Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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🦄 🌊 How do you build partnerships that not only make an impact, but truly strengthen community – sustainably, inclusively, and with joy?
In this episode, we speak with Arnd Boekhoff and Lars Braitmayer from Viva con Agua about what it takes to align growth with values. What tensions arise when grassroots meet the complexity of sustaining an organization? And how can we move from speaking about communities to building truly reciprocal partnerships with them?

🎧 📺 Communicorn is also available for streaming on Spotify, YouTube, and your favorite podcast platform.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 – Introduction of Arnd Boekhoff and Lars Braitmayer
6:32 – Painting the picture: What does Community mean?
8:48 – From vision to the practices of Viva con Agua
13:05 – Understanding Community
35:07 – Understanding Scaling
41:51 – Game: Enterprise, Impact or Community?

Video produced by Leuphana Media Studio (Leuphana Innovation Communities).