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17–19 August | Stockholm Archipelago

In a time of constant acceleration and overwhelming complexity, leaders face a fundamental challenge: staying grounded, thinking clearly, and acting wisely when the world is anything but predictable.

This exclusive Nature Quest is designed for C-level executives and senior decision-makers ready to explore a deeper, more aligned leadership capacity. Set among the raw beauty of the Stockholm archipelago, this experience offers a rare opportunity to unplug from noise, reconnect with purpose, and gain strategic clarity.

A Modern Rite of Passage for Leaders
You will be part of a small group of experienced leaders preparing for a two-night solo immersion on one of the many uninhabited islands. Without distractions, your senses will sharpen, and your mind will settle, allowing you to meet yourself beyond titles, routines, and roles.

Nature doesn’t lie. It reveals.
The solo time is framed by ancient indigenous practices adapted to modern leadership. This approach draws on neuroscience and complexity science to help you access deeper insight, clarity, and renewal. It’s a powerful antidote to burnout, decision fatigue, and surface-level change.

Methods and Tools
U-Journaling:
In Dialogue with Yourself to deepen inner clarity and anchor transformation through writing.
Activates medial prefrontal cortex – integrates emotional and cognitive processing.

Sensing:
Reconnect with the intelligence of sensation and strengthen presence.
Reduces amygdala activity, strengthens interoception, and decision sensitivity.

Daily gratitude practice:
Deepen connection, reciprocity, and gratitude.
Increases dopamine and serotonin – strengthens empathy and belonging.

The Wheel of Transformation:
Enable identity shift and wholehearted integration.
Activates the brain’s self-integration system – strengthens resilience.

Physical Fasting:
Restores the body’s rhythm
Clear out unconscious dependencies and increase inner clarity.
Neurological effect: Increases Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), regulates insulin, and promotes cognitive acuity.

Dopamine Fasting:
Restore the sensitivity of presence by weaning off stimuli, and reconnect with subtle sensations.
Resensitizes the dopamine system, strengthens focus, and internal regulation.

Forget the Clock:
Resync with the rhythm of nature. Free yourself from mechanical time, return to biological rhythm.
Regulates circadian rhythm, improves recovery, and maintains hormonal balance.

Natural Movement:
Nature-based movement – ​​the intelligence of the body. Activate the body’s original movement patterns.
Improves proprioception, coordination, and stress resistance.

Integration:
Holistic anchoring – living the transformation
Anchor the inner change in everyday life and leadership.
Creates sustainable neural networks for value-based action.

Program Overview
Day 1
• Boat transfer from Björkviks brygga, Ingarö, to our archipelago host,
• Introduction to the Nature Quest process
• Prepare for solo: practical, emotional, and strategic framing
• Lunch is served before departure to your solo site
• Boat transfer to solo sites to begin our solo immersion

Day 2–3
• Full solo experience in silence and presence
• Optional light fasting or simplified diet for deeper clarity

Day 3 (afternoon)
• Silent return and sharing circle
• Structured dialogue and integration
• Return by boat by 16.00

Strategic Benefits
Access a deeper form of intelligence beyond analysis and overload
Increases alpha waves, promotes creativity, and meaning.
Practice perceptual awareness – essential for future-fit leadership
Recalibrate your inner compass to act with clarity and courage
Translate insights into a tangible strategic direction
You’ll also have the chance to digitally meet Prof. Brian Arthur (Stanford economist and complexity pioneer), who has used Nature Quest for over 40 years as part of his innovation and decision-making practice.

Practical Information
Dates: August 17–19, 2025
Fee: 19,000 SEK

Includes:
✔ Professional facilitation & preparations
✔ All meals before and after the solo stay
✔ Boat transfers and solo site logistics
✔ Safety gear overview & re-entry circle

Packing:
You will receive a detailed packing list, gear advice, and food suggestions for the solo stay. We recommend a lightweight setup and simplified food plan (or optional fasting) to maximize your mental clarity and physiological reset.

Optional Preparation Practices
Practice meditation or Qi Gong outdoors
Begin to observe Nature more attentively — the wind, birds, trees
Reflect on a few powerful questions (sent in advance)
Journal with the guidance of U-Journaling (provided)

Pathfinders – facilitators
Martin Lindsröm, Executive Pathfinder
In collaboration with Nature Academy Learning Lab, Göran Gennvi