This module (2025 May 5-30) offers artists and creatives the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a supportive environment. Participants are given time and space to experiment with various leadership roles, practicing how to manage people and projects. The focus is on discovering your personal leadership style—one that feels both authentic and effective.

The goal is to move beyond traditional capitalist frameworks and explore innovative ways of leading that align with your true self. By the end of the program, you’ll feel confident in your ability to be an authentic leader, ready to inspire and guide others in your creative journey.
MODULE OBJECTIVES
Explore your leadership potential:
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  • Develop your unique leadership style: Practice and enhance essential leadership skills tailored to your authentic self.
  • Embrace your presence: Confidently occupy space and amplify your voice, recognizing your inherent value.
  • Dare to dream big: Cultivate the courage to envision and pursue ambitious goals.
  • Unite around shared values: Foster collaboration and build strong, sustainable communities by rallying people around your values and projects.
  • Challenge conventional models: Engage in discussions about the advantages and limitations of both horizontal and vertical leadership structures.
  • Enhance team dynamics: Strengthen your ability to foster effective collaboration and teamwork.
  • Prepare for real-world challenges: Equip yourself with the tools and mindset needed to tackle real-world leadership challenges with confidence.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Completing the Creative Leadership Module at the School of Disobedience opens up a wide array of career opportunities. Here are some potential paths you can pursue:

1. Retreat Leader
  • Description: Organize and lead your own retreats, focusing on artistic, healing, or personal development themes.
  • Benefits: Leverage your unique expertise to create transformative experiences, build a loyal participant base, and generate income through retreat offerings.

2. Workshop Facilitator
  • Description: Design and conduct workshops that integrate your artistic or healing practice with the skills acquired in the training.
  • Benefits: Reach a broader audience, collaborate with other practitioners, and enhance your professional portfolio.

3. Community Builder
  • Description: Foster and lead communities centered around art, healing, or personal growth.
  • Benefits: Create spaces for continuous learning and support, establish yourself as a thought leader, and drive social change through community initiatives.

4. Corporate Trainer
  • Description: Apply your facilitation skills to design and deliver corporate training programs focused on team building, creativity, and wellbeing.
  • Benefits: Enter a lucrative market, diversify your offerings, and impact organizational culture.

​5. Educational Program Developer
  • Description: Develop curricula and educational programs for schools, cultural institutions, or private foundations.
  • Benefits: Influence educational practices, create innovative and transformative learning experiences, and inspire the next generation of artists and healers.

6. Private Coach or Mentor
  • Description: Offer one-on-one coaching or mentoring sessions to individuals seeking personal or professional development.
  • Benefits: Build deep, impactful relationships, tailor your approach to individual needs, and establish a high-value service.

7. Dance or Performance Artist
  • Description: Integrate leadership skills into your performances, creating interactive and guided art experiences.
  • Benefits: Engage audiences in new and meaningful ways, stand out in the art world, and explore new dimensions of your artistic practice.

8. Healer
  • Description: Enhance your healing practice with advanced leadership techniques, offering group sessions, workshops, and retreats.
  • Benefits: Deepen your impact on clients, create a supportive community around your practice, and expand your service offerings.

9. Event Organizer
  • Description: Plan and execute various events, including conferences, festivals, and symposiums, that emphasize creativity, wellbeing, or social change.
  • Benefits: Utilize your leadership skills, network with industry professionals, and create platforms for impactful experiences.

10. Social Entrepreneur
  • Description: Lead or start nonprofit organizations or social enterprises focused on art, healing, empowerment, and transformation.
  • Benefits: Drive social impact, attract funding and resources, and fulfill a mission-driven career.

Why pursue these opportunities?
  • Personal fulfillment: Engaging in work that aligns with your passions and values brings a profound sense of satisfaction and purpose.
  • Professional growth: Develop a diverse skill set that enhances your career versatility and resilience.
  • Financial independence: Create multiple income streams by offering varied services and products.
  • Impact: Make a tangible difference in individuals' lives and in society by leveraging the power of art and healing.

