Ep. 117 Why Your Company Events Are Killing Culture (And What Burning Man Gets Right) | With guest, Jasper Vallance
About this episode
Jasper Vallance discusses how corporate events often fail to foster culture and what can be learned from Burning Man.
The Occupational Philosophers | Episode 117 | With Jasper Vallance Jasper Vallance is a social entrepreneur who left his corporate life at Google to create a life of meaning driven by his passions. As an event architect, he became the founder of Australia's largest sober dance party. He has taken what he learned at Burning Man to rethink what corporate gatherings could actually do for people. This episode is about why many company events don't work and what intentional gathering looks like when it's done right. In this episode, they cover the collapse of Friday drinks, the WeWork meltdown (yes, that one), and why alcohol has never actually been the social lubricant we think it is. Timestamps 00:00 – Opening clip: the art of setting the scene 00:48 – What's caught your eye? 05:00 – Guest intro: Jasper Vallance 07:30 – Burning Seed relaunch — Cosmic Canyon 10:24 – Burning Man 101: it's 10 principles 11:18 – Where are you in the world? 12:19 – Dinner Party Round begins 12:41 – What's giving you joy? 14:00 – Who inspires you? 16:12 – Big question: can the magic of Burning Man translate to company events? 19:29 – What do you actually do? 20:49 – Why Jasper is always in costume — and…
People in this episode
Host: The Occupational Philosophers
Guest: Jasper Vallance
Topics covered
- company culture
- event planning
- social gatherings
- Burning Man
- sober events
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google, WeWork
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