The world's first neuroscience-backedDJ experience.
contact@thisisenvelope.comLive leadership,as a DJ set. Envelope — a neuroscience-backed DJ experience for executive teams.
A private, premium experience for executive teams, guided by two world-class experts in music and leadership. Learn to DJ from scratch on real Pioneer equipment while exploring the health benefits of creativity and the neuroscience behind music’s role in leadership.
“Everyone in our business is on the whole time. I wanted to come to a really calm place and help reset the team. We're in a good place, but I also wanted to make it restorative. Dan did a great job with that. We all had fun, and we learned something. Maybe one day we'll have our own DJ set, you never know.”
James Averdieck
Founder & CEO · Coconut Collab
Entrainment neuroscience
The science is simple.
The effect is not.
Entrainment is the brain's tendency to synchronise with rhythmic external stimuli. It is the same neurological mechanism behind coordination, trust, and shared decision-making in high-performing teams.
The evidence
Peer-reviewed,
at a glance.
Synchrony → Cooperation
People who act in synchrony cooperate more in group tasks afterwards — even when it requires personal sacrifice.
Wiltermuth & Heath, Psychological Science (2009)
Music → Stress reversal
Facilitated group music-making measurably reversed hormonal and immune markers of the classic stress response.
Bittman et al., Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine (2001)
Making music → Fast bonding
Groups that make music together bond significantly faster than groups doing other creative activities side by side.
Pearce, Launay & Dunbar, Royal Society Open Science (2015)
Multitudes
Suppressing your creativity doesn't make you more professional.It makes you less healthy.
* A WHO review of over 3,000 studies concluded the arts play a major role in preventing ill health (WHO, 2019). Across 19 countries and 79,000 adults, engaging in hobbies was associated with 29% lower mortality risk (Journal of Global Health, 2025). A 14 year University College London study published in the BMJ linked arts engagement with a significantly longer life (Fancourt and Steptoe, 2019).
Observation
High-performing professionals are trained to suppress parts of themselves, especially creative ones, in the name of focus and credibility.
Cost
That suppression doesn't disappear. It accumulates in the nervous system, the body, and ultimately the team and the business.
Reframe
Creativity is regulation. Executives who allow creative expression are measurably more resilient, decisive, and present.
“If David Solomon can run Goldman Sachs and DJ in public, you can also allow your creativity to coexist with your leadership. Because as Brené Brown says, unused creativity metastasizes.”
Claudia Miclaus, co-founder of Envelope
Two formats
Choose your format.
Every format includes a pre-session briefing, bespoke facilitation by both Dan and Claudia, and post-session application materials.
Half-Day Experience
Half Day
- • Pre-session briefing with both facilitators
- • Custom track curation aligned to your team culture
- • Your team’s recorded mix, pressed to custom vinyl
- • Curated venues
- • Extended skill building
- • Multiple team rotations
- • Documentary-style video edit
Full-Day Experience
Full Day
- • Everything in the Half Day
- • Significantly more hands-on time on the decks
- • Deeper mixing and transition practice
- • Longer creative exploration per participant
* Also available as part of leadership retreats and away days. Get in touch for location, group size, and bespoke arrangements.
On request, we can arrange world-class artist appearances.
How it works.
The core session. Arrival, breaks, dining and debrief are built around it — that’s the rest of your half day.
- 01.10–15 min
Introduction
Short talk on creative suppression, multidimensional leadership and the neuroscientific benefits of music.
- 02.20–30 min
DJ Skill Access
Exploring DJ techniques. Everyone gets hands-on time. Accessible to all.
- 03.45–60 min
Creative Exploration
Implementing new skills on the decks. Building something together.
- 04.20–30 min
Showcase
Recording a mix together and celebrating a tangible output.
- 05.20–30 min
Debrief
Reflective discussion anchored in the benefits of creativity.
What's included
We take care of everything.
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Pioneer DJ Equipment
The global standard used by the world's top performers. Not props. The real thing.
01 / 05
Pioneer DJ Equipment
The global standard used by the world's top performers. Not props. The real thing.
Teams of 6–20·London, Barcelona, or your location·Booked 4–8 weeks ahead
Limited availability. A small number of experiences are booked each quarter. Reserve yours to secure a date.
Enquire nowWho it’s for.
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Leaders who believe creativity makes better humans, and better humans make better companies.
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High-performing teams entering a new phase: merger, restructure, rapid growth.
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Executive teams ready to experience something they have never done before.
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Stakeholders, decision-makers and their teams who want to give their people something they will actually remember.
Meet the facilitators
Two world-class practitioners.
Elite trainer for David Guetta, Carl Cox, and top-tier international artists. Over 20 years at Pioneer DJ (AlphaTheta).
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Director of award-winning documentaries on electronic music, mental health & neuroscience
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Specialist in making complex skills accessible under pressure
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20+ years at Pioneer DJ, the world's leading DJ equipment manufacturer
Founder and CEO of STELLR, a global advisory firm shaping the strategic positioning of CEOs, founders, and senior executives.
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Currently writing Multitudes, on identity integration and the hidden cost of creative suppression in leadership
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Advises Harvard-affiliated researchers, Nasdaq-listed founders, and YPO members across the US, Europe, and the Middle East
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International keynote speaker across corporate, creative, and executive audiences
Start the conversation
Host your private executive DJ experience.
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