Futurework
New Ways of Thinking, Leading and Working
WATCH: Futurework introduction (6 min)
“We face some difficult challenges. As a society, within our organisations and communities – and for each of us individually.
As a Futurist I’ve learnt that the future is all around us. By training our minds to make neurological leaps in thinking, in the chaos and complexity of change it is possible to see new ways forward.
Equipping leaders and teams to solve complex problems – making far more of the people and resources they already have at hand.
Making more of the capability within our organisations. Within each of us.”
– Futurist Dave Wild
Our world has changed.
The environment we operate in has become more complex and uncertain. As a result this more changeable operating environment requires leaders who are more change able.
Leaders who are naturally collaborative, inclusive and adaptive. Knowing that uncertainty creates new possibilities.
The days of leaders having all the answers are past.
Modern leadership involves co-creating solutions to complex challenges with diverse teams and communities. This workplace adaptation depends on a fundamental shift in thinking – from a fixed mindset to a growth Mindleap.
Why? We can only work in new ways if we can also lead in new ways. Leading in new ways requires thinking in new ways. By developing new thought patterns. New leadership habits.
Resulting in a modern set of skills ready for the future of work.
Ready for today.
Welcome to Futurework.
Futurework is a leadership development programme, where you learn and apply leading-edge Future of Work skills. The group format equips you with a modern workplace Leadership Toolkit and expert coaching with Futurist Dave Wild – combined with the support and insight of other future-focused leaders across a diverse community of organisations taking part.
As a foundational skill you’ll learn how to shift perspectives from a fixed mindset to a growth Mindleap. Discovering that digital leadership doesn’t require being a technology expert. Shifting from having all the answers, to knowing how to inclusively inspire and guide diverse teams forward.
Creating meaningful change doesn’t happen through thought alone. So you’ll then develop and apply within your organisation a set of eight critical Futurework skills…
Progressing forward with Visionary and Strategic frameworks
Leveraging resources with Inclusive and Digital capabilities
Expanding opportunities with Collaborative and Innovative methods
Actioning change with Adaptive and Impactful outcomes
By the conclusion of the Futurework programme you will have developed a leading-edge set of leadership skills needed in the modern workplace. Inspiring others with new possibilities. Shifting teams and projects forward. Upskilling your own capabilities and others around you.
Creating a greater future today.
The Futurework Leadership Programme
is supported by the Futurework Guidebook
The Futurework Leadership Programme equips you with:
The Futurework Leadership Programme brings together cohorts of future-focused leaders to work together in person, supported by a comprehensive series of short video lessons with online group coaching sessions over six weeks.
By applying your learnings to actual work activities during the programme, you learn and develop a critical set of eight Futurework skills for leading in the changed work environment…
Progressive Thinking
Visionary Leadership
Vision means to see. Develop your visionary ability to create clarity from complexity. Elevate your thinking to comprehend the big picture, while inspiring others to achieve greater outcomes.
Strategic Leadership
Strategy is a plan of action to achieve major aims. Learn how to develop strategic initiatives that energise and inspire in times of change, while accelerating forward ahead of fast-changing conditions.
Leveraged Thinking
Inclusive Leadership
Future-focused leaders surround themselves with diversity to energise themselves and their organisation, shifting and adapting to the changes all around us. Develop new skills for engaging with diverse communities for greater understanding and impact.
Digital Leadership
Artificial intelligence depends on machine learning – giving computers the ability to make themselves “smarter.” Increasing our human intelligence depends on our own ability to recode. Developing new thought patterns, shifting out-dated behaviour patterns. Learn how to hack your own thinking to rapidly develop digital skills.
Developing Futurework skills builds the organisational capabilities
needed to adapt in fast-changing uncertain environments
Expansive Thinking
Collaborative Leadership
Collaboration doesn’t simply mean teamwork. Collaboration involves pushing beyond your typical day-to-day interactions – which is why collaborators cross established boundaries. Learn how to align complex systems by co-creating outcomes with others – from ethnically-diverse customers to generationally-diverse colleagues.
