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title: Pioneering the Future of Hospitality with Innovation and Humanity
description: EHL Innovation Hub's Nicola Kirsch on why the EHL HumanX Summit 2026 treats human connection as a leadership strategy.
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# [Pioneering the Future of Hospitality with Innovation and Humanity](https://innovationhub.ehl.edu/news/the-future-of-hospitality-with-innovation-and-humanity)

 Written by [EHL Innovation Hub](https://innovationhub.ehl.edu/news/author/ehl-innovation-hub) | May 30, 2026 12:11:33 PM

#### Discussing leading with humanity at the EHL HumanX Summit 2026

What happens when you stop treating technology and humanity as opposites? That's the question EHL Innovation Hub's HumanX Summit 2026 was built around.

Nicola Kirsch, Entrepreneur in Residence at EHL, spoke with HospitalityNet on why care and connection belong in the boardroom, and what it means to design a gathering around co-creation.

Read the full interview here: [full article.](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/interview/4131720/human-x-summit-pioneering-the-future-of-hospitality-with-innovation-and-humanity)

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