The Business of Extraordinary Experiences – Details, episodes & analysis

Christopher Bramley joins Claus this week. As a mentor, speaker, coach or consultant, this week's co-host works globally and cross-culturally to help companies and individuals sustainably discover how to evolve. 

Important Link

• Find Chris on LinkedIn

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.

You can find Vera on LinkedIn.

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.

Important Links

• Ruud on LinkedIn
• Event Design Collective

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. 

Important Links

• Find Anna on LinkedIn

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. 

A tech nerd at heart he loves to talk about how modern human experience is intrinsically linked by technology. He passionately promotes his belief that event design teams must first understand human experience, exercise empathy, collaborate and co-create to articulate the value that live events create; it is a combination of smart, purposeful technology and strategic design that creates experiences that connect, inspire and deliver the key messages.

Important Links

• Anthony on LinkedIn
• Anthony on Twitter

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.

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. 

Important Links

• Find Erik on LinkedIn
• Find Erik on Twitter

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.

Important Links

• Find Callie on LinkedIn
• Follow Callie on Twitter

“He used to be a spaceship captain, but is now an internatonal man of mystery. You can find Troels on LinkedIn.

Roll up, roll up... Step forward and prepare your minds to be mystified by the Whimsical-Wizard himself, Leon Simmonds.

Sussex Magician  Leon's magic is unique, in every sense of the word.  From his personable approach to his art, to his outfits and adornments, Leon is far from 'just another magician' but something else  entirely.

His creative  repertoire  of routines has seen him  performing professionally for every type of audience possible, in numerous venues all across the country as well as internationally.

With hundreds of performances under his belt, his talent has attracted a whole number number of corporate magic clients such as American Express.  Warner Bros and Lego. 

Important Links

• LeonSimmondsMagic.co.uk