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Exercise
Quantumpreneurship
An outdoor, game-based activity where participants experience quantum-inspired entrepreneurship through uncertainty, multiple identities, and adaptation. Using nature, movement, and disruption, youth explore future skills beyond linear thinking.
Aims of the tool
- To introduce quantum-inspired thinking in an accessible, non-technical way
- To develop an entrepreneurial mindset under uncertainty
- To strengthen adaptability, creativity, and systems thinking
- To encourage reflection on how feedback and disruption shape innovation
Description of the tool
Participants work in teams to create a fictional startup that simultaneously exists as a technological product, a social solution, and an artistic experience. The activity takes place outdoors, using natural objects as metaphors.
Teams are invisibly connected to each other, meaning changes in one startup affect another. During the process, facilitators introduce sudden disruptions (market, ethical, regulatory), forcing immediate adaptation.
The activity concludes with a non-linear, embodied pitch using movement, objects, silence, and space. Reflection links the experience to entrepreneurship, future technologies, and quantum concepts such as measurement and interdependence.
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5417
This tool is for
Young people aged 16–30 Youth workers, educators, facilitators Participants with no advanced knowledge of quantum computing or entrepreneurship Suitable for Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges and Training Courses
and addresses
Youth Initiatives, Personal Development
It is recommended for use in:
Youth Exchanges
Training and Networking
Materials needed:
Outdoor space (forest park or large green area)
Natural objects (collected on-site: leaves, stones, branches)
Optional: paper and markers (minimal use)
Duration:
90–120 minutes, including reflection
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Seg Kirakossian
in the context of
"Quantum Ready: Shaping Careers in a Transformative World” first TC in Luxembourg, January 2026
The tool has been experimented in
"Quantum Ready: Shaping Careers in a Transformative World” first TC in Luxembourg, January 2026
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Seg Kirakossian (on 29 January 2026)
and last modified
25 January 2026
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