“Wellbeing needs to be integrated in every innovation” Damien Perrot is the Global Head of Design and Innovation at Accor, with overall responsibility for inventing new products and services throughout the Group. Yann Le Floc’h is a seasoned designer who is also the CEO and Co-founder of Stairwage – the company chosen as the winner of the Health to Wealth Vivatech Challenge. In this episode of Health To Wealth, Damien and Yann discuss the role of wellbeing in developing new innovations, and...

“80% of our guests seek daily to improve their health and wellbeing.” Emlyn Brown is the global vice president for Well-Being at Accor, and he and his team are responsible for launching the Health to Wealth programme – including this podcast series. Emlyn has vast experience in the hospitality sector, running health clubs and spa operations across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In his current role, he’s responsible for integrating well-being throughout customer journeys in all Accor brands...

“One of the toughest things to automate is human interaction.” Manuel Muniz is one of Spain’s stellar thinkers and a former Government minister whose key perspective on well-being is the rapid advance of technology and the potential that brings to shape our lives for better or worse. Strategically directed, technology offers education, knowledge and connection; unconstrained, tech too often spells privacy infringement, loss of liberty, exclusion and wealth inequality. In this episode of...

“If people are out of body they feel less pain.” Olaf Blanke is a neuroscientist whose specialist area is the intersection of mind and body. Much of his work is about how that our brain perceives our body, and how this can be manipulated in different ways. His work involves applying this knowledge in areas ranging from prosthetics to meditation.  In this episode of Health To Wealth, Olaf explains the idea of self-consciousness as a bodily perception that is generated by different parts of the...

“Cultural shift is the most fundamental part of using any technology” Ali Parsa founded digital health company Babylon in 2013 with a simple mission: to make access to a doctor available to anyone with a mobile phone. Babylon has since floated on the Nasdaq stock market and become involved in important partnerships ranging from the UK’s NHS to the healthcare system in Rwanda. And during the Covid pandemic, one of Babylon’s cornerstone ideas was put to the test, as many people spoke to their...

“Avoid things that are sweet, fluffy and white.” Kate Cook is an expert on nutrition and the role it plays in well-being. She helps individuals and companies to boost their health and performance through being knowledgeable and mindful about the foods they consume. In this podcast, you’ll hear about Kate’s ‘North Star of nutrition’: balancing hormones rather than calories; and that controlling blood sugar level is the key to maintaining your energy levels so you can live life to the full....

“From a performance perspective, not all stress is bad.”   Oli Patrick is a physiologist and Harry Jameson a performance and wellbeing coach; together they have created Future Practice, an academy and learning community for wellbeing professionals, and PILLAR, a performance concept anchored to movement, nutrition, and recovery.    In this episode of Health To Wealth, Harry and Oli give their separate perspectives on the relationship between fitness, well-being and health, and their shared...

“The goal is that all investing is impact investing” Allie Burns is the CEO of Washington DC-based Village Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in businesses which address social issues. What’s unusual about Village Capital’s approach is that it not only seeks to broaden the base of entrepreneurs that benefit from venture capital; it also believes that more diversity among investors will lead to a more equitable distribution of investment money. In this episode of Health To Wealth,...

“We are at peak complexity for data today.”   Julian Ranger is a former aeronautical engineer who turned his attention to the issue of personal data a decade ago: how can businesses and individuals manage the tidal wave of data that surges around each of us and threatens to engulf us? He founded the company digi.me with a simple philosophy: to put the individual firmly in the pilot’s seat with all the controls at hand to decide which data we want to share and with whom.    In this episode of...

“You cannot be individually well, if you live in a society that is profoundly unwell.” Thierry Malleret is an economist and original thinker who’s worked in investment banks and leading institutions including the World Economic Forum and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He’s the founder of the Monthly Barometer which evaluates risk for high-level decision makers, and has a longstanding interest in how wellbeing underpins successful organisations, economies and...

“I'm sharing great joy and power. I call it love.” Wim Hof has become internationally famous for his eponymous Method, a set of techniques that he asserts can increase energy; improve relaxation, and boost the body’s immune system. It’s all about getting into icy water - and breathing deeply.  In this episode of Health To Wealth you’ll hear about the circumstances that compelled Wim to jump into that water in the first place. You’ll also discover how Wim’s Method helped him heal from trauma...

“I do believe mass consumer behaviour change is possible.”   Saasha Celestial-One is the inspirational co-founder of OLIO, the app that matches surplus food with those who need it. She’s tackling the 40%-plus of the world’s food that’s produced but never eaten, by getting people to share as little as half a lemon.   In this episode of Health to Wealth, Saasha talks about her upbringing by hippy parents, her ‘rebellion’ as an investment banker and management consultant, and how she used her...

Health to Wealth is a new podcast series from Accor that explores an inventory of diverse topics with well-being as their common thread. The series brings together thought leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers and health experts to share the ideas and experiences that have shaped their contribution to global well-being culture. At its heart is the recognition that a well-being led culture means happier, healthier people and more sustainable communities. You’ll hear compelling perspectives and...