Your NameSuzanne (Suz) Laurie
Email Addresssuz@staywilder.eco
Cohort AssignmentHybrid In-Person/Online with Intensive in Lisbon, Winter-Spring 2025
1. What do you see as your primary work at this stage of your life?

I am working to apply my skills in regenerative tourism as an expansion of my previous intersecting careers in business consulting and hospitality tourism.

2. What role do you see as yours to play?

Currently, I am imagining myself as a connector of like-hearted individuals who wish to expand the global conversation for regenerative tourism and a leader of the Stay Wilder brand designed to be a demonstration of what is possible when business commits to regenerative practices. I am new to the field of regenerative design and look forward to further exploring what my role might be.

3. What goals or aims do you have in regard to the above?

To gain a greater sense of clarity about the ways I can have my business(es) contribute to regenerative travel and tourism and how best I can contribute my skillset and leadership.

4. Where do you feel your next arenas for personal growth are?

Discovering the world of what it means to practice "regenerative design" and how I might apply that via business in the next 10-20 years. Building networks where I can work collaboratively - I have spent several years as a sole practitioner or in small teams.

5. And for professional growth?

Discovering the world of what it means to practice and lead "regenerative design" and how I might apply that via business in the next 10-20 years.

6. What have you invested in to get you where you are?

Developing myself as a small business entrepreneur, education, and innovation.

7. What fields of learning and which thinkers have been important in your life?

Adult education, ontology, linguistics. Jack Mezirow, bell hooks, Peter Block, Werner Erhard, and more recently Carol Sanford.

8. Can you frame your philosophy or cosmology of life? What role(s) do humans play in it?

I am here to make a difference with the privilege it is to be alive. I am here to explore the world and larger systems and, where possible, to assist others in developing their capacity to be well and make an impact with their life. I believe my access to being of service to others is my personal transformation. Human development is central to my philosophy.

Date CreatedJanuary 24, 2025