Episode 1: AlienThe amazing 12 Episodes Podcast with the Legendary Mountain King of LAAX Flims Falera - Reto Gurtner!(Laax, Switzerland) August 1, 2025 - Ever wondered what the man who reinvented the alpine experience really thinks? "LAAX Secret," a new 12-part podcast series presented by Blastland, offers an unprecedented journey into the mind of Reto Gurtner, the visionary President of LAAX.This isn't your standard business interview. The "LAAX Secret" series pushes beyond the balance sheets and marketing slogans to explore the philosophical and futuristic questions that drive one of the world's most innovative destinations. Through a series of imaginative and thought-provoking questions, we uncover the core philosophies that have cemented LAAX's legendary status.Join us as we delve into discussions about the future of mountain resorts in a changing world, the delicate balance between nature and technology, and the legacy one hopes to leave behind. What happens when you mix the spirit of LAAX with unexpected, creative challenges? This series reveals the surprising, insightful, and deeply personal perspectives of a true pioneer.From the future of snow to the very essence of the alpine spirit, "LAAX Secret" is a must-listen for innovators, entrepreneurs, and anyone passionate about mountain culture and the future of tourism.Tune in to "LAAX Secret," presented by Blastland, to uncover the untold stories and bold vision of Reto Gurtner. Available on all major podcast platforms.

🌌 Heather Cooper X Blastland: No Limits, Just Stories 🌌In this unforgettable episode, I had the honor of speaking with the brilliant Heather Cooper — a trailblazer in innovation, leadership, and the human side of technology.💡 We explored bold ideas, emotional intelligence in the age of AI, and how to stay creative in a world full of noise.But that’s not all — during this episode, we did something no one has done before. What exactly? You’ll have to watch and see… 😉 Heather is a living legend in the world of AI and shared her experience and even some tips and tricks on GenAI with all of us! 🎧 Tune in for fresh insights, unexpected moments, and a rare glimpse behind the curtain of what it means to lead with vision and soul.Chapters:00:00 Intro01:23 Ice-Breaker03:28 Heather as a Child04:40 Pharmacy and Healthcare05:34 Pandemic Time and New Skills06:26 Thomas and X (Former Twitter)07:07 Pivot from Pharmacy to GenAI08:13 Emotional Battle During Transition into AI10:28 Inspiration12:01 The very first GenAI Image13:06 Push through moments of doubt15:23 Failure Culture and Dealing with Failure19:35 Favourite AI Tools 24:28 The House of David by Amazon Prime29:55 Advice to People transitioning to AI34:15 S-P-E-C-I-A-L S-U-P-R-I-S-E 42:45 Kling.AI, Lumalabs...45:32 Heather's Question to me47:07 Ethical Lines in AI Storytelling52:07 AI - Education - Children - ?55:25 Inspiring Book?56:28 Favourite Movie?56:48 Favourite Music, Band, Song?57:08 Outro

We had a wonderful 'Walk and Talk' #podcast with Lucia Conconi, the former #f1 Head of Vehicle Performance at  @AlfaRomeo  ,  @renaultgroup  ,  @grouplotus  ,  @Audi  ,  @Honda  ,  @Formula1  Lucia is a true visionary and has top experience in team work and team spirit, that she shared with us.We talked a lot about team spirit. And not only. And now enjoy our #podcast Chapters:00:00 Intro01:32 Ice-breaker03:51 Lucia's childhood04:48 Hobbies06:16 Women in F107:43 Encouraging Women in Tech08:52 First Time in F109:48 Engineering Competition in F112:23 Information Flow in F113:29 Ingridients of Success14:27 Best things about F116:25 Synchronization in F121:11 Difficult Moments in F122:15 Trust and Leadership in F124:18 Lead by Example in F126:55 Leverage F1 Team Spirit in Business28:02 Success to Lucia means...28:52 How to deal with Downs?30:21 Future of AI31:30 Three key takeaways from Lucia 33:53 Closing words and Outro

