What practices truly unlock creativity, insight, and transformative leadership? We’re going to find out.

Across domains as diverse as performance psychology, psychedelic therapy, executive coaching, and indigenous wisdom traditions, a growing constellation of tools aim to do just that. But no unifying map exists — yet.

The Sector Mapping project will chart the emerging ecosystem of transformational modalities, identifying shared principles, key leverage points, and the best evidence-backed methods for cultivating breakthrough problem-solving, creativity, and insight.

Why This Matters

From climate adaptation to scientific discovery, humanity urgently needs better ways to think — more creative, integrative, and visionary approaches to the world’s most complex challenges. Yet transformational practices remain siloed across disciplines and subcultures. Without a clear framework or shared language, innovation stalls.

This project aims to catalyze a new cross-disciplinary field focused on insight-catalyzing interventions: research-backed tools for cultivating individual and collective genius.

What We’re Doing

We are conducting a wide-ranging synthesis of key practices and philosophies drawn from:

• Performance Psychology (e.g. flow states, mental training)
• Executive Leadership & Coaching (e.g. transformational leadership, somatic coaching)
• Psychedelic Therapy (e.g. integration models, visionary problem solving)
• Indigenous and Shamanic Wisdom (e.g. ceremonial frameworks, cosmologies of insight)
• Meditation, Breathwork & Embodiment (e.g. state-shifting practices)
• Creative Disciplines (e.g. improvisation, lateral thinking, intuition training)
• Neurotechnology & Cognitive Enhancement (e.g. nootropics, biofeedback, BCI)

These sectors will be explored not just descriptively, but analytically — to identify what works, for whom, and why when it comes to catalyzing insight.

Who This Is For

This initiative is designed to support:

• Researchers exploring cognitive enhancement and creativity
• Practitioners and Protocol Designers developing novel interventions
• Funders and Institutions looking to invest in scalable, evidence-based transformation
• Visionary Leaders and Thinkers seeking a map of the tools that unlock genius

The Result

The outcome of this project will be:

• A Sector Report: Detailing the transformational landscape, gaps in research, and high-leverage opportunities for exploration and funding.
• A Framework: A first-of-its-kind schema for categorizing and comparing insight-catalyzing practices — by mode of action, domain of use, and type of cognitive shift.
• Field Activation: This work aims to seed a new scientific and cultural movement — validating transformation not just as healing, but as a discipline of creative awakening.