TEDx Stockholm: Build Community
TEDx Gateway: Community through Music
A demonstration of how co-created spaces help us engineer better humanity together. We “Play Utopia” to prototype collective fictions, satisfy our primal need for humane collectivization as well as exercise our community-building capacities
A demonstration of how to create “exceptional togetherness” through musical play. It's something experienced rather than explained. "Becoming Music" is an exercise in humanity. It’s about how we connect, how we tune in to others, and how we become truly engaged.
Shifting Culture by Playing Tribe
Upgrading Humanity for the Age of AI
Technology and Humanity for Climate Action
"Exceptional musical togetherness" is an effective way of explaining things that are better "felt" than "understood". Last summer OFI had me for fun. They had so much of it, they invited me back in the fall to educate on culture; how it is built and shifted.
An experiential taste of how we have been building tribes and aggregating human technology for many years. The original internet was community; the first network was coordinated humanity. This collective super-power is not only an asset within any organization, but also a source of emotional well-being for those who are part of it.
How to make the most of technology through community-driven enthusiasm and innovation. Many of the solutions needed to address the climate crisis require true technological ingenuity but also a strong human element; trust, creativity, connection and lots of empathy.
TEDx Novosibirsk: We all "Speak Human"
A playful demonstration that “human” is not just a kind of being, it is also a language - an empathetic code through which we invoke, transmit and receive complex emotional messages. Basic primal programming for connection beyond verbal barriers and cultural obstacles.
Igniting the Spark Within
HIMSS: Exercising the most Important Muscle
Online Community Activation
A talk turned into experiential demonstration of how multi-stakeholder simulations help grow trust and cultivate collective imagination.
A talk / community activation for a health + tech community convention about the role of human skills and capital in a quickly evolving technological environment. Humanity was not meant to scale exponentially, and can easily be left behind if not treated with care.
When online is the only option, playful musical co-creation can add that indispensable human touch. A fun way of overcoming digital distance: interactive, entertaining and engaging.
Hosting & MC
TEDx Stockholm: "From Spectate to Participate"
Hacking Social Rights with Music
Music is a fantastic space holder that gives a sense of rhythm and harmony to any gathering; it works like vaseline and glue at the same time. Jurgis’s uncanny ability to improvise, adapt music on the fly and match moods with sound works particularly well for online meetings.
An experiential conversation sponsored by the EU Commission on quality of life and how it is determined by much more that just decent wages. “Europeans are not just here to make a living, they are here to make a life.”
It is a cocktail of live music, powerful ideas, and creative interaction that inverts the role of on an audience and demonstrates the dynamics and rewards of going from 'safe and passive' to 'hands-on and engaged’.
Collective Values
Exploring Identity through Music
"Love" in Serious Spaces
“Values 4 Value” is an entertaining mix of music, comedic story-telling, and solid academic research on how our personal and collective beliefs align coherently to unlock or hinder potential in any organisation.
An intimate setting makes for an intimate experience with more eye-to-eyre and heart-to-heart. This was an interaction for a group of young diaspora Lithuanians exploring what it means to belong and be “othered”.
An experience designed to create a feeling of deep connection and appreciation between diverse stakeholders across countries and institutions. Highlighting that beyond formal rules and roles, there is something that unites us in purpose.