So The Tourism Colab was born. The polycrisis requires nothing less of us than the courage to think and work differently. Connection, belonging and stewardship is key. Our twentieth century industrial production and consumption systems have disconnected us from nature, from community, from family and from ourselves.  

When Dianne returned to working with communities, for-purpose businesses, and governments genuinely seeking to understand the shifts and explore alternative ways of working, she became alive once again to a deeper sense of purpose. She reconnected with what she had always known - the incredible power of networks, systems, collaboration and inner development. It is through flows and relationships that change happens, not through institutions, plans, and outputs. Even though her PhD had been in precisely these areas, it was as if years of working in the system had dulled her knowing, creativity, and inspiration. She had been looking at tourism through a lens, distanced from what she knew to be true with head, heart, and gut.