Jenn Sander

Jenn Sander

Open Innovation & Civic Impact Advisor at Play Atelier / Burning Man )( 2012 - 22

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About Jenn

Bio

Ping me, let’s have lunch! I’m Jenn Sander, recently known for leading Burning Man’s Global Innovation & New Initiatives via Consultancy / Incubator - Play Atelier. Currently working on legacy projects, holistic ecosystem development and consulting aligned movement makers. I was brought on to launch the Burning Man non profit and guide their future goals from 2012 - 22. Big explorer over we here :) I’ve spent most of my life living in social experiments to build my knowledge and come from a long line of relatives who were explorers. Come find me! Jx Long Boring Bio here :) Jenn is the Founder of Play Atelier, a Business Innovation -Incubator and Consultancy that curates spaces, hosts events, publishes books, produces films, invests and consults. She also manages a portfolio of properties. Jenn is best known for being the Global Head of Innovation & New Initiatives for The Burning Man Non Profit for 10 of its most formative years ( including under the late Larry Harvey’s leadership since 2012). With over 18 years of experience launching hospitality, arts and tech startups, Jenn has a passion for designing real estate and community development models that support the start - up ecosystem. Jenn uses her portfolio of assets to further incubate and develop solutions for her clients through her unique global Advisory Network, From Dust and bespoke workshops, retreats, creative ateliers and global Guest Houses. She is a Partner at Re:Imagine Group, an urban prototyping lab in San Francisco and a savvy real estate investor. Jenn aims to support emergent innovation through applying learnings from her work to solve the conventional challenges of our time. Previously, Jenn was a Partner at early phase Incubator, RedRobin based in East London after the recession in 2009 where she first cut her teeth on platform and systems thinking and was a co-curator of TEDxLondon from 2010 to 2012. Talk to Jenn about co-creating the future and incubating your shared value initiatives. To learn more about Jenn’s work and permission zone models visit: www.playatelier.com / our ethos. www.jennsander.com www.fromdust.art

I'm passionate about

Creating space for the unknown, emergence in business models / city design, hacking systems, cultural institutions, holistic ecosystems, food, art, play, hotels, spas, non- institutionalized learning, land projects and platforms for incubation via hospitality models. Recording studios

An idea worth spreading

Please come say hi to me and find out :)

The TED story

Use to be a co creator of tedxlondon. Spoke at Tedxtokyo / Shibuya Ted has had a pivotal role in my life path thus far :) Been collaborating with TED for over a decade on creative and cultural opportunities.

Things you might not know

Vipassana / system thinking / playing dress up