The right room can change the trajectory of your work.

The World Building Lab’s 3-day intensive is for people who want to think more clearly about what they’re building, connect with ambitious peers, and turn ideas into something real.

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“A rare and powerful container for grappling with what it actually takes to build better futures. From visioning to values alignment to implementation, it guides you through the real work of world-building. It helped me recognize both my capacity for leadership and the blind spots that show up in group dynamics. I left with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.”

— Me Time

Through various exercises and simulations, you will explore the forces shaping our world, prototype ideas, and leave with clearer direction on what to build, pursue, or change.

Application based. Limited to 8-10 per cohort.

$1200 + HST

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why this, why now, why not?

Systems are breaking down.

The world is entering a period of profound transition.

The old world stops making sense.

Institutions, assumptions, and narratives we relied on begin to fracture.

Through collaboration, new systems take shape.

Moments of transition
open up possibility.

History enters a creative phase.

We begin to imagine alternatives.

New ideas about governance, culture, technology, and society start to emerge.

We build together.

We choose our role.

Each of us decides how we will contribute.

“The lab was a unique and animating experience that helped me bring my best self to the big challenges in my work.”

Clarify your
role in the future.

Designed for people who:

  • Think deeply about the future of our world

  • Are actively prototyping/building ventures, initiatives, or projects

  • Want to become more effective decision-makers

  • Want to understand systems, power, and culture more clearly

  • Are interested in developing foresight and strategic thinking

  • Want to connect with others exploring similar paths

  • "What you learn will stay with you, not as a conceptual method, but as a lived experience in how futures are shaped or stalled by the ways groups think and act together.”

    Nathanael Gerber

  • “The Lab is a surreal experience that dissolves your sense of time and stretches your understanding of yourself and others."

    Maria Vassiliou

  • "An important opportunity for anyone who wishes to actively challenge the status quo and explore their role in building a better future but who may not quite know where to begin. "

    Ayesha Memon

What actually happens over 3 days.

Phase I - Observation

We zoom out from your day-to-day and look at the bigger picture.

  • What forces are shaping the world right now?

  • What assumptions are you operating within?

  • How does your work connect to the systems around you?

Most people realize they’ve been thinking inside a much smaller frame than they thought.

Phase III - Realization

You take what’s emerged and start giving it structure.

  • What are you actually bringing into form or moving toward?

  • What’s the next step?

  • What needs to change in how you operate?

Most people leave with something more concrete than they came in with, not fully finished, but clearer and more actionable.

Phase II - Exploration

This is where you start working with others in the room.

  • You share and prototype ideas, questions, and early directions

  • You get feedback from people outside your usual context

  • You navigate real group dynamics, alignment, discernment, and decision-making

This is usually where things can get challenging, and where the most growth happens.

An invitation to pause and prototype new ways of being.

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  • A one-of-a-kind experience that pushes the edges of your imagination and asks you to act upon what you believe can be possible.”

    Paula Dicu

  • "A microcosm of our reality where we get to experiment with leadership, collaboration, and co-creation to build bridges towards futures."

    Shilbee

  • "A well-thought-out and executed container that created a spaciousness and also urgency for participants to co-create a meaningful vision of a world."

    Maria Vassiliou

A training ground
for human dynamics.

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All the details.

  • The Lab isn’t a course or conference. It’s an immersive, hands-on experience where you’ll explore how to think, build, and lead differently. It blends strategy, creativity, foresight, and collaboration through guided exercises, group dynamics, and simulations. You’ll test ideas, connect dots across disciplines, and develop core skills for navigating uncertainty, complexity, and decision-making.

  • The Lab is designed for founders, artists, educators, technologists, researchers, community builders, cultural leaders, and anyone exploring how to shape the future with clarity, imagination, and care. It’s for people who are actively building, transitioning, or reimagining what’s next in their work, practice, or life.

  • June 12-14, Toronto.
    Join the waitlist to be the first to know.

  • Friday 9 AM - 6 PM
    Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM
    Sunday 9 AM - 5 PM

    Small group (10-12)
    In-person

  • Unlike most retreats or courses, the weekend intensive is not about consumption, but creation. You’re not being “taught” something; you’re practicing and prototyping new ways of being, thinking, doing, and collaborating. The experience is partly designed and partly emergent, shaped by the participants in the room.

  • You’ll be invited into a blend of facilitated sessions, group activities, creative exercises, and simulations that catalyze collective imagination and reflection. Some parts will be structured, while others will be open-ended or gamified.

    The energy and direction of the Lab will evolve based on who’s in the room. You’ll be stretched, but supported.

  • Everyone comes in with something—an idea, a question, a transition—and leaves with something tangible.

    You might leave with:

    • A new framework, prototype, or story.

    • A reframed perspective that changes your direction.

    • Feedback and new collaborations.

    • A deeper sense of clarity, confidence, and creative momentum.

    • Your next big idea.

  • The full cost of the Lab is $1200 + Tax (CAD).

    • You may be contacted to schedule a 1:1 interview

    • After the interview, you may receive an official invitation

    • Once you’ve paid for the Lab, your spot is locked in

    • You will then receive additional information to prepare for the experience

  • We’re curating a small, diverse group of curious, generous, and imaginative people from across disciplines and walks of life. Each participant is carefully chosen to ensure a balance of perspectives, energy, and expertise that makes the experience dynamic and meaningful for everyone involved.

    When reviewing applications, we look for three things:

    1. Clarity of Intention – Are they clear about why they want to join the Lab and what they hope to explore or contribute?

    2. Depth & Readiness – Do they have the awareness, curiosity, and capacity to engage with intention?

    3. Unique Contribution – Do they bring something distinctive, an experience, perspective, or way of thinking, that will enrich the collective?

  • We can accept only a limited number of participants for each intensive, and we’re curating the group to ensure a diverse range of perspectives, experiences, and expertise.

    If you’re not selected this time, don’t worry, you’ll remain on the waitlist and be among the first to hear when future weekends become available.

    We encourage you to apply again.

  • Due to the nature of the experience and the limited number of spots, all payments are final. Once your payment is processed, we do not offer refunds.

    If you’re unable to attend after being selected, please let us know as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding and respecting the integrity of the process.

Take part in a strategy simulator for the future.

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Application based. Limited to 8-10 per cohort.

$1200 + HST