Drag Queen for a Day
Strengthening Talents’ & Leaders’ Human Skills for the AI Era
We transform talent and leaders into drag queens to practise, experiment, and strengthen, in a safe space, the skills the AI era demands most: curiosity, creative thinking, leadership and social influence, and resilience amid uncertainty.
A carefully crafted experience at the intersection of business and art.
“We're all born naked
and the rest is drag”
Ru Paul
Times for average all-so-similar corporate machines are over. In times where AI effortlessly makes everything look and sound perfectly polished and standard, but also somehow non-human, we as humans need to provide different value.
This is not so easy tough.
Years of corporate culture have normed and deformed us. Told us exactly who to be and how to show up and behave.
In this situation, understanding that how we present ourselves and behave is performative, is extremely powerful.
It helps us to become aware that we don’t have to be victims and just be the person who we believe we have to be. Everyone puts on a drag. Some make it work for them and for others it’s a painful “drag”.
This understanding gives us the chance to playfully experiment with and intentionally construct one’s own “drag”. A drag that is uniquely human, productive and provides value that AI cannot replace.
That’s why in Drag Queeen for a Day, we wonder what if…
… talents and leaders could be someone completely different for one day?
… talents and leaders were freed from all constraints present at work?
Strengthen Human Skills for the AI Era
AI is reshaping work: routine tasks are increasingly automated, leaving humans to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. Thriving in this environment requires distinctly human skills such curiosity, creative thinking, leadership & social influence, and resilience amid uncertainty.
Drag provides an alternative space.
Transforming talents and leaders into drag queens for one day, helps companies to:
Unlock talents’ full potential
Talent potential is often not fully realized — not only because organizations fail to provide the right environments, but also because many individuals lack the confidence to take space and be visible.
Drag is an empowering experience
It provides a safe training space for talents to practise courage, taking risks and being visible.
Provide training with lasting impact
For sustainable learning impact and behavior shift, truly human skills must be trained and practiced in immersive, embodied experiences in groups — not just studied on a screen.
Becoming a Drag Queen for a Day is an embodied learning experience.
This is the
Drag Queen for
a Day Experience
1 Virtual Preparation Call (1h)
1 Workshop Day (9h)
10-12 Participants
2 Hosts
5-6 Drag Makeup Artists
All pictures are by @seliv.photo by Livia Eichenberger, captured during our pilot run with 9 talents and leaders from marketing, hr, consulting, project management, executive coaching, event management.
We ask our participants to reflect and design an own drag character.
Unlike acting, drag not about playing a completely different character. It is a deliberate construction of a character that in some way relates to its designer.
It is a character that is freed from what limits its designer in their everyday life and explores fantasy versions of its designer.
For this, our participants have to deeply reflect on what they keep from their regular personality and behavior, what they would love to explore that they usually cannot and define how that translates into a tangible & strong human brand.
Especially for large organizations where visibility and sharp positioning is important, learning how to design a strong human branding is a valuable tool beyond the drag queen experience.
We meet in a club with a real stage, mics and show effects to create an alternative, safer world for exploration.
We reflect in groups. We’re all students and teachers. Empathic listeners. Courageous and vulnerable contributors.
Our drag artsists transform everyone into a drag queen. 2h. 1:1. An intimate dialogue between business and art.
After 2h of makeup, our artists will mount a wig and provide a colorful costume.
The participants will look at themselves in the mirror and not recognize themselves.
In our pilot run, this was a magic moment. People started to behave differently. They put aside their everyday mask. They were fascinated by their new mask and curious what they could do with it.
We play to explore our embodied cognition.
We step out of our comfort zone. To learn how we behave outside of it. To learn how it feels trying different behaviors.
We celebrate each other. We celebrate being courageous.
Key part of the experience is the direct feedback from others.
It is not only about participants exploring their potential and the unknown but also about sensing and receiving direct feedback from others. That way the participants directly feel how others react to them.
In our pilot, it was empowering and liberating for the participants to feel that they were as much or even more appreciated by others in their different, more bold and courages versions of themselves.
Who is part of Drag Queen for a Day?
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Talents & Leaders
CA. 10-12 PARTICIPANTS
Tailored to the needs of talent or leadership programs. For talents and leaders from any function and industry with a curious mind.
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Betty Business
HOST
Business Queen: HSG graduate, management consultant and drag queen with the mission to bring more pink & glitter to the business world.
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Milky Diamond
HOST
Queen of the Scene: One of Switzerland’s most successful drag queens. Producer, moderator and performer. Has been giving drag workshops for newcomer drag queens for 5 years.
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Various Drag Queens
DRAG MAKEUP ARTISTS
Every workshop participant will receive a full drag makeup done by our talented drag makeup artists.
The artists will differ in each edition of the workshop based on availability.
Contact us to transform your Talents and Leaders into Drag Queens for a Day
FAQ
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Yes. The preparation consists of the following:
participating in a 1h virtual preparation call (can be recorded for those that can’t make it)
designing an own drag character (can take 0.5-2h, depending on willingness to invest in this step)
preparing a 2 min pitch
Everything will be explained in the preparation call and shared via email ahead of the workshop day.
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The offer includes a wig and a gown for the duration of the workshop. Participants are more than welcome to bring their own wig and costume if they have a specific concept in mind that they would like to realize!
If participants want to wear high heels, they have to organize them themselves. Participants should be aware that walking in high heels may be difficult and does not support the purpose of the workshop.
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No, each participant will be painted by a drag makeup artist.
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No. It is essential that all participants remain fully present throughout the workshop so they can disconnect from everyday office constraints and fully immerse themselves in the experience.
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The workshop can be delivered in English, German, or Swiss German.
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This experience is all about drag queens. Regardless of participants’ gender, everyone will be transformed into a drag queen.
If you’re interested in exploring a Drag King for a Day workshop instead, simply fill out the contact form — we’ll be happy to discuss how to make it happen.
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Insurance is in the responsibility of the participant / buyer of the workshop.