Your Healing Communities, the Friendship Formula and Foundational Wellness with Jon Levy

It’s been a year since Jon Levy was on the show, and a lot has happened in the world as well as in Jon’s life since. I’m so happy to have him back because we authentically connect and have fun doing it.

Jon Levy is a behavioural scientist best known for his work in influence, human connection, and decision making. Jon specialises in applying the latest research to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, and culture. His clients range from Fortune 500 brands, like Microsoft, Google, AB-InBev, and Samsung, to startups.

More than a decade ago, Jon founded The Influencers Dinner, a secret dining experience for industry leaders ranging from Nobel laureates, Olympians, celebrities, and executives, to artists, musicians, and even the Grammy winning voice of the bark from “Who Let the Dogs Out.” Guests cook dinner together, but can’t discuss their career or give their last name, and once seated to eat, they reveal who they are. Over time, these dinners developed into a community. With thousands of members, Influencers is the largest community of its type worldwide. This project became the basis of his NYT best-selling book “You’re Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence”.

Join us as we explore:

  • What Jon learnt about connection from his recently deceased father, a true influencer and connector himself. 
  • The critical role of anti-fragility in the human social species, and how that skill has atrophied decade by decade since the 1950s.
  • Why America lost a third of its social ties in less than 10 years!
  • How to upskill socially the young generations and help them create deeper bonds.
  • If Jon can alleviate my concern that people are not valuing their communities and kindness as a value. 
  • The Friendship Formula, the Fudge Factor and why wealth is not compatible with social bonds!
  • The tradeoff between being part of larger society and the sense of belonging in true community.
  • How a book about an alpha wolf got it all wrong about leadership and being the boss.

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