Jana Perera - Founder Stratify Design Lab
A few years ago, someone introduced me to design thinking. I wasn't looking for a new framework — I was trying to solve a problem at work, and someone suggested we approach it differently.
What happened next surprised me. Instead of jumping to solutions, we started with questions. Instead of assuming we knew the problem, we went back to the humans at the centre of it.
It worked. But what stayed with me wasn't the outcome. It was a quieter realisation — I had never applied this kind of thinking to my own life.
This retreat is what happened when I did.
Master of Design Futures — RMIT University
Human-centred design thinking practitioner
25+ years across education & workforce sectors
Sri Lankan heritage · Deeply connected to this place
Why a retreat — not just a holiday?
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Arrive Leave the noise behind, arrive with an open mind your design process begins the moment you step through the door.
Sunday
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Saturday
Understand We begin where every great design process begins — not with answers, but with honest questions about who you really are.
Monday
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Tuesday
Define Today we name the real problem — not the one you arrived with, but the one beneath it that has been quietly waiting.
Tuesday
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Tuesday
Ideate With the problem reframed, we throw open every door — exploring the full landscape of what your life could look like.
Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Prototype & Commit We take your best ideas and make them real — shaping a life design canvas that you will carry home and actually use.
Thursday
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Wednesday
Taking It Home The week ends but the work continues you leave not with a holiday memory but with a plan that is entirely yours.