This is the second time Sarah Quan comes to the microphone of Everything Happens For A Reason.
The first time was in Milan, for a special episode with 4 guests, whom I interviewed live during design week.
This time, I wanted to dedicate an entire episode to it, so I took the train, heading towards Zurich.
I've gone back to my roots in a way, as my maternal grandmother was Swiss.
Zurich is a city that embraces nature, thanks to the lake and the surrounding hills.
Originally from Morrens in the canton of Vaud, near Lausanne, Sarah has been living and working in Zurich for several years, with her partner and associate, Fortunat Lüthi Alias Fortii.
Together, they founded Villa Nomad — a curation, production, and communications agency that builds bridges between brands and art & design.
Sarah also tells us how this agency was born from an event they created – the idea for their business came afterwards, in fact.
We also spoke:
specificities of the Swiss market
🇨🇭 of the division of roles with Fortii, and the balance between professional and personal life, all the more so when you live and work together
and the challenge of always having to create something new, something different
Sarah also shares her 3 tips for good networking as her network is her main strength.
If you’d like to find out more about what I call Creative Management, I dedicated a full episode to it a few months ago.
Today, I would like to take a closer look at one aspect of Creative Management: team-building.
What exactly does it involve?
What are the benefits?
I also share a great example, as well as a counter-example, from my own experience as an employee.
And bonus: I talk about my favourite sports coach, Ted Lasso. (no spoiler as I haven’t started Series 4 yet).
If you're interested in offering your team a workshop / team-building / training session, do drop me an email! lbm@lilibonnet.com
I can organise and facilitate almost anywhere in the world 🙂
I’ve known Fabien for over 20 years, back when he was a graphic designer.
We worked together on a project and have stayed in touch — partly because it’s something I enjoy doing, of course, but mainly because I’ve always admired his entrepreneurial spirit.
Even when he enrolled at art school, he didn’t know what he was going to do later on; he just had a fairly broad vision of his future:
– getting up whenever he wanted;
– not working for a boss;
– and living in a loft.
Today, that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He’s the owner of UNSEEN, a vintage shop in Brussels, but he’s also a designer, a carpenter…
it’s clearly impossible to define him in a single word, as he has developed and put to use a wide range of skills.
And it’s quite fascinating to see how much this multi-potential individual needs to free himself from the constraints that a single skill entails, to allow himself not to be confined to just one profession. Not to limit himself. And that is precisely the driving force behind everything he undertakes.
this episode, we also talked about:
– pop culture,
– imposter syndrome,
– mental health,
– and identity, thanks to his recent reconnection with his country of origin, Vietnam.
