Workshops
Future Forward Program
“Life is made up of judgement calls, and the more you can avoid distorting your perception of reality, the better your judgement will be” – Julia Galef
At the core of our workshops is the belief that good judgment can be learned and refined early, with the right exposure and environment, without having to wait for your beards to grow long and white!
Like most of our other events, this workshop is a multi-day program. The idea behind this format is to let our participants bond over an extended period of time. We spend a generous amount of time facilitating a warm welcoming vibe through our ice-breakers, and evening chilling activities. In our experience over the last few years, we’ve discovered these allow for better peer-to-peer connections through opportunities for deeper conversation, co-learning, and building a sense of friendship in our growing community. While our ideal format is a week-long program, we also offer weekend workshops for busy-bee participants with tighter schedules. Our program is inspired by CFAR, with mentors from CFAR, Epistea, and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.
Our audience includes professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and civil service aspirants, each benefiting in unique ways. Students often value self-awareness and exposure to new frameworks for growth. Professionals appreciate the community, prioritisation skills, and practical insights into understanding their comparative advantage. Entrepreneurs find the environment conducive to reflection, helping them ask critical questions about their values and business. Civil service aspirants have highlighted our research and decision-making sessions as transformative for their academic and professional development. Check out our full schedule from a past workshop.
While many programs focus on leadership and communication, our workshops have a unique emphasis on developing good judgment, including the ability to challenge your beliefs, develop applied rationality and design thinking skills, and using practical mental frameworks—skills that broaden career possibilities and improve decision-making. We introduce tools and techniques that are often overlooked but crucial for navigating complex personal and professional decisions.
Our workshops aren’t about rigid schedules or passive learning. We believe in flexibility and immersion. Facilitators adjust sessions based on the group’s needs, slowing down for deeper discussions when necessary. We also encourage participants to disagree, take charge of their learning, and explore diverse topics—from self-awareness to building inspiring careers.
The learning experience is interactive, gamified, and filled with warmth. Participants are provided with all essentials, including great food, office supplies, musical instruments, and access to our highly-rated library! We purposefully overwhelm participants with a wide range of interesting ideas to spark creativity and critical thinking.
Intrigued? Join our waiting list for our next in-person workshop in Bangalore. We’ll notify you via email!
Words from our participants
- “I thought I had a pretty good handle on my ‘voice’ to begin with, but it’s been a while since I delved into the formative years of my childhood and scrutinised how it came to be. Will dig deeper in private.”
- “All the corporate training in the world can go to hell, [because] you’ll be fine once you figure out what pond you can make the biggest ripple in and you just find a way to keep tossing stones into that pond. This informal environment, we didn’t curate people, these aren’t high-clientele: we have college students, we’ve got entrepreneurs and professionals. Each of us is doing our own thing and the one denominator we all have in common is we want to get things done and find out a bit more about ourselves in the process.”
- “Might sound small, but I know a lot more people who did groundbreaking stuff that I can read about and learn from. People I would’ve never come across if not for putting together [of] this compendium of mental frameworks.