For the very first time we got a very unusual podcast in the format of 'Walk and Talk' while walking through the wonderful city of Zurich and making a podcast. Background noises have partially been removed by  @elevenlabsio , voice are crystal clear, and you can still dive into the city life of Zurich hearing the beautiful sounds of the city.Why is the podcast called 363 days? Because  @soufianemokhtari5718  says, there are two days, that do not exist every year. Find out which by listeting to the amazing talk we had! 📻Chapters:00:00 Intro00:32 Walk in Zurich00:55 Ice-Breaker02:03 Soufiane's Book03:42 Childhood04:20 Football05:54 Christiano Ronaldo?06:34 Fredi Bobic08:00 Being a Football Scout09:32 Walk and Talk10:45 Ups and Downs12:07 How to succeed?14:37 Dealing with Failures16:02 Why Paraguay?17:58 Pressure to be successful19:53 High salaries in football22:15 Why Switzerland?23:30 Football in Switzerland?24:43 Make it better in Swiss Football?25:44 Winter Sports?26:27 Inspiration?28:21 Swiss Alps and Zurich Lake29:12 Two Days that do not Exist31:35 Tipps and Tricks for Young People33:28 Cultural Differences in dealing with failures36:02 Dealing with Toxic People37:03 Quiz for Soufiane39:25 Rap and RNB40:38 Outro

🎙️Ein sensationelles Gespräch mit Bruno Sauter, Verwaltungsratsmitglied der Careproduct AG, ehemaliger Chef des Amtes für Wirtschaft und Arbeit des Kantons Zürich, Visionär und legendärer Schweizer Unternehmer. 📻Kapitel:00:00 Intro00:45 Zwicky01:28 Ice-Breaker02:41 Bruno als Kind04:03 Die Jahreszeiten...06:36 Winston Churchill und Lord Nelson09:47 Inspiration...13:18 Eigenschaften eines/er Unternehmers/in18:55 Glück?22:00 Misserfolge?25:50 Leadership und Teamspirit?29:50 Über das rege ich mich auf...32:26 Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit40:24 Fehlerkultur44:57 Careproduct51:46 Mobilität und Bewegung54:08 Nachfolgeregelung und Kinder57:59 Trumps Tarife01:06:30 Künstliche Intelligenz (KI)01:14:17 Akademismus vs. Hochschule01:18:30 Tipps an Junge Leute🎧An eye-opening discussion with Bruno Sauter, the Member of the Board of Directors of Careproduct AG, the former Chef of the Office for Economy and Labour of the Canton of Zurich of the Swiss Confederation, a visionary, a legendary Swiss entrepreneur. 🔗Links:Bruno Sauter LinkedIn Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruno-sauter-a358b835/Careproduct AG Homepage:https://www.careproduct.ch/ @UniversitaetsSpital   @ethzurich   @StadtZH   @kantonzuerich  #leadership #startups #entrepreneurship

🎙️ We've had a great conversation with Pascal Lowther, the Founder of Lowther Swiss Armour:...Pascal invented safety clothes for children ...Pascal is a visionary startupper in the area of security...Pascal shares his know-how, Ups & Downs Chapters:00:00 Intro00:50 Ice-Breaker01:33 Who is Pascal Lowther?03:39 Inspirations come from...05:10 Being lazy is...06:47 Entrepreneurship is...08:44 Out of Comfort Zone?10:07 Pascal as a small kid 11:52 Time in the military 12:59 Founding of the Startup...16:34 People who inspire you are...18:58 Handshake still valid?20:18 From idea to the product...23:57 Dealing with Downsides...27:38 Bootstrapping or Funding?33:06 Safety Vest for Children?38:10 Reaction of kids and parents?41:05 European vs. US startup mentality45:55 Swiss Kickstarter Platforms47:35 Three Advices to Young Startuppers

✈️ We've had an amazing real-talk with Robert Radloff 🎙️, the Head of Strategy, Change, and Communication at  ⁨@airbus⁩  (& Official Airbus #influencer ),  ⁨@TEDx⁩  Speaker, Managing Owner of Fuckup Nights Hamburg, a ↘️↗️failure culture activist🧢, and a very cool man!

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:54 Ice-Breaker

02:20 Robert as a Kid

04:15 Heroes in Robert's Life

05:20 Inspiration?

07:04 Failure and fuckup look like...

09:17 Failure re-imagined by AI

10:53 Failure vs. Fuckup?

12:23 Corporate Compliance...

15:35 The German vs. US failure culture...

18:33 Change Management comes from...

20:54 Biggest Fuckup...

24:00 How to deal with a Fuckup?

27:07 Failure as Innovation Engine

29:59 Redflags of Fake Culture

33:41 National Fuckup Day

35:47 Failure Culture for Children

42:10 Awareness and Belonging of Children

45:24 Secret Failure Proud of?

46:53 The  ⁨@LinkedIn⁩  Banner?

49:31 The Fuckup Museum?

50:38 Key Advices to Young People

55:10 Surfing, Ocean, Weekend!

