S01E11 - Direct Lithium Extraction & Creating a High-Performance Team Culture with Amanda Hall, CEO at Summit Nanotech

Climate Changepreneurs

English - September 23, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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Previous Episode: S01E10 - Venture Capital & The Importance of Content Creation in the Climate Change space with Daniel Kriozere, Climate Tech Startup Scout

Next Episode: S01E12 - How To Use Systems Thinking To Fight Climate Change With Social Impact Strategist, Laura Francois

In this episode, we chat with Amanda Hall who is a professional geophysicist and the CEO & Founder of Summit Nanotech, a company developing direct lithium extraction technology for the growing lithium-ion battery sector.

Amanda is identified by the Canadian government as a leading female innovator and is a finalist in the Women in Cleantech challenge vying for a million-dollar prize.

In this podcast, some of the topics we cover include:

- Why the current lithium extraction process is carbon-intensive

- How Summit’s DLE (Direct Lithium Extraction) process is more efficient and also reduces carbon emissions?

- How do you keep your team motivated through high-pressure situations?

- How too much optimism can actually hurt your team culture?

Amanda's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-hall-3560b530/

Summit Nanotech - https://www.summitnanotech.ca/