfect for it and that TEDx would allow me to multiply my impact, exactly in line with what I want people to inspire about.

Coding, making stuff, woodworking