Creative Mill × Bolder Futures
Intuit. Know. Do.
A leadership retreat for what comes next.
April 2027 | 91690 Saclas, France
What do you sense?
What do you know?
What might be possible?
And what will you do with it?
Intuit. Know. Do. is a new leadership retreat from Creative Mill in collaboration with Bolder Futures, for leaders, entrepreneurs and people navigating change.
When what comes next isn't clear, finding our way isn't always about thinking harder or gathering more information.
Sometimes we need different ways of paying attention.
Intuition. Experience. Evidence. Imagination. Other perspectives. What we know — and what we don't.
Intuit. Know. Do. creates space to bring these together, explore what might be possible, and consider what deserves our attention next.
Creative Mill × Bolder Futures
Two perspectives. One exploration.
Creative Mill begins with attention: slowing down enough to notice what is already there, and making room for different ways of knowing.
Bolder Futures begins with possibility: drawing on collective imagination, multiple perspectives and strategic foresight to look beyond what already exists.
Intuit. Know. Do. brings the two together.
We move between the individual and the collective. Between intuition and evidence. Between what experience tells us and what imagination allows us to consider.
And eventually, between reflection and action.
Intuit.
Before the analysis. Before the explanation. Before you've worked out how to justify it.
What are you already noticing?
We make room for what can easily be overridden by urgency, expectation and the need to have an answer.
What are you sensing? What keeps returning? What do you know before you know how to put it into words?
Not everything we know begins in words.
Know.
Intuition isn't the whole picture.
There is experience. Evidence. Context. Other perspectives. What you've learned before — and what may no longer apply.
We make room to examine assumptions, hold competing possibilities and look beyond our own point of view.
What do you know? What don't you know? What else is also true?
Clarity doesn't always come from adding more information.
Do.
Knowing isn't the same as knowing what to do.
We use imagination and futures thinking to move beyond the most obvious next step — exploring different possibilities and widening what we can see.
What might be possible? What changes if you look further ahead? What becomes possible when you loosen some of what you've assumed?
Then we bring it back to now.
What deserves your attention? What might you do differently? What are you ready to act on?
The point isn't to predict what comes next. It's to become more intentional about how you meet it.
And space in between
Not everything arrives during a session.
There is time here to walk, swim, write, sit by the river, make something in the studio, or do nothing at all.
The spaces between conversations are part of the work.
Sometimes we need space before we can see what comes next.The Shape of the Retreat
We begin by noticing.
Time to arrive, step out of habitual pace and pay attention to what is already present.
We explore together.
Guided practices, reflection and conversation move us through Intuit. Know. Do.
We widen the
possibilities.
Different perspectives, collective imagination and foresight help us question assumptions and see possibilities we might not have seen alone.
There is room
in between.
Unstructured time allows ideas and questions to develop without immediately turning them into outcomes.
We leave with what
is ours to do.
Not necessarily a complete answer, but greater clarity about what deserves attention next.
Where it began
Intuit. Know. Do. began at Creative Mill in the summer of 2026, when a small group of Princeton alumni gathered to explore what we intuit, what we know, and what we do.
That first gathering brought together different perspectives, disciplines and experiences — and opened an exploration of what can happen when intuition, knowledge and action are given room to meet.
In Spring 2027, Creative Mill and Bolder Futures take that exploration further.
Your Hosts
Photo Credit: Stephane de Bourgies
Kate Kemp-Griffin
Founder, Creative Mill
Kate Kemp-Griffin is an entrepreneur, author and mindfulness facilitator, and founder of Creative Mill, where she creates experiences grounded in curiosity, attention and creative practice.
A Princeton graduate and author of Paris Undressed, Kate has worked across entrepreneurship, writing, advocacy and mindfulness.
At Creative Mill, she explores what we notice when we stop looking immediately for an answer — and the different forms of knowing that can emerge through writing, making, movement, conversation and silence.
Photo Credit: Carrie Rosema
Karthick Ramakrishnan
Founder, Bolder Futures
Karthick Ramakrishnan, PhD, is the founder of Bolder Futures and has held leadership roles spanning academia, government, public policy and philanthropy.
His work explores how collective imagination, strategic foresight and collaboration can help people and communities navigate complexity and create meaningful change.
A Princeton alumnus, Karthick brings to Intuit. Know. Do. a systems perspective — inviting us to look beyond what we already know, consider multiple possible futures, and explore what those possibilities might ask us to do next.
April 2027