🎙️ We've had a great discussion with Hubert Loick, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik 🏙️:...The Godfather of netzero ...An incredible personal and family story...From Farming to sustainability ...Ukraine as a Future Pioneer in Energy📽️ Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:59 Ice-Breaker03:17 Who is Mr. Loick?05:55 Farmers' Family Background11:35 Inspired by Sustainability?15:12 People who inspired Mr. Loick17:18 One Word describing Life19:15 Tips to younger generation and startups24:05 The European Energy Market34:46 Ukraine as the Future Energy Pioneer40:36 The Dreams for Ukraine45:12 Fraunhofer Institut45:36 Favorite Music and Books47:17 Outro

🎥Another great real-talk episode with Nathan Crockett, #1 Ranked LinkedIn creator worldwide (for Family Life), a visionary entrepreneur who has built an empire spanning aerospace, real estate, sports, media, and beyond, Owner of⚽a Belgian football club!

🎧We came to talk with Nathan about the role of Faith and Family in Business. A stunning story of ups and downs in Nathan's life made him completely re-think his approach to business and not only.

Chapters:⁠

00:00⁠ Intro⁠

01:05⁠ Ice-breaker for Nathan⁠

03:09⁠ Childhood

⁠06:03⁠ Inspiration ⁠

10:06⁠ Reading and Books⁠

14:06⁠ Family First⁠

20:32⁠ Academic Path⁠

26:16⁠ Faith in Business and ⁠#leadership⁠ ⁠

31:36⁠ Hardships and dealing with it⁠

40:13⁠ Prioritizing in Business⁠

46:34⁠ Advice to Young ⁠#startups⁠

⁠50:49⁠ AI - what's coming?⁠

56:15⁠ Owner of a Football Club

What particularly touched my💖was following:

Nathan: 'I am a steward of my businesses'... [Context: Approach to Business...]

Nathan: 'No lazy bone in your body'... [Context: Advice to Startuppers...]

Nathan: 'Faith and Family First'... [Context: Running a business...]

Nathan: 'When you are at work - be all in'... [Context: Advice to Startuppers...]

🎥A mind-blowing real-talk episode with Scott Cohen, the former Chief Innovation Officer of 🗽Warner Music Group, the Co-Founder of 🎼 The Orchard and 🎧🎤Jukebox!🎧Scott's journey is filled with ups and downs, real-life experiences, groundbreaking ideas, and industry transformation. We had the chance to talk about his times at The Orchard, Warner Music Group, about 'Music as an Asset Class', 'The Cyborg', AI, Technology and a lot, lot more!

Chapters

00:10 Intro

01:00 Aliens

03:45 Scott as a kid

05:04 First #dream

05:43 Time Machine

06:35 Every Peak has a Valley

07:50 Darkest Moments

10:39#determination and #grit

12:00 About being priviliged

12:24 Historic #moments1

3:02#family from #ukraine

14:17 Scott's Grandmother

15:10 American Dream?

16:38#success is dangerous?

17:30 Success in early 20s?

18:18#fun in #business ?

20:01 Business and #work - the Difference

20:25 Company cultures

22:37#leadership and #leaders

25:57 The Orchard and Warner Music Group

28:23 Personal Ego

29:04 My Husband the Cyborg Premiere

31:10 The Cyborgs amongst us

34:55 Machines, AI vs. Human?

37:25 Jukebox | JBKX - Music Royalty Shares

40:44 RWA, tokenization, and tech...

45:35 AI...

48:07 Sudden Startup Idea!

48:29 Quiz for Scott!

53:25 The Wow-effect!

54:25 Wisdom for Younger Generation

57:42 Outro

👉By the way, Scott's Wife - Susanna and Scott premiered on the 14th of February a film called 'My Husband - The Cyborg'. I can only recommend watching it! Here the link:https://youtu.be/oBbottVITng?feature=...

What particularly touched my💖was following:

Scott: 'The riskiest thing you can do, is to play it safe'...

Scott: 'I love... curiosity'...

Scott: 'I knew what was coming'...[Context: Darkest Moments]

Scott: 'Do whatever is necessary to just continue forward'...[Context: Darkest Moments]

Scott: 'You have to do work, but you also have to do business'...[Context: Fun and Business]

Scott: 'I don't need another one of me'... [Context: Leadership]

Scott: 'Leverage the entire organization'...[Context: Leadership]Scott: 'We also took our egos out..., to ensure the business succeeded'... [Context: Orchard]

Scott: 'Music as an Asset Class'... [Context: Jukebox | JBKX]

Scott: 'Songs paying your retirement'... [Context: Jukebox | JBKX]

Scott: 'We don't even notice the Technology in our lives'... [Context: Tech and Future]

Scott: 'If you talking about the Technology, the Technology is inmature'... [Context: Tech]

Scott: 'When Technology starts working for us'... [Context: AI]