Speaker of the day: Louis Derungs — Well-being at work

At 19, Louis Derungs was the victim of a tragic accident: struck by an electric shock. He spent a few days in a coma before having both arms amputated. Upon waking, he had lost the use of his legs, which he regained after 6 months of work with his therapists.

Miraculously still alive, he decided to make the best of this accident and share his experience. He underwent extensive training and maximized his skills to design and develop tools.

Prototyping and experimentation became his spearheads. There isn't one of his theories that he hasn't tested. This way of regaining control of his life enriched him with a philosophy that drives him to transmit independence, courage, and hope.
He deploys his motivation and personal development techniques through various activities such as:

• Writing a fashion blog
• Traveling, which he does thanks to the 5 languages he speaks
• Conferences he gives both at Ted Talk (opposite) and for various companies
• Hypnotherapy in a practice he manages in collaboration with a child psychiatrist. He is also setting up a start-up in this field where he incorporates virtual reality to improve the comfort of people suffering from phantom limb and chronic pain
• Writing, where in his first book "15 000 volts" he recounts his experience. This inspires, restores hope, and demonstrates his motto: you must always believe in the impossible.
• Sporting achievements, such as the Marathon des Sables, renowned as one of the toughest in the world, where he applied his theories on mindfulness to overcome his chronic pain in addition to the 42.195 km

At just 22 years old, he impresses with his maturity and strength. Louis Derungs brings positivity and courage in the face of life's obstacles.Languages spoken by the speaker

• English
• French

Louis Derungs animates your conferences throughout Switzerland, from Geneva to Zurich, and worldwide. Far from being a fatalist, Louis Derungs was able to approach his accident with philosophy and discovered new perspectives for the future. What he gained from this serious health setback is an unfailing motivation to live an extraordinary life! The most tragic events often lead to deep introspection, which opens innovative avenues for personal development.

Louis Derungs will be delighted to share his life philosophy and the perspectives it brings him during tailor-made conferences with UnoMe.2015:

• "15,000 volts – A method for self-fulfillment, a story of resilience" Ed. Favre
• Personal resilience challenge: 100km per day for 6 days cycling along the Oregon coast (USA)

2016 – participates in TV shows:

• Salut les terriens
• Pardonnez-moi, with Monsieur Rochebin
• Mille et une vies, with Frédéric Lopez

2017:

• Application of mindfulness: Marathon des Sables (Morocco) to validate 6 months of preparation in conditions differing from competition, in order to validate his work on nutrition and mental control over physical pain, due both to burned nerves and the effort during a race of over 245 km!!!
• Intervention for a major Swiss bank as part of the real estate fair with the title: "Can resilience be acquired once and for all? The four keys to resilience."
• Conferences as part of the international virtual reality forum in Crans Montana with the following title: "VR innovation: Could VR become a health assistant?"
• Conference for a major Swiss bank in Yverdon-les-Bains, entitled: "Resilience: a journey more than a destination in itself."
• Conference for FC Sion on motivation
• Conference on the theme of innovation for SIG