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.”
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2:04 Yabu Pushlberg
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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
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