A letter to my daughter in times of corona, by Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
This letter was written and presented by Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart, at the WiT Virtual Summit, held on June 24. Watch his speech here.
Dear Hannah,
You’re in Sweden, pregnant and happy. A country that choose its own way of dealing with Covid. Open, free, trusting its citizens. I’ [...]
As travel awakens from its coma across Asia, is it time to save ourselves?
Four-day work week, travel deals for travel employees, targeting the young, new and exciting road trip itineraries – what other ideas do you have for nourishing those fragile green shoots we are seeing, from Japan to China, Australia and Vietnam?
This morning, on my regular walk, I saw a rainb [...]
A love story about Otter, Zoom and Cuckoo’s Nest
I’ve never slept as well as I have the past two months. In fact, I’ve never slept in the same bed as long as I have. I’ve traded in my travel apps for productivity and health apps. Goodbye, Tripit. Hello, Notability. Goodbye, Timeshifter. Hello Otter.
Otter has
improved my life considerab [...]
Living life from the waist up and, in the absence of bubble tea, I will dream of bubble travel
This week,
I got an email from fashion brand, Theory, telling me how to “dress from the
waist up”, and showcasing a series of really cool jackets. Of course, the
models were dressed beautifully waist down too, which is more than I can say
for most of us now living life from the waist up.
I [...]
2020: Year of the Unicorpse, or the Black Swan with a Silver Lining?
By Rafael Aldon, Director, VenturesOne (Click here for the original post.)
"Question every assumption about your business" was the message to CEOs and founders from leading Silicon Valley VC, Sequoia Capital in their March memo, "Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020". Referencing Darwin's 'Survi [...]
A message of unity from members of the WiT community
"We have no life in travel right now, but we will be back." This was the mantra shared by much-loved members of the WiT community, who took a moment to share how they are spending their time at home as the world waits for Covid-19 to pass.
As part of WiT's "Unity in Crisis" series, the video, ed [...]
To everyone feeling “cosmically lonely”, here’s to what we miss and doing it again
There’s a point in the book “Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold” by Stephen Fry when he writes about Zeus complaining about being “cosmically lonely” – sitting on his throne like the God that he is and all he does is grant wishes to people and listen to their problems.
He then brainstor [...]
In this, we are all absolute beginners – here’s to starting anew, bloopers and all
Speaking to Australian Gold Olympian athlete Chloe Dalton yesterday in WiT Virtual about building range and resilience, one other talk came to mind – champion skateboarder Rodney Mullen saying that the moment his winning streak ended was his moment of liberation – because that’s when he had n [...]
Letter from the Kingdom of Covid-19: A time of ugly truths and bare essentials
I think
it’s finally sunk in. The reality. I probably had the longest denial period of
anyone I know. From Wednesday, Singapore went into “circuit breaker” mode in
the ongoing fight against Covid-19 which seems to have more twists and turns
than “Kingdom”, the K-drama hit which, to me, co [...]
Letter from Tuscany (State of Mind): Of hermits and princess warriors – what are you?
Once upon a
time, back when humans were allowed to travel, I went on a road trip from
Munich to Florence and found myself spending the night at a friend’s place in a
little town in Tuscany.
After a lovely dinner of pasta cooked with the freshest, most succulent tomatoes imaginable, and severa [...]
