The Source Code

Pullman xChange | June 24-25, 2026 | In Partnership with the House of Beautiful Business

Every Exchange is a Trip. This one goes straight to the source.

For 24 hours, Pullman hotels in Paris become an immersive landscape of encounters and experiences.
150 guests. By invitation only.

What makes something truly worth experiencing?

What operates beneath the surface of everything you value - unseen, yet essential?
And when it matters most, can you bring that level of quality into the world?

Together, we willl step behind the scenes in search of answers. It begins with mystery.
We will all end at the source.

CONTRIBUTORS

Steven D'Souza

Is an executive educator, award-winning author and trusted guide. He promotes a contemplative, wisdom-based model of leadership that harnesses “negative capability” to help leaders unlock their hidden potential, thrive with purpose and authenticity, and drive positive change.
Laura François

Is a socio-environmental impact strategist. She is the director of Awe Exchange, a nonprofit lab developing Systems Feeling — a felt, relational approach that helps leaders navigate uncertainty and lead with wonder.
Gianfranco Chicco

Is a creative producer at the intersection of design, technology, and craft. He curates The Craftsman Newsletter and explores what craftspeople can teach us about living and working with greater depth.
Lori Baldwin

Is an interdisciplinary performing artist and immersive experience designer. With over a decade leading interdisciplinary creative projects across art, science, and technology, she turns bold ideas into experiences that are rigorous, uncanny, and impossible to ignore.
Monika Jiang

Is a writer and community builder exploring loneliness as a structural condition of modern life. After leading curation and community at the House of Beautiful Business for five years, she founded The Oneliness Project.
Frédéric Jousset

Is an entrepreneur and visionary patron of the arts, co-founder of Webhelp (sold in 2023). Today, through the Art Explora Foundation and its impact fund ArtNova, he is redefining access to culture, bringing art beyond walls, borders, and audiences.