Episodes
As a mentor, speaker, coach or consultant, this week's co-host Christopher Bramley work globally and cross-culturally to help companies and individuals sustainably discover how to evolve.
Published 07/28/20
What do you do during a pandemic if your line of business is to "create immersive, playful and participatory experiences"? Vera Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder of Beyond Play is co-hosting the show with Claus this week.
Published 07/23/20
Professor Justin O'Brien joins Claus this week to co-host an in-depth discussion on how the pandemic has forced higher education to transform the way they do business and teach our generation.
Published 07/16/20
This week Claus and the co-host for this episode, Pim Schachtschabel, deep-dive the effect the pandemic has had on deeply immersive experiences.
Published 07/08/20
Mark Stanley connects with Claus this week to reflect on how the pandemic has influenced the way consultants go about applying their craft.
Published 07/01/20
This week we explore the unique artistic space of Burlesque and how the impact the pandemic has had on this artistic expression. Claus is joined by artist, performer and subject matter expert John-Paul Bichard.
Published 06/24/20
Escape rooms were evolving and the pandemic has disrupted this pass time completely. So what now? Join Claus and David for tons and context and information about what might be in store for this experiential pass time that so many love.
Published 06/19/20
This week we discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on retail and perhaps how it will accelerate change and innovation. This week Claus is joined by Jens Heitland who has a rich and accomplished retail background.
Published 06/10/20
This week we talk about one of the industries reeling from the impact of COVID 19. How will we look at Tourism in the new normal?
Published 06/03/20
Reflecting on the current and future effects of our new-normal on media production with Daniel Chilla -- Film Commissioner, Film Capital Stockholm.
Published 05/28/20
Let's explore how live events have been affected by the Coronavirus and what can be done to reframe this new reality. Join Claus and his co-host for this session Ruud Janssen (Co-Founder of the Event Design Collective) to find out more.
Published 05/20/20
Experienced strategic advisor and CEO of Seismonaut - an advisory specialized in helping clients innovate and develop strategies in the experience economy. At Seismonaut she and her team create deep insights based on both anthropological and quantitative methods. They analyze, evaluate, teach, blog, give keynotes, facilitate workshops and manage large projects aimed at creating insights, innovation and business development.
Published 05/13/20
Proudly known as an instigator, creator, disrupter and change agent, for over 20 years Anthony Vade has helped event stakeholders use technology to create meaningful and memorable connections with event attendees.
Published 05/06/20
Josefin Westborg is one of the world’s leading designers in edularps. She has a background in game design and pedagogy and is one of the founders of Lekreativ/Lajvbyrån (the larp agency). In her daily job she meets thousand of students of all ages and runs and design larps for them. She is also a teacher in game design at Chalmers University of technology. In her spare time she likes to play board games, ballroom dancing, and, of course, larp. Though she be but little, she is fierce.
Published 04/29/20
Erik Winther Paisley is a Danish-American anthropologist specialized in mixed-methods research, consumer insights, and media behaviour, with extensive agency experience and broad sectorial knowledge.
Published 04/22/20
Callie Holderman is passionate about fusing new technology with traditional systems. She has a broad skillset which she uses to uncover a product vision: developing software, conducting research, producing television shows, and building apps and games to name a few. She aims to create interactive, digital content that fosters a sense of play, community and curiosity.
Published 04/15/20
He used to be a spaceship captain but is now an international man of mystery.
Published 04/07/20
Roll up, roll up... Step forward and prepare your minds to be mystified by the Whimsical-Wizard himself, Leon Simmonds.
Published 04/01/20
Oliver was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1965 and graduated from Mannheim University in German Literature, Political Studies and Media Research. He has been inventing and telling stories since Kindergarten. A professed book lover, he taught himself to read at the age of four to finally be able to find out more about his favorite childhood heroes without adult support.
Published 03/04/20
Before joining Freeletics Christie Cleveland–Callanan managed www.starwars.com for Disney and later moved on to help Blizzard launch their Overwatch League. She describes her style as, "Product managing like Mary Poppins since 2009 because negotiating tradeoffs is always easier with a spoonful of sugar."
Published 02/26/20
David Bassuk is Professor of Acting in the Conservatory of Theater Arts at Purchase College, SUNY, School of the Arts. His teaching explores the integration of transmedia storytelling, gameplay and immersive design into teaching stage directing, scriptwriting and experimental performance. He founded “PartySpace Live” a new company whose mission is to create immersive interactive game-theater as a new mixed medium for telling stories and engaging in story-making with our audiences.
Published 02/19/20
Ask is an expert in learning games, storytelling, change management and strategy execution, and he has more than 15 years of experience as a senior advisor for many of Scandinavia’s biggest organisations. He holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Published 02/12/20
Chantal van Kempen is an Experience Designer, social innovator and co-founder of 'Ondernemen met Ballen'. She's on a mission to motivate people to overcome their obstacles by turning their ideas into action. Chantal believes that the only way to do this is to take action. To help her clients, and their employees, overcome their fears relies on methodologies such as gamification to realise her professional objectives.
Published 02/05/20
Sascha is a theatre producer and immersive games designer. She has worked with some of the UK's leading theatres including the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Battersea Arts Centre. She has worked on shows and festivals including Bristol Digital Proms, Sally Cookson's Treasure Island, Punchdrunk's Masque of the Red Death, Kneehigh Theatre's Brief Encounter and Shunt's Money. Sascha designs quests, games, mysteries and secret missions for adventurous children and inquisitive adults.
Published 01/29/20