About Making it Human®
Experiences that connect us.
Making It Human® was created around one simple belief: our experiences shape who we become.
They influence our identity, the stories we tell ourselves, how we connect with others and what we become capable of.
In a world increasingly focused on convenience, efficiency and faster outcomes, we believe the experiences themselves matter more than ever.
Making It Human® exists to create opportunities for people to experience, discover and develop what makes us human.
OUR APPROACH
We don't just learn through experience. We become through it.
Every experience changes us in some way. Some build confidence and connection. Others challenge our beliefs, create uncertainty or ask us to see ourselves differently.
At Making It Human®, we believe meaningful change happens when people participate in their own discovery.
Rather than simply telling people what to think or giving them more information, we create the conditions for people to question, reflect, make decisions, connect and experience something for themselves.
Because understanding something is not the same as experiencing it.
And it’s often through the experience that real change begins.
OUR FRAMEWORK
The 7 Essential Human Experiences®
At the heart of Making It Human® is an original framework created by founder Scarlett Vespa.
Authenticity. Belonging. Growth. Love. Meaning. Purpose. Safety.
These seven experiences help us understand what shapes our identity, influences our relationships and affects how we navigate life.
They offer a way to recognise what may be missing, what needs our attention and which experiences we may need more of as we grow and change.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Turning understanding into lived experience.
The Making It Human® Experience brings our framework to life through workshops, programs, conversations and shared experiences.
Using storytelling, reflection, practical exercises, decision-making and genuine human connection, we create opportunities for people to discover something for themselves.
We don’t tell people what to think. We create the conditions for them to experience something different.
Whether working with individuals or organisations, our approach remains the same: experience first, understanding and growth through participation.
Because what we experience doesn’t simply change what we know.
It changes what we’re capable of.
FOUNDED BY SCARLETT VESPA
A lifetime exploring what shapes us.
Making It Human® was founded by Scarlett Vespa, Guide & Artist, keynote speaker and creator of The 7 Essential Human Experiences®.
Across more than 30 years in creativity, media, business, leadership and human development, Scarlett became fascinated by the relationship between experience, identity and human capability.
Through her professional work and her own experiences of change and reinvention, she began to recognise a common thread.
Our experiences shape who we become.
That understanding became the foundation of Making It Human®, bringing together her creative background, commercial experience and lifelong interest in human development.
Today, her work explores an increasingly important question:
What do human beings still need to experience for themselves?
The Future is Human
Technology is changing how we think, work, communicate and make decisions. And with that comes extraordinary opportunity.
But as technology becomes more capable, we need to consider what we want to remain capable of doing ourselves.
Judgement needs to be exercised. Confidence needs to be built. Connection needs to be experienced. Self-trust comes from discovering what we can do.
The future won’t only be shaped by how intelligently we innovate. It will also be shaped by the experiences we choose to have for ourselves.
That’s why we’re Making It Human®.