July 7, 2023. Supporting people’s growth and development is at the forefront of mature leaders’ minds all the time. What’s needed most is not just talking about change and development but creating spaces for new emotional reference experiences. For a truly transformational experience and deep change new forms of development come into play, like biohacking, culture expeditions, and inducing altered states of consciousness, also with legal psychedelic experiences. However, the landscape of psychedelic retreat providers might seem daunting. The new guide by our partner Evolute Institute aims to help those looking for orientation and guidance through the wild landscape of transformative psychedelic retreat experiences in Europe (with legal psychoactive mushrooms)…

Oct. 6, 2022. Our partners at Evolute Institute who offer psychedelic leadership experience retreat programs just started publishing a great new 8-part series on Inner Work. The first article just came out and explores the question “What does ‘deep inner work’ actually mean”? They emphasise that numerous schools of thought, ranging from millennia-old philosophies to modern academic approaches like developmental psychology and evolutionary biology, have made invaluable contributions over time to the understanding and fostering of human growth and development. In their article they synthesize the best insights from these wisdom traditions, scientific theories and practices…

March 21, 2022. Clinical research on psychedelics, such as psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in certain types of mushrooms), has experienced a renaissance in the past two decades, leading to spectacular successes in treating conditions such as addiction, treatment-resistant depression, mood and anxiety disorders or even end-of-life anxiety of cancer patients. But what about what Michael Pollan, author of “How to change your mind”, calls “the betterment of well people”? Could altered states of consciousness…

Feb 11, 2022. Our friends from OMDB - Over my dead body - offer a new free online event on Februar 24, 2022. A German pastor and a London-based death doula share their approaches and practical tips for helping people at the end of their lives. Participants will learn what really matters at the end and how each of us might be of help during the final days of our loved ones.

Jan 14, 2022. Why is it that while we often intent to change something - externally or within - we do not succeed in effectuating that change? Our partners from Evolute Institute are giving a new answer to a perennial question of how to promote development and growth of leaders, of how to get unstuck, of how to really learn how to embrace new perspectives and become more empathetic, of how to connect to our deepest longing and true purpose…

Sep 23, 2021. How can we create healthier workplaces & foster resilience in ourselves and others? There is a lot of confusion around the root cause(s) of disease (dis-ease), suffering, lack of resilience. Modern medicine is fabulous in treating the symptoms, but we need to address the root cause. The core insight of the last decade of research into the causes of suffering / symptoms / trauma is that it comes through our neuro-biology

August 10, 2020. Wann wird Kommunikation wirkungsvoll, was kennzeichnet einen außergewöhnlichen Vortrag, der Menschen nachhaltig berührt, wie es die besten TED Talks tun - und was braucht es, um das als Führungskraft oder change maker umzusetzen? In der aktuellen Folge 44 des Podcasts Ich.Wir.Alle von shortcuts adressiert Infinity Institut-Gründer und CEO Christopher Kabakis diese Fragen im Gespräch mit shortcuts-CEO Martin Permantier…

July 17, 2020. What does it mean to be a working women in 2020? Together with the women network Rockchain, 301 words (an initiative of Patrick Liebl, storytelling expert & TEDx speaker coach at Infinity Institute) asked this question to women all over the world. In a big contest they were invited to tell their story of what it means to them to be a working women in the year 2020…

July 10, 2020. The Corona Pandemic has shaken up the lives of many of us. At our 8th and final Compass Salon, we’ll rather fittingly be touching on the topic of letting go. We’ll be addressing the big taboo of death and consider what can be learned by contemplating our mortality. On a philosophical level the claim is that contemplation of death brings us squarely up against the existential bedrock of our lives and helps us to face our natural limits. This includes the many deaths that we can suffer daily, especially at times of life transition….

Jan 25, 2020. Do you trust your intuition? And if yes, do you admit it to others? Have you ever asked your colleagues, your supervisor or your partner to follow your suggestion in an important matter because of your intuition? At our 7th Compass Salon “Follow Your Intuition” on February 25th, 2020, from 7.00-9.00pm at our new partner Adjust’s offices we will explore the concept of intuition, how it is related to our bodies and how we can use it purpusefully to make decisions…

Nov 1, 2019. On Dec 3, 2019, at 7pm will be a very special edition of Compass Salon with leadership expert Dr. Matthias Müller-Lindenberg, guiding us through his new leadership model based on the metaphor “Flowing with the River” - hosted again at Goodpatch Berlin. At the Salon we will discuss how we can achieve our goals without getting burned out and instead develop a nourishing and powerful (personal) leadership…

Sept. 5, 2019. Our next Compass Salon No. 5 is coming up, this time with the theme “Hidden Treasures”! The Salon will be hosted on October 23rd, 2019, from 6.30-9.00pm with delicious wine by Nampelka and at the Berlin Kreuzberg location of Goodpatch Berlin. Our two speakers, Sarmistha Pantham and Dr. Adam Ambrozy, will take us on an expedition in search for our hidden treasures. We will be shown the "best places“ to look for these treasures and learn how to lift and use them…