Ian Rolston is the Founder of Decanthropy and the President at Interior Designers of Canada He knows how huge of a role that community and diversity play in hospitality and design, and he wants everyone else to see that. Ian joins host Dan Ryan to talk about his journey through #hospitality and what it all means to him.

Takeaways: 

• Hospitality is a great opportunity to serve humanity. It allows you to connect with others and the world around you.
• Interior design really speaks to the guests as a whole. It brings a sense of community to the guest and makes them feel welcomed and at home.
• You want to try and collaborate with other professionals who are not like you or think differently than you, as that brings a whole new perspective to your work.
• Align with other great organizations and community leaders so that you can better solve issues within your community.
• It’s important to shift the conversation around diversity to how it really is a fantastic business approach for companies and organizations
• You need to have the confidence to stand up if you are being overlooked but also some vulnerability as well.
• Part of hospitality is about sharing. Everyone can benefit from sharing and it can help shorten other people’s journeys.

Quote of the Show:

5:40  “There's just something about interior design that I think really speaks to the heart, body, mind and soul of end-users that provides this real sort of connective tissue to both the community of users and how they're interacting with space.”

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-rolston-51180215/?originalSubdomain=ca
• Website: https://decanthropy.com/

Shout Outs:

2:04 Yabu Pushlberg

2:07 Hirsch Bedner

31:51 AiLun Ku

31:53 Opportunity Network

35:26 Chief Robert Joseph

45:24 John Doyle

47:27 Alice Stanky

47:30 Anne Garis

47:47 Talking Heads

Ways to Tune In: 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
• Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1s
• Amazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419
• Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
• Youtube : https://youtu.be/6uzJeu-P6MQ