Islands Of Sanity
Transformative Experience
“We rely on joy raising, knowing that joy comes from working together as good human beings, independent of external circumstances.”
— Margaret Wheatley
Islands of Sanity
Facts
Client: Kaospilot, School for Creative Leadership &
Meaningful Entrepreneurship
Project: Experience Design Program 2022, Berlin
Format: Custom Transformational Sound Experience
Number of Participants: 25
Duration: 1 hr & excitement on the pre-evening
Location: KAOS Eventspace, Berlin
The format can be adapted in terms of duration and number of participants.
C A S E S ///
E X P E R I E N C E D E S I G N
Who do you choose to be?
„Islands of Sanity“ is an immersive experience, inviting participants to go on a reflective journey, challenging your role as a leader in times of uncertainty and unprecedented anxiety.
Through a play of sounds, scents, opposites and tensions the participants were guided through a journey with their emotions, dealing with uncertainty, fear, loneliness, letting go, trusting the process, turning into a feeling of oneness, community and strengths.
The title of the „Islands of Sanity“ experience is inspired by Margaret Wheatley's book "Who do you choose to be? An invitation to the nobility of leadership."
Outcomes
High Concept: Finding stability and a sense of sanity, grounding and belonging in times of uncertainty and chaos.
Core Meanings: Community, Oneness, Hope
Learning: You can find strength and power in moments of uncertainty, trusting in yourself, the process and having perseverance, turning uncomfortable experiences in experiences of learning and growth.
Take Aways: Feeling of community, Trusting your inner perseverance, Finding strength in community
Credits
Photo Credits: Julie Comfort
Co-Facilitators: „Humble Disruptors“ Claudia Smith, Mo Syd, Natascha Brucker and Christoffer Lerche Moestrup
Thank you for guiding and holding emotional space for the participants throughout the journey.
#experiencedesign #transformativeexperience #futuresleadership #leadership
What People Are Saying
“This is a great case and example of using the 5E to design a meaningful experience”
— Andy Sontag, Program manager KAOS Pilot Experience Design
“By far the deepest experience I ever joined - truly a mind-opening format”
— Participant
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.“
— Václav Havel