KaosPilot

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The KaosPilots Netherlands is a school located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands which is a part of the KaosPilots International school chain. KaosPilot is a 3 year long education for young entreprenurs from 21 to 31 years, in the fields of new business design, marketing, creative design and social innovation. The program focuses on personal development, value-based entrepreneurship, creativity and out-of-the-box approaches to the problems and challenges in business, society and organizations.

The KaosPilots NL, opened in 2007 is the second youngest KaosPilots school, the newest and the fifth one is located in Stockholm, Sweden. The first one started in 1993 in Arhus, Denmark. Then Oslo, Norway opened in 2004 and Malmö, Sweden in 2005.

Contents 1 The KP Values 2 Team 1 3 Admission Process 3.1 Application 3.2 Admission Workshop 4 References

[edit] The KP Values

The educational program and the school operate according to the following six basic values:

• Playful

Being at the KaosPilots has to be motivating and inspiring.

• Real World

The students and the staff have to work with real problems, real people and real conflicts.

• Streetwise

The school must never be out of touch with what is happening at street level in our society.

• Risktaking

The program and the staff must be characterised by the will to be brave and take risks.

• Balance

There has to be the right dynamic and balance between body and soul, between form and content and, not least, between human, time and economic resources at the school.

• Compassion

Human compassion and social responsibility must be the hallmarks of the school.

[edit] Team 1

Every year the school accepts a team of students which works closely together. The size of the team varies between schools but currently there is one team in the Netherlands, but another one, Team 2, will be accepted in fall 2008. Team 1 concists of 17 students from 7 countries; the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Belgium.

[edit] Admission Process

[edit] Application

The first step is filling out the application form which is in three parts: Map -where are you coming from and where are you heading?, DNA -who are you and what are your interests? and Creative Design -how imaginative are you?. The most interesting applications are then selected and the so called test-pilots are invited to a two day long Admission Workshop.

[edit] Admission Workshop

The Admission Workshop is a two day long workshop that takes place in or near the school. Test-Pilots are divided into groups of 10 and get all sorts of tasks to work on. Current students facilitate the process and examine the Test-Pilots. After the Admission Workshop the current students evaluate the last two days and the performance of the Test-Pilots. They then put together a team of students, based on variety of qualifications.

[edit] References

Official Homepage of KaosPilots NL