Ready to transform your career?
If you're passionate about art, healing, and making a difference, our Creative Leadership Module can help you unlock new career opportunities and achieve your professional goals.
Apply now to start your journey towards a fulfilling and impactful career.

quick facts

  • Module 6: Creative Leadership
  • Date: May 5-30, 2025​
  • Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • Language: English
  • ​Fee: 2000 €

program details

The School of Disobedience Creative Leadership Module aims to empower artists to become leaders who are not only creators of art but also architects of opportunities. This program transforms participants into visionaries who use art as a catalyst for change, recognizing their value and daring to dream big. Our goal is to equip artists with the skills to assume responsibilities confidently, make impactful decisions, and turn their creative visions into reality.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
  • Workshops & Seminars: Engage in interactive workshops and seminars that cover a range of topics related to creative leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
  • Mentorship programs: Gain insights from experienced mentors who provide personalized guidance and support.
  • Individual project: Transform your dream into reality.
  • Collaborative projects: Participate in group projects that encourage teamwork and the application of learned skills in real-world scenarios.
Topics & Taboos
​We will discuss:
  • Hot topics and sensitive situations: Handle with care while uncovering pressing issues and sensitive contexts.
  • Taboos and stereotypes: Reveal and deconstruct societal and professional taboos and stereotypes.
  • Manipulative and mainstream discourses: Examine and look behind dominant and manipulative narratives.

"PRACTICE" sessions focus on:
  • ​Building safety and setting boundaries
  • Creating and maintaining a judgment-free environment
  • Fostering creativity, spontaneity, and self-acceptance
  • Facilitating feedback and group discussion
  • Crafting grounding and creative exercises
  • Handling sensitive situations with calmness and preparedness
  • Discussing copyright and ownership issues
  • Imagining and designing immersive multi-sensory experiences
  • Creating and holding spaces
  • Building and sustaining communities around events and workshops

"THEORY" sessions cover:
  • Coalition-building vs. Capitalist logic: Explore whether the drive for coalition-building serves to undermine small organizations by pushing them towards expansion at the expense of their core values and voice.
  • Academic critique: Examine how academic art education may prioritize indoctrination over fostering genuine critical thinking and inquiry.
  • Impact of community on leadership: Investigate whether communal settings might unintentionally hinder the rise of new models of leadership.
  • Community vs. Personal responsibility: Discuss the balance between the support of a community and the necessity of individual decision-making and personal growth.
  • Limitations of horizontal models: Analyze why horizontal structures often fall short and the challenges they present.
  • Managing oversharing: Discover effective strategies to navigate the fine line between transparency and discretion in professional contexts.
  • Setting boundaries and building walls: Understand the importance of defining and protecting your creative or healing space. Discover how to set clear boundaries to avoid confusion and ensure clarity in your work.
  • Building a safe framework: Explore how to establish solid frameworks and boundaries to create and maintain safe spaces, both for yourself and for others, in your professional environment.
Tools & METHODS
  • Practice: Engage in role play, movement practice, creative time, studio work, and personal projects.
  • Theory: Delve into discussions, case studies, reading, writing, leadership theory, and critical thinking.
  • ​Methods: Critical pedagogy, Alternative pedagogy, Non-formal education, Community models, Collaboration practices, Empowerment, Artivism, School of Disobedience Method (somatic practice & bodywork + alternative pedagogy with creativity & grounding exercises + immersive multi-sensory experiences & community rituals)

selection process

Our masterclass is among the most exclusive art education programs, admitting only 4 participants per module. This ensures that we can provide highly personalized guidance and individualized attention tailored to each participant's needs. Our selection process consists of four steps:​

  1. Online application submission: Click here
  2. ​Interview: Shortlisted candidates will have a video call with the founder of the school. This is an excellent opportunity to present yourself, your professional projects, and your career objectives.
  3. Creative Exercise: Shortlisted candidates will respond to a creative prompt in either Performance or Creative Writing. They will have one week to submit their proposition. This exercise offers a beautiful opportunity to engage with our learning materials and pedagogic tools in a hands-on experience.
  4. Final Selection: Candidates will receive a decision within 2 weeks after submission.

meet your teacher

ANNA ÁDÁM

Anna Ádám pursued dual academic paths, graduating from both the ESSEC Business School and the Paris-Cergy Arts School. She is the founder and artistic director of Gray Box, founder and program creator of the School of Disobedience. Her extensive background as a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, social entrepreneur, and community activist infuses this program with invaluable insights and innovative approaches. Through her leadership, countless individuals have been empowered to make their dreams come true.