The College of Extraordinary Experiences

"This space is designed for us to meet all of these people we would normally never meet, go to classes and do things we would never normally do, and up end up revealing parts of ourselves we would never normally see, thereby going home transformed.”

- Monica Dogra, Class of 2024

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"It is unlike anything you will ever dream of experiencing, but when you come out of it [on] the other side, you will be completely and utterly transformed, and inspired, and eager to go out and change the world, and do great things."

- Marina Terteryan, from the inaugural Class of 2016

Director

Freelance work

With 46 books to my name, there really isn't any doubt that "Author" belongs somewhere on this Linkedin profile. 

A spattering of recent titles include:

- "Cultivating Crazy: Why You Need Idiots If You Want Innovation"
- "Claus Raasted's Little Book of Self-Confidence"
- "The Innovation Cycle" (with Robert Laszlo Kiss)
- "Pricing Expertise: How to get paid what you deserve by clients who deserve you” (with Filip Fucic)

I also do my fair share of ghost writing, book coaching, advisory work on book projects, etc.

So if that is your poison, feel free to reach out. :-)

Book Author (46 books)

McKinsey & Company

As an External Advisor at McKinsey, I was pulled in to provide fresh perspectives. Sometimes, my work was internal in nature (teaching, coaching, supporting, etc) and at other times it is client-facing; assisting with anything from big picture thinking to getting my hands dirty in the field. 

To be honest, the difference in my titles at McKinsey has had minimal impact on the work. And whatever the nature of that work, it's always been interesting - even if I'm sadly not allowed to talk about it! :-)

External Advisor

As a Coach at McKinsey, I was called in from time to time to help on projects both internal and external.  

My specialty is in the fields of experience design, storytelling and live events, but my work was very much cross-industry.

Because of this, I was privileged enough, that I got work on all sorts of interesting stuff with amazing people, while I was in this position.

Coach

As a Senior Advisor, my work centered on my expertise in the fields of experience design, large scale culture design, behaviour design and such like (for example, the future of tourism). I also often did work that had a special focus on user experience, experience engineering and customer journeys.

Senior Advisor

Rollespilsfabrikken

I was one of the founders, and spent 16 years as the chairman of Rollespilsfabrikken, which is a non-profit organisation with around a thousand members and activities in both Denmark and beyond. 

The focus is on creating highly immersive interactive live action role play events, that teach children and adults how to think differently, co-create together and build meaningful connections. 

A powerhouse of creativity and community, Rollespilsfabrikken is not only one of the largest non-profit live action roleplaying organisations in the world in terms of members, but also one of the most influential, with methods and ideas developed here being used across 18 time zones. 

Oh, and as research from the Danish Institute of Happiness Research showed conclusively in 2017, it turns out that getting to be someone else once in a while tends to leads to solid improvements in quality of life. ;-)

Chairman Of The Board

Dziobak Larp Studios

Dziobak Larp Studios started as a small, Danish company, and ended as the world’s leading creator of high end, international live action role play events. Some of the more well-known projects include a world-famous wizard school (College of Wizardry) and the rethinking of a water park into an Arabian action myth (Legends of Arabia). 

Sadly, the company crashed in March 2019, in large part due to decisions I made that were based on dreams rather than business sense. Some of the events live on, under different leadership, but most of the team is scattered to the winds - some having returned to previous careers, others still doing amazing things in the larp space.

As founder and CEO, this was a big blow to me both personally and professionally (and not least economically!), but while the Dziobak dream is dead, all the hard-earned skills learned serve me well in other arenas.

CEO & Founder

Rollespilsakademiet

Rollespilsakademiet (which later grew into Dziobak Larp Studios) is a Danish company focusing on education and entertainment through play. I started it in 2006, together with my older brother, Peter. 

After Peter stepped out a year later, I worked solo for a while, and then Anders Berner joined as my partner in 2008. We ran it together for many years, slowly growing. 

It later grew into becoming Dziobak Larp Studios and what was the Danish division of the company split off in 2018 and still lives on today under the talented leadership of Sofie Støvelbæk. I am no longer directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the company, but it'll always have a special place in my heart.

Owner & Founder

A little of this and a little of that

After graduating high school in '98, I did various things. I put books on shelves at Roskilde Library. I studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen (twice!). I worked as a pedagogical assistant. I landed my first roleplaying jobs, teaching youth school classes. I published my first book. But before October 2002, I still thought I'd become a high school teacher in History and Philosophy. 

It turns out that was not meant to be... :-)

Life before truly becoming an entrepreneur

Director at The College of Extraordinary Experiences & Keynote Speaker on Innovation Culture and Experience Design

46 books. 60+ talks per year. A "100 Keynotes in 100 days" project. 1000+ events. Thousands of lectures, interviews, blogposts, podcast episodes, articles, etc. It adds up over the years...

... so if you're looking for a wild card keynote speaker who knows a thing or two about how to get s**t done, then I just might be your guy. 😉

Day 4/5 of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. It’s way too late, and the level of seriousness is dropping by the minute. 😂

Claus Raasted

Director at The College of Extraordinary Experiences & International Dean of Bhavan’s College MSEED - Management School of Events & Experience Design

Day 1/5 of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. (Or Day 3/7, for those following along) 😃

Short and sweet, this time!

Day 2/5 of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. My voice is a bit shaky, and since it’s nearly 03.00 in the morning, I tried to keep it down a bit… so forgive me if it’s a bit tricky to hear. 🤣

Daily video reflection from The College of Extraordinary Experiences. Day 2 of 7 (or Day 0 of 5, if we’re talking about the actual event proper) 😂

Day 5/5 at The College of Extraordinary Experiences. It’s over for this year. ❤️

Day 3/5 of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. “The owls are not what they seem.” 😂

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