ReDesign Travel + Life

Curious about social entrepreneurship? And most specifically, how do these companies organize, operate and succeed? Want a deep dive into how social entrepreneurship is interpreted in the travel industry? With a focus on how hotels, restaurants and the travel sector are re-inventing what travel means, we look at how offerings, services and target groups are constantly evolving. Deep dive with Claudia Langer and myself as we explore resilient strategy. Claudia is a social entrepreneurship and internationalization enthusiast, currently living and working between Germany and Spain. While working as a Key Account Manager for the quickly growing global mobility startup Localyze, she is undertaking a PhD research at the University of the Balearic Islands on social entrepreneurship in tourism, with a special focus on Europe and the functioning of a variety of actors. She has formerly worked at the University of Barcelona, in concrete for the school of tourism CETT and brings experience from a multinational tourism company, destination development campaigns at public institutions in Colombia and a market research agency in Australia.

Should utopia be our vision? Can human impact on Earth shift from sustainability to one that generates conditions conducive to life? What is the three-horizon framework? Can we design cultures? What is a regenerative culture? We talk about some of these questions with Dr Daniel Christian Wahl in this week’s episode, a must-listen for all futurist thinkers.

Dr Daniel Christian Wahl is the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, a book that has quickly gained international acclaim. Over 24k people follow his Blog on Medium and his social media advocacy has a combined audience of over 650k people around the world. He is one of the key people catalyzing transformative innovation through cultural co-creation, whole systems design and bioregional regeneration. He is an international consultant who has worked for both local and national governments on foresight and futures and companies like Camper, Ecover and Lush on sustainable innovation. Daniel is also an educator, has co-authored and taught training courses for Gaia Education and other design universities and is always sharing knowledge through his social media channels. He is also a member of the International Futures Forum, an advisory council of the Ecosystems Restoration Camp Foundation, Earth Bank and Commonland Foundation.

Dr Daniel Christian Wahl is the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, a book that has quickly gained international acclaim. Over 21k people follow his Blog on Medium and his social media advocacy has a combined audience of over 500k people around the world. He is one of the key people catalyzing transformative innovation through cultural co-creation, whole systems design and bioregional regeneration. He is an international consultant who has worked for both local and national governments on foresight and futures and companies like Camper, Ecover and Lush on sustainable innovation. Daniel is also an educator, has co-authored and taught training courses for Gaia Education and other design universities and is always sharing knowledge through his social media channels. He is also a member of the International Futures Forum, an advisory council of the Ecosystems Restoration Camp Foundation and other Biomimicry organizations around Europe.

How do we create new stories? Is story the most powerful medium for change? What happens when I don’t identify with the cultural stories being told? How can I shift the stories that direct our business and our personal lives? In this episode, I deep dive with Jericca Cleland, an award-winning writer-director and cinematographer, on designing a vision and using powerful narratives to drive change through stories. After all, stories have been part of our genesis as humans.

Jericca Cleland is an independent writer-director and cinematographer. She began her film career at Pixar Animation Studios, where she designed camera and staging for Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo. She left the studio to pursue writing and directing her own stories and projects, which led her to work in a wide range of media and formats, including computer animation, 2D animation, live-action, mixed media, documentary, short films, series, and features. The through-line to all of her various work is story, and Jericca has consulted on films such as the Oscar-nominated Wolfwalkers and The Breadwinner. This narrative alchemist’s primary intention is to create rich worlds and entertaining stories that touch the heart and shift our relationship to nature and each other.

How do you design an educational experience to make participants know and feel the urgency of a climate emergency? How skilled are we as a society to re-shift and re-focus in the now? How do we face the fear of going against the odds of our current societal paradigms? We answer some of these questions with a creative strategist and human experience designer Pim Schachtschabel.

In this week’s journey, Pim, the former Co-Founder and Design Director of the world-renowned Sherlocked, and I explore using design as a tool and curiosity as a mindset. With his formal training in architecture and design thinking as a backbone, Pim aims to bring more magic into the design world through architecting experiences. And magical experiences are something all industries need to learn much about in today’s world.

In this week’s journey, Pim, the former Co-Founder and Design Director of the world-renowned Sherlocked, and I explore using design as a tool and curiosity as a mindset. With his formal training in architecture as a backbone, Pim aims to bring more magic into the design world through architecting experiences. And magical experiences is something all industries need to learn much about in today’s world.

