Act I: Omission

Separate the signal from the noise.

Act II: Panopticon

Spy and get spied on.

Act III: Alternates

Enter brave new worlds.

Act IV: Agency

What matters is: you matter.

Wanting

What is it that you want?

The Many Intelligences of Beautiful Business

From artificial to emotional and aesthetic intelligence.

From New York City: The Climate Diet

Let's cook small footprint pasta!

From Kyoto: Calm the Tech Down

How does calm technology work?

Move Through Uncertainty

How can we be more active collaborators in this dance?

Tipping Points

On the eve of COP26, we took stock.

I Bet You

A social experiment on climate action

Act V: Panspermia

Leave the Earth and come back home.

Spyware

Eva Galperin

How Do You Make the Climate Movement an Undeniable Force?

Mathieu Lefevre, CEO More in Common

Concrete Love Set

Decisions!

Welcome to Concrete Love Actions, Week 1

Mind Your Mind

Dive deeper into decision-making with tech and AI.

Leadership and Willful Business

Why individuals and groups avoid conflict and blind themselves to impending demise.

Thinking Statistically

How can we use numbers to better understand our world?

Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

Instead of “thinking outside the box,” rethink everything you think you know.

Emotions at Work

Are humanity and business output always at odds?

Deconstructing: I Bet You

"You will not be able to agree on one single collective climate action in the next 45 minutes."

How to Begin: Decisions

Make your decision—and do it quick, before the doubts creep in!

It's Complicated

How deep do you intend to go?

Getting Unstuck

Psychological flexibility is a superpower.

How to Be Uncreative

Unlearn the “creative imperative”, starting with something that no one wants to be: uncreative!

The Roundtable

Esther Perel, Angel Acosta, Miriam Meckel, and Léa Steinacker

10 Moral Questions for Tech Leaders

Moral questions to ask those who write the algorithms and develop the tech products that run our world

Exponential

We’ll talk about the exponential growth of tech innovation and what’s coming next...

The Motherhood Complex

Examining the biological and psychological changes during pregnancy and motherhood, and what they mean for womanhood.

Emotional Realism

Go dark and deep: suppressed emotions, secret desires, and how marketing research gains insight on mental health.

The Juggling Act

Experience architecture as a total work of art.

How to Begin: It's Complicated

When it gets tough—when it’s complicated—is when the real work begins.

Coming Together

No more toxic individualism. Let’s examine the patterns behind beautiful collaborations and community-building.

Indeed presents: Radical Diplomacy

Diplomacy and good design both teach us how to handle hearts, negotiate our differences, and transform the impossible.

Rediscovering Communities: What Lies Between Purpose and Belonging?

Join for an exploration of the concepts of purpose and belonging in the context of communities.

Potentialism: A New Ethic to Unite a Divided Society

Introducing a hopeful new value system- Potentialism - humans' rights and responsibilities to fulfill potential.

Beyond You: A Psychedelic-Powered Exploration

Find the way back to yourself—and through the universe—with psychedelics.

From the Dutch Police with Love

What if police officers and social designers worked together?

ustwo presents: Play Thinking

Can game design help us build better products and solve wicked problems?

Strong Language

Learn how to engage customers with messaging that’s both cohesive and unique.

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

It’s through community that connectedness turns into strength.

The Power of Talking to Strangers

Let’s get outside our comfort zones and talk to people different from ourselves

From Start-up to Grown-up

Experience the antithesis of “move fast and break things" by finding “soul” in meetings with an expert

How to Begin: Coming Together!

How to Begin: Coming Together

Measure It to Last

When your first love is what’s unmeasurable, can you still love your metrics?

A Love Story

Social Impact at Scale

A conversation with Legatum Group CEO Mark Stoleson

The Metrics of Beautiful Business

Learn how “embodied innovation” taps into the renewable energy of people

The New Investment Metrics

Go beyond “impact investing”, learn about new approaches to financing like crowdsourcing and community-based donations.

Is Dedication Measurable

A manifesto made in Montréal

How to Begin: Make it Measurable

Bring the metrics together and explore what it all adds up to.

Are You Ready for the Metaverse?

Cathy Hackl

How to Make Sense of This Moment?

Bayo Akomolafe and Charles Eisenstein

Sensuous Knowledge

Minna Salami

How to Manifest Your Dreams?

Gabrielle Aruta and Jonathan Rosen

Entertaining Futures

Fabien Rigall

According to Gallup

Pa Sinyan

Dance or Die?

A conversation with Palestinian-Syrian dancer Ahmad Joudeh

What Leadership Do We Need Now?

Angel Acosta and Jessica Orkin

Unreal Estate

Lawrence Lek

The Pipeline Issue

Fanta Traore

The Activist Investor

Anne-Sophie d’Andlau

Workplace-In-Progress

Michelle Kaufmann and Sophie Kleber