In this episode it’s all about tourism and its present as well as future development in regards to the pandemic. We are virtually visiting South America and meet two experts in this field: Natalia and Marcella. Natalia is from Colombia and the leader of the innovation and digital transformation strategy department at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Marcella is our WBD-Ambassador from Brazil and an international relations specialist. Together we talk about an activity that we all miss a lot - Travelling!

Welcome, 2021! We are starting the new year with some “food for thought” and are virtually traveling to the African continent to meet our two special guests Shaneil and Jonathan, founder of the media platform “Young Professionals Africa” (YPA). Shaneil is working as a management consultant and is chairman of Deloitte’s Africa Millennial Board. Jonathan is an accountant, working in the finance team of a global company. Both are also providing their platform “to have a voice in times of uncertainty”, which is the topic of this week’s episode.

For this week's episode Mareen and Q invited two guests of our partner initiative SABF (South American Business Forum). Homero is the head of the media and communications department, Lucía is leading the speakers department of SABF. The SABF team organizes a physical conference, which takes place yearly in Buenos Aires and brings together top speakers and students from over 62 different countries.

Today‘s topic deals with the importance of sustainability and proximity in our society, as well as the connection that can be drawn between sustainability and leadership. We also talk about globalization in general and take a special look at the surge in online education. Due to the fact that all four have different backgrounds, they exchange their experiences regarding the different accessibility of online education and the issues connected to that.

Q and Mareen had a very interesting conversation regarding this topic, which might also make you think about the election in a different way, so don’t miss it! Again, we were joined by two great guests: Julius van de Laar, a political strategist and communications expert, who worked for Barack Obama’s winning campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Next to him we had the lovely Sarah Kashef also sharing her perspective. After her childhood in the DC area, she graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Urban Studies, Sociology and Public health. We had a highly qualified conversation centred around the potential Presidential election outcome, which inevitably led to the burning question: What defines a responsible president in the light of Covid? And will this election really have an impact? Furthermore, we talked about the differences in the election systems worldwide and discussed if every vote has the same impact in the US. This discussion raised the question: Isn’t the US already a “broken” country? And who is able to make the US great again?

We are very excited and proud to present to you the new format of our podcast “The Dialogue”. Our two new hosts, both from different continents, will take an even more international look at future topics being discussed. One of them is Qhayiya from South Africa, who has been an ambassador of the WBD since his conference visit in 2017. Next to him is Mareen, who is living and studying in Cologne and is part of the Content Department of the World Business Dialogue. Of course, these two weren’t alone in this episode. We were pleased to welcome Daniel Leslie and Rishi Badola. Daniel has worked as Managing Partner for Reflexions, a digital innovation company based in New York, since 1999. Rishi is one of our Ambassadors for America and India. He made his degree at Duke University, now he is living in Dallas and works for Essilor Group as a Financial Analyst. In this episode, Mareen & “Q” aim to discuss the topic “Tik Tok” in regard to Responsible Leadership. They talk about the reasons why this app is so important and how responsible it is to still use this app, as it is currently being banned in various countries (e.g. India).In addition to that, the question if the data is better secured when being associated with Walmart in regard to Bytedance is also raised during the discussion. We don’t want to tell you too much about the content of this interesting and refreshing episode, so listen by yourself!

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