Learning & Development Programs

Workshop Participants in Action exploring concepts developed and presented on large format paper rolls and put up on walls. — Workshop participants engage in a hands-on activity to unlock their creative potential, explore new ways of thinking and collaborating as a team, and to find opportunities to innovate product and service offerings in complex, rapidly changing markets.

For nearly 20 years, the Near Future Laboratory has been helping organizations think critically, align purposefully, and act creatively in shaping their future.

Our workshops, team alignment sessions, inspirational talks, hands-on General Seminars are all designed to help your team develop the skills and confidence to imagine, articulate, and operationalize bold, innovative new futures.

These various Learning & Development programs are designed to empower teams to imagine, articulate, and operationalize bold, innovative new futures, align to organizational visions, and level up their creative and strategic thinking.

Download a comprehensive guide to our Learning & Development programs, workshops, and other services we offer to help your team and organization seek out new possibilities, align around shared visions, and act creatively to shape the future.

A workshop photo — Near Future Laboratory Learning & Development Programs unlock new ways of thinking, collaborating, and innovating in complex, rapidly changing environments.

A spread from a speculative newspaper from the future — A spread from a speculative Design Fiction artifact in the form of a newspaper that's 'come' from an AI future. This approach allows ideas more room to grow in an unrestrained fashion so that naescent and innovative concepts can live 'as if' they were real.

How does 'Design Fiction' figure into your Learning & Development strategy?

Design Fiction is a powerful tool for helping teams see beyond the obvious, align around shared possibilities, and make actionable strategies tangible.

Design Fiction — or simply imagining the new opportunitites through speculative artifacts — will empower your teams to think critically, align purposefully, and act creatively in shaping their organization’s future. From my experience, I’ve seen that the future isn’t something to predict — it’s something to prototype. Learning and Development through Design Fiction gives participants tools to see beyond the obvious, align around shared possibilities, and make actionable strategies tangible.

What are some of your programs & their outcomes?

You'll find a fairly comprehensive selection of programs in my downloadable Learning & Development guide. You'll also find past programs in the links in the menu above, including past workshops, talks, project engagements, seminars and events.

How can we connect?

Fill out my contact form or schedule a coffee chat with me to discuss how we can bring our methodologies and practice to you to help you and your organization Imagine Harder.