Join Katie Thompson and a panel of leading experts live on the 2nd of April for Rethinking Flying, a live learning event only at thetourismreset.com. Or catch the recording.

What truths would the aviation industry rather you didn't know? In this episode we find out.

This week I sat down with Katie Thompson. Twenty years in the cockpit. Head of Flight Safety at NetJets. Responsible for hundreds of aircraft and thousands of pilots. An insider. And someone who walked away from a career she loved.

Katie isn't criticising or finger pointing from the outside. She's here to create change and share the solutions which already exist. Including how to reduce aviation emissions by up to 50%, today. Not as a promise of tomorrow.

Want to learn more and equip yourself with the facts? A brand new MASTERCLASS on this topic drops in spring 2026, developed with leading researchers, professors and experts. Available only at thetourismreset.com

If you'd like to read the book Katie recommended:

1. All We Can Save - Katharine Wilkinson & Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editors)

Is tourism growing for the sake of growing? Who benefits? And who pays the cost? Just some of the questions we unpack in this episode.

This week I sat down with Tina O'Dwyer from Ireland, a renowned strategic advisor in tourism, and one of the few people I've heard put vulnerability and leadership in the same sentence in this industry. Find out why that matters more than you think.

Why this is worth a listen:

🌍 The three eras of tourism, what the era of navigation means and why you need to know this to make sense of what you're probably feeling right now

🌍 Why vulnerability and leadership belong in the same sentence, and what that really means for how we lead

🌍 Why someone said to Tina "stewardship is on all our policy documents but we don't know what it means" and why that gap matters more than you think

If what you've been hearing on the podcast resonates with you, join us over at thetourismreset.com. On-demand video learning built for tourism pros, teams and students, where the world's leading voices and experts come together on the topics shaping the future of the industry.

Welcome back to The Tourism RESET with me, your host, Rebecca Woolford. My guest today is Dr. Lyla June Johnston, aka Lyla June, an Indigenous musician, author, and activist of Diné nation and European heritage.

Lyla’s creativity and passion have engaged audiences around the globe. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford with doctoral research focused on how pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped Turtle Island (now called the Americas). Lyla’s wisdom and guidance have completely reshaped how I think about the tourism industry.

Here's what you'll discover in this episode:

🌍 What Turtle Island really means, and why understanding this is foundational for anyone promoting travel in North America

🌍 How generational trauma shapes Indigenous communities, and why tourism professionals and businesses need this context to shape how we see the world

🌍 Three key challenges Indigenous communities face, and how tourism done right can support regeneration rather than extraction

🌍 The critical Indigenous principles of solidarity and reciprocity

Enjoyed listening? Visit thetourismreset.com, on-demand video learning for tourism pros. A great place to begin is the 5 Minute Reset series, (one expert, one topic, less than five mins).