{"id":8369,"date":"2026-02-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa-balance.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=8369"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:07:16","slug":"147-stop-decorating-wellness-concepts-that-were-never-designed","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.spa-balance.com\/es\/podcast\/147-stop-decorating-wellness-concepts-that-were-never-designed\/","title":{"rendered":"147. Stop Decorating Wellness Concepts That Were Never Designed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-18634315\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1739894\/episodes\/18634315-147-stop-decorating-wellness-concepts-that-were-never-designed.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-18634315&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is responsible for designing your wellness offering?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really, who?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I\u2019ve been researching and writing my second book, I\u2019ve been revisiting some of the thinking that has shaped how I see wellness leadership and business today. One idea I keep coming back to is first who, then what. It\u2019s the idea that you need the right people on the bus and in the right seats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the more I sit with this idea, especially in the context of wellness within hospitality, the clearer it becomes that we\u2019ve skipped a critical step.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve never actually designed the seats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellness is still one of the newest departments in the hotel ecosystem. Because it\u2019s complex, specialist, and often poorly understood, we\u2019ve quietly placed the entire weight of the wellness business onto one person. One leader expected to give the brief, design the concept, stress-test the numbers, activate the experience, and operate it, often without the authority, training, or governance needed to do this sustainably.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make sense of this, I keep returning to an analogy I know well: buildings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In construction, the process is clear. An owner provides a brief. 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