Exploring Collaboration with Hyper Island

The Overview 
During My 3rd year in the Kaospilot Education, I got the opportunity to work with an amazing education called Hyper Island. Together with the core staff, our work was about exploring collaborative frameworks through a concept called Change Island.
I supported by:

• Designing the framework to prototype this idea
• Designing and facilitate learning journeys for the team
• Designing and leading process for stakeholders in different phases of the project.
• Capture learning into a strategic report for a stakeholder evaluation process
• Design and executing the Change Island experiment​

​The Leading Journey
I come from diverse worlds of different backgrounds, experiences and colors, that has shaped my multipotentialite being. Through a journey that started in Africa, Ghana where I was born with a Ukrainian mother who later would meet my 2nd father from the Faroe Island. Our lives were always filled with all cultures and friends from all walks of life. The people that came into our lives always found a way to connect to share experiences that would enrich our lives even more. Through the stories of people I received many beautiful treasures that was shared with me as a child, it sparked a passion deep within me, to create and connect to spaces where diverse people met to deeply connect, co create and share meaningful moments together. My 3rd year journey began with this intention, looking for how and where i could create such spaces together with people. The words connection, co-creation, collaboration seem to be glued to my mind, which lead me to meet the Hyper Island school based in Karlskrona, Sweden.

The Context 
In november 2015, I was hired into the Hyper Island school in Karlskrona Sweden, to project lead this learning journey. This was an exciting opportunity that could allow me to connect to my passion and support the Hyper Island team’s vision in creating a co-created and collaborative festival where deep connections could happen. I saw this opportunity as a perfect fit into my learning goals & to practice co creating and collaboration. The team and I had to face many unexpected changes, which took us through deep dives. It called for me to connect to my process, project, business and leaderships skills. 

My Learning
The Kaospilot has unlocked my being in unimaginable ways, which has helped create an important foundation to continue my lifelong journey onward. I have learned on many levels, professionally, personally and spiritually. From this sea of learning that i have experienced, it is impossible to share them all here, however I will share 4 of my key learnings:

• There is a beautiful power in focus and perseverance that is guided by the inner fire. This power can create the unimaginable, and it is necessary to call upon it in order to create. We all have it, we just need to realize that we have it.
• Patience, compassion, deep presensing and listening are components that can create some of the deepest connections and most powerful creations. When we rush, we can loose some of the essence and beauty that is present in the elements of life. By rushing, we might be forcing, which might lead to damage somewhere that we really didn't want to damage, There is a special power in the gentle push.
• There is a time to step into action, shining, knowing and teaching, then there is also a time to step into being, grounding, reflecting, and learning. This is the dance of life. The yin and yang. By connecting to your core, and listening to the world, you will know when to do what.
• Every moment is perfect, even the most challenging ones, Challenges brings to us a space for deep practice to take place and this is the space where we learn something unexpected. It is the space where we gain both depth and expansion at the same time.

What is Next?
My future cannot be foreseen in its complete detail by my mind, however my path can be sensed and felt with my soul's wisdom, which leads me to visions of many spectacular moments and experiences. I will continue to explore and create meaningful spaces where people can meet, learn  and connect in powerful ways. I see something that wants to be born. Learning spaces that allows us to be our authentic selves and where the power hierarchy is dissolved. This will be a lifelong quest, to be able to flow in the different streams that life presents with fluidity and flow by stepping in and stepping back. 

• My biggest challenge this year was finding ways to move the project forward while working with a very busy team. 
  
  
• My biggest surprise this year was seeing how many people are willing to help if you just reach out and ask them.
  
  
• I am most proud of being able to keep my daily personal practices of yoga and healthy food even in the most intense working moments. 
  
  
• I discovered that I am good at taking the necessary responsibilities that help the team move forward. 
  
  
• I need to work on being more present and grounded when facilitating processes.

 

• I dream about creating transformational spaces that bring diverse people together to deeply connect.
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  THANKS everybody and enjoy your week.

   PHOTOS BY RAMONA AUGUST
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