About Us
The Next World Learning Lab is a space for experimentation, creativity, and worldmaking
We don’t just imagine one future—we explore many, working with our partners to design pathways toward new possibilities. Our approach is constructivist, participatory, and adaptive, ensuring every collaboration is rooted in context and co-creation. Whether partnering with preschool teachers or corporate leaders, learning is at the heart of everything we do. As a lab and a learning organization, we foster curiosity, inquiry, and a can-do spirit—driving meaningful change both inside and outside the box.
Empowerment and agency turn bold ideas into real-world transformation. Wellbeing is the foundation for better futures—where personal, social, and collective wellness allow individuals and communities to flourish.
The Next World Learning Lab fosters learning and life-skilling by supporting individuals and organizations to envision, design, and create bold futures through creativity, innovation, and worldmaking.
Vision: Learning that shapes what’s next. We envision a world where continuous learning and essential life skills drive bold ideas, transformative growth, and meaningful change across contexts and communities.
WHAT IS WORLDMAKING?
At the Next World Learning Lab, worldmaking is a mindset and practice—actively shaping new realities, designing bold futures, and transforming challenges into opportunities through learning, creativity, and innovation.
Worldmaking is the process of actively shaping and constructing new possibilities, systems, and futures through learning, creativity, and innovation. It involves using skills, ideas, and actions to design and reimagine the world in ways that challenge existing structures and open new pathways for change.
Reimagining Schools
Designing schools that move beyond traditional classrooms, integrating project-based learning, maker-centered education, and interdisciplinary collaboration to prepare students for an evolving world.
Future-Ready Learning
Creating curricula and build policy that blend AI, ethics, and social impact to ensure students develop critical skills for tomorrow’s challenges.
Reinventing Community Engagement
Co-designing participatory democracy initiatives, where residents shape policies, budgets, and urban planning decisions.
Rethinking Leadership
Moving beyond hierarchical structures to collaborative, purpose-driven leadership models that center well-being, inclusion, and impact.
Human-Centered Workplaces
Designing flexible, inclusive, and psychologically safe work environments that foster creativity and long-term sustainability.
Mental Health & Wellness Integration
Embedding emotional, social, and digital wellness into education and workplace structures, ensuring healthier learning and working environments.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
At the Next World Learning Lab
We don’t just talk about the future—we build it. Here’s what drives us:
Worldmaking is a way to learn, innovate, and create better futures—where skills, ideas, and action come together to shape what’s next.Creativity thrives on play, risk-taking, and iteration. Experimentation fuels breakthroughs—so let’s think big, build bold, and refine as we go. Learning never stops. Upskilling, life-skilling, and growth mindsets prepare us to thrive in an ever-changing world. Empathy and cultural awareness matter. By understanding diverse perspectives and experiences, we build connections rooted in respect, dignity, and shared understanding.
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