Kaospilot

{{Short description|Danish disruptive education provider}}

{{Infobox university

|name = Kaospilot

|image = File:Filmbyen1.jpg

|image_size = 300px

|motto =

|established = 1991

|founder = Uffe Elbæk{{cite magazine|last=Sørensen|first=Dorte Hygum |title=Business School for KaosPilots |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/03/kaos.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040704075825/http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/03/kaos.html |archive-date=4 July 2004 |issue=3 |year= 1996 |page=30 |magazine=Fast Company |publisher=Fast Company Inc.}}

|type =

|administrative_staff = 16

|principal = Ulla Grøn

|students = +100

|city = Aarhus

|country = Denmark

|website = {{URL|https://www.kaospilot.dk}}

}}

Kaospilot ({{literally|Chaos Pilot}}) is a disruptive education provider and facilitator of learning experiences for individuals, communities and organizations located in Aarhus, Denmark, and surrounded by the creative and vibrant areas of Filmbyen{{Cite web |title=Filmby Aarhus |url=https://filmbyaarhus.dk/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=filmbyaarhus.dk |language=da}} and Sydhavn,{{Cite web |title=Sydhavnskvarteret |url=https://sydhavnskvarteret.dk/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=sydhavnskvarteret.dk |language=da}} at the edge of the city harbor.

Details

Founded by Uffe Elbæk in 1991, Kaospilot is today funded by the European Union and student fees.{{cite web|url=https://www.kaospilot.dk/history/ |title=Story|publisher=KaosPilots|language=da|access-date=30 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dengamleby.dk/kaospiloter/|title=KaosPiloter|publisher=Den Gamle By|language=da|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602005941/http://www.dengamleby.dk/kaospiloter|archive-date=2 June 2015|url-status=dead}}

File:KP in Mejlgade.jpg

The education accepts around 35-37 students each year with a minimum age of 21, through a rigorous selections process. Kaospilot programs teach in the fields of leadership, business design, process design and project design. The educational philosophy focuses on personal development, value-based entrepreneurship, creativity and social innovation. The Kaospilot program has been named as one of the world's 10 best schools for innovation and entrepreneurship by Fast Company, and by Business Week as one of the top design schools in the world. Kaospilot has inspired schools in Australia, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands.{{cite web|last1=Woyke|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Atal|first2=Maha|title=The Talent Hunt|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2007-10-04/the-talent-huntbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=4 October 2007|access-date=30 August 2015}}

The education was in Danish until August 2005 as the students were mainly from the Scandinavian countries. Now the official language at Kaospilot is in English, the most commonly spoken secondary language in the region.

In the summer of 2013 the Kaospilot school moved from their old address in Mejlgade to the neighborhood of Filmbyen.

Lecturers of note

Kaospilot invites external lecturers to deliver the content of the semesters, and throughout the years hundreds of lecturers have engaged with the students.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite magazine|last=Visscher|first=Marco|title=Most unusual college in the world|url=http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/27/most_unusual_college_in_the_world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019211033/http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/27/most_unusual_college_in_the_world|archive-date=19 October 2007|date=October 2005|magazine=Ode Magazine}}