We’ve heard it before: The only thing constant is change, and the rate of change is constantly increasing. Moreover; We won’t solve today’s challenges with the same mindset that created them. That means:

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1. With every second, your ability to learn and unlearn becomes more and more valuable.

The models we were taught to memorise when we were young become obsolete as we discover more about our world and universe. 

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2. We need to explore beyond the societal structures and incentive systems that created the challenges in the first place. In a world where “scale” and “profit” are the metrics of success in a finite world of resources, we are geared to compete with each other aggressively “capturing” market share - “annihilating” the competition. A zero sum game - that inevitably results in greater inequality. What if we explored an alternative reality that extends beyond this fear-based narrative fueled by instant gratification? What if instead of “competing in markets”, we learned from nature and explored how to “contribute to an ecosystem” we can all thrive in? 

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Beyond the Ability to Sustain a Business - to Make A Difference
We would argue that this rise of unprecedented challenges - turned on their head - hold the key to unlock unprecedented opportunities. That being locked in isolation, can become the opportunity to open up and connect: Imagine if we were to use the current pandemic and the system collapses as a collective Creative Destruction of an education system that was built to prepare people to enter factories (listen to a teacher and memorize facts) - and instead channel the enormous potential - to crowdsource and co-create not only knowledge, but more so cultivate the capacity that will be (is) required to go beyond the ability to sustain; creating organisations that - as they operate - inevitably make a difference. Business that would be fundamentally built with the core idea of: It is not how you spend your money - but how you earn it. Leveraging each element of their organisation to create impact. 

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Education’s Role - More than an Academic Exercise
So how do we cultivate this capacity? And in doing so - can we create an education system - a vehicle for learning - that is exponential in itself? We believe so. We are currently running a course with alternative business school, HyperIsland - a learning institute renowned for equipping students with the necessary skills and competencies for the future of work; creativity, teamwork and self development. They were the perfect partner to embrace our core learning principle: nothing should be done as an academic exercise. It is simply too much of a waste of two of the most important resources we have: time and the curious human brain power. 

 

Imagine if - just as with a business model that by the operational nature makes a difference - every hour and moment spent in the education system would Make A Difference. Every exercise explores potential approaches and prototypes solutions to the world’s toughest challenges; In essence, either they work as thought and thus drive impact instantly - or provide us with valuable insights,  that will be used to uncover yet overlooked solutions. Both immensely valuable, the later potentially even more so, as it expands our collective body of knowledge, paving the way for pioneering and leapfrogging interventions.  

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