Being a Test Pilot...

A really short summary of some personal reflections and what happened in March... As I completed 6 months in the Netherlands (half-way through this 1 year experience), a lot of thoughts, ideas, doubts and tensions came to my mind. For over 3 weeks I was unable to sleep properly - not insomnia, but simply waking up agitated early in the morning, before the alarm clock! Those who know how much I love sleeping can imagine the situation...

So, after many conversations, readings and some reflections, I realized some important things for myself. I'll share some of them in the near future - maybe a different blog? - but the one thing I found (or came to me...) was a school in Denmark called Kaos Pilots (http://www.kaospilots.dk)

Kaos Pilots is a different kind of business school, focused on innovation, creative and entrepreneurship, with studies on Project Management, Business Design and Process Design. Very very interesting... I found out a friend of mine (Ulli) was studying there and after contacting her briefly and checking the website, I decided to applied for the classes starting in September 2006 - in the last day! I sent the application late, but luckily they accepted it.

The important factor was writing the application (which was basically the most unique questionnaire I ever filled up! - check here - http://www.kaospilots.dk/pdf/Application_form_2006.pdf). Immediately after writing the application, I felt released and managed to sleep once again. The day after I arrived at work at 11am!! I believe I needed to write down some thoughts, get them organized and out of my mind. This is also another reason for giving this blog a "second chance", and trying to write more from now on...

Anyway, summarizing the story: I was called for the selection workshop, a 2-day event that happened last week in Aarhus, Denmark, at the school. It was an amazingly organized workshop, very powerful and intense, that made me feel very good, even though it was a competitive environment (75 applicants - test pilots - for 30-35 members of the future Team13 of pilots). The results of the workshop should be announced pretty soon, and then I might write more about the school and its kaothic ideas :)

For those interested in Education for the Future, take a look at the Curriculum of the Kaos Pilots: http://www.kaospilots.dk/pdf/TheKaosPilotCurriculum.pdf

That's it for now...