Real learning and disruptive innovation only emerge when we remove the fences around students, experts, managers, and executives. The Unchained Journey is a paradigm shifting awakening into what is needed to break free from outdated frameworks.

It is also an experimental journey. We will not only experiment with the content, but also with strategies and technologies to awaken participants in a new mindset.

The Journey content

For the Unchained Journey (The Challenge - Part I), we selected 5 Red Monkey Stories & 16 Posters to create a disruptive awakening experience. If successful, we complete the Unchained Journey with 2 other parts: The ‘Protagonists’ and ‘The Escape’.

The Stories

Switch 3D - The Battle of the Smarts (4 Poster Talks)

• What’s happening in the world? Why 2D vs. 3D? The War of the Words.

• 2D-Smarting. Why is value based on discipline & intelligence declining?

• 3D-Smarting. Why is value based on passion & talents the next stage of evolution?

3D-Smarts are Bright (3 Poster Talks)

• What is the impact of 3D-Smarting on learning? How do you recognize 3D-Smarts?

• What change is needed in Educational and Training & Development?

The Switch-3D Fracture (3 Poster Talks)

• What is Innovation? What is the impact of 3D-Smarting on Innovation?

• What is the disruptive impact of the evolution of innovation on employment?

The Power Defect (2 Poster Talks)

• What does it truly mean to be “competent”?

• What is the most dramatic innovation killer inside organizations?

Red Monkey Innovation Management (4 Poster Talks + 1 Survey)

• We must evolve from 2D-Improvement to 3D-Disruptive Innovation fueled by conflicts.

• Red Monkey Innovation Management, reinventing Innovation Management.

The Engagement

After every Story, participants engage in discussions around the Poster Talks: agreeing, disagreeing, challenging, questioning, or debating. These Engagements are moderated and energized by a Pack Guide.

The Red Monkey Challenge

After the 5 Stories, participants are challenged to create & pitch disruptive Red Monkey Ideas.

• Culture Red Monkeys to embed Red Monkey Innovation Management.

• Business Red Monkeys that need Red Monkey Innovation Management to succeed

What is the format of the Journey?

We are offering the Unchained Journey in 3 formats.

• ‘Unchained in One’: A single full‑day awakening journey.

• ‘Unchained in Three’: Three live sessions (150 mins) over several days or weeks.

• ‘Unchained in Nine’: 3 Online Sessions with Poster Talks, 3 Engagement Periods organized by Pack Guides and 3 Spin-off Sessions.

12 Promotional ‘Unchained Journeys’

In 2026, we will organize 12 promotional Unchained Journeys. These experimental Journeys are free to attend, with the following conditions …

• Each Journey is experimental, creating unique awakening experiences with a Red Monkey Crew consisting of Pack Guides, Pack Builders, Pack Reporters, Poster Teachers, Journey Managers, Journey Creators, and Technologists.

• Only Packs of Participants can register. Packs allow us to experiment with engagement dynamics. Individuals can join if we can assign them to a pack.

• To test and promote engagement with Pack Guides, we start with a journey when we have a minimum of 4 Packs in a journey.

• For “Unchained in One” and “Unchained in Three” Journeys, drinks and more are at expense of participants or sponsored by a partner (company, organization, network) who invests in location and logistics.

• We aim for: 3 x ‘Unchained in One’, 3 x ‘Unchained in Three’, 6 x ‘Unchained in Nine’.

• ‘Unchained in One’ has priority

  • We start organizing One-Day sessions when min 4 Packs and minimum 24 participants.

  • Fee = 275€ / Participant with minimum of 75€ (place, food & drinks) on request or if Red Monkey Explorer Member.

• Packs must be a creative mix of diversity (sectors, professions, age, ‘you name it’).

• During these Kickstarter Journeys, we will promote Red Monkey Explorer Memberships to kickstart the Red Monkey Library and organize regular Red Monkey Talks & Meetups.

• The Kickstarter version is a light version of what the Unchained Journey will become. The extended version will be developed based on insights gained from these first 12 experiments.