What is it like to be teaching at a tourism university right now? What is the role of a professor in the current scenario? How do we prepare the leaders of tomorrow in such an uncertain environment? In this week´s episode, we go deep with Daniela Freund on essential questions, including the university's role, how can companies and investors work hand in hand with emerging talent, and how new narratives concerning the Sustainable Development Goals are needed.

Daniela is a life force in the world of tourism, hospitality, education & women leadership. She contributes towards a more responsible and equal world through teaching, research, women's networks, media articles, and as a speaker. She is a lecturer and researcher at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Sant Ignasi, where she has held leadership positions for 13 years. In addition, she has ten years of experience as an entrepreneur and professional in hotel companies. She is also a mentor, investor & advisor of women-led tourism and education-related start-ups. She is a Ph.D. in Education candidate and has published in top journals on the topics of Women and Leadership.

How can you design a house with a Zero Footprint mentality? What small changes can you make today if you want to have a more regenerative home? In today’s episode, I am conversing with award-winning architect Oliver Schütte, who specialises in bioclimatic, passive and regenerative design strategies at regional, urban and architectural scales. Oliver developed the No Footprint House (NFH), selected as one of the best residential homes by Platform Architecture and Design and will be exhibiting later this month at La Biennale di Venezia. In this episode, we dive deeper into the complex relationships of nature and the built environment and the importance of a cross-boundary design. Oliver is known for developing innovative concepts and projects based on participatory design methodologies in cities. In this episode, we talk about some of the projects he has developed in Costa Rica and about Costa Rica. Join us in this fascinating journey of what a zero-footprint mentality means at all levels

If you have ever been curious about time travel, secret societies and culture-building when designing experiences, this conversation is for you. In this week’s episode, we are having a conversation with Anthony Rocco, who is way more than just an experience designer. Anthony is a facilitator of realities. His work has been featured in Priya Parker's Art of Gathering, and he is best known for his work in San Francisco’s infamous Latitude Society. In this conversation, we focus on individuals, their relationships, and the experiences that build culture. We also deep-dive into how to bring about organizational transformation through culture change by understanding the current organization’s epicentre basics. We talk about various strategic tools that help observe, diagnose, and redesign the ideal team dynamics needed to realize a bold vision of the future. Anthony suggests perhaps an understanding curiosity can kickstart that wider process. Are you ready to follow that curiosity?

How can you reach states of awe? Can events hold transformational experiences that change people? Why do liminal spaces matter significantly in this era of online experiences? Can you design for radical self-expression and authenticity? In today´s episode, we are journeying with Dr Barbara Neuhofer. Barbara is a Professor of Experience Design and Head of Experience Design at the Department of Innovation and Management in Tourism at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria. She is also the co-founder of the award-winning Experience Design Summit Year Zero, a transformational experience event. Barbara’s research focuses on the experience and transformation economy. She consults, writes and speaks on the intersection of human experiences, experience design and transformation across the physical and digital domains. She has also spoken on The Global State of Awe at TEDx and been featured in international media around the globe.

Is regeneration the new sustainability? A regenerative mindset is built on design, in moving your focus from problems to potential, from mere function to roles in a larger system. This week we journey with Emmanuel Pauwels who not only practices the principles of a regenerative lifestyle but he also lives in one. His home in the Catalan Pyrenees not only has been built to be environmentally conscious but also as a larger part of the community, it is based in. Emmanuel is the founder of Green Living Projects, a company with the mission to generate a positive impact through regenerative buildings. As a green building and sustainability consultant, he has worked with Green Living Projects on a large variety of commercial and residential building projects. This episode will give you the principles to begin being part of the regenerative paradigm and to connect to a beautiful project in the Pyrenees. An educational, insightful and inspiring episode.

How can we have new visions by looking within? Is it possible to literally forage, just like we do in nature, to see life in a new light? In this episode, we are journeying with Paul Bulencea and we explore understanding how personal journeys are key for transformative experiences. Paul is an award-winning author, educator, entrepreneur and speaker. He advises companies and governments to foster innovation and drive sustainable growth by shifting business models from services to co-creative transformational experiences. He is also the co-author of Gamification in Tourism: How to Design Memorable Experiences and the co-founder of the College of Extraordinary Experiences.