Innovative Leadership
Innovative, high-impact thinking goes beyond the predictable to create greater possibilities. Learn how to detect the signals of the future that are all around you. Developing new innovation skills to lead forward in ever-changing conditions.
Active Thinking
Adaptive Leadership
Adapting to changing conditions requires being comfortable with new ideas that don’t make sense at first. Learn how to lean into the discomfort to discover new ways forward. Adapting perspectives and associated decisions to shift with agility in uncertain environments.
Impactful Leadership
Ideas are powerful. Sometimes. All too often they have little impact. Why? Because they remain as just ideas. Lost in a haze of meetings, discussions and reports. Develop your ability to create clarity and accelerate progress by making the intangible tangible. Making the leap from idea to impact.
Download one of the Futurework programme worksheets
Mindleap #3 – Amplify Hidden Voices
Programme Format
The Futurework Leadership Programme gives you an inspiring new perspective on the world, by developing your ability to Mindleap forward.
In 2025 you can join a cohort beginning in May.
You will be expertly coached across the full set of Futurework skills using the programme content and toolkit. The interactive and inspiring hybrid format begins with two days of Futurework coaching. Followed by three further 90-minute online masterclass sessions which provide inspiring and energising community interaction, group application and shared learnings.
As well as developing your own skills, the Futurework format and resources enable you to develop the capabilities of your own team. Learning how to move others forward from states of being resistant and reactive, to becoming future ready.
Even going a step further and becoming truly Futuready.
Futurework – May 2025
The 2025 Futurework Leadership Programme runs over six weeks, designed to support your work and key priorities
Begins with two in-person Futurework development days in Auckland, NZ
Tue 13 May 10am–4:30pm
Wed 14 May 9am–3:30pm
Followed by three recommended online group coaching sessions (90 min)
Mon 26 May 2pm NZT
Mon 9 Jun 2pm NZT
Mon 23 Jun 2pm NZT
Between each coaching session participants apply Futurework skills during their workdays, sharing learnings across the group in an online community space
Concludes with an open-book multi-choice assessment and Futurework Certificate of Completion
Supported by six months’ access to an extensive Futurework toolkit including coaching videos, worksheets and the Futurework Guidebook
Our Futurework venue at Generator in Auckland’s Stanbeth House is designed to inspire and energise with a light-filled creative environment
Investment
To join the Futurework Leadership Programme and gain everything outlined here, your investment is $2,800+gst per person.
Super Earlybird bookings are available until 13 December 2024 at $1,900+gst per person.
We find when colleagues attend together they benefit from deeper shared learnings, so you’re welcome to book additional seats. To secure your place we recommend booking as soon as possible as the 2025 Futurework programme is limited to a cohort of just 18 leaders.
The programme’s unique 1:1 design means that every paid booking also enables a leader from a charitable organisation to take part at no charge. Organisations supported in previous years include Pasifika Futures, Surf Life Saving, Accessible Properties, KiwiHarvest, Keep New Zealand Beautiful, TupuToa.
Inhouse Development Programme
Futurework can also be delivered as a tailored inhouse programme
Suitable for:
- Executive retreats
- Leadership development
- Talent programmes
Possible formats include:
- Group sizes from 9 to 36
- Programmes from 3 to 12 months
For more details see Futurework Inhouse Programme or get in touch to explore further
Futurework Toolkit
The Futurework Leadership Programme gives you access to a full suite of resources to equip you for the future of work.
Your Futurework Toolkit includes:
The Futurework Guidebook
Strategy Map
Futurework Worksheets
Programme Presentations
Futurework LinkedIn Community
Futurist Email Updates
Six months access to our comprehensive library of Futurework coaching videos
WATCH: Futurework Visionary Skill (2 min)
WATCH: Futurework Collaborative Skill (2 min)
Our Futurework programmes and events have been attended by leaders from across society including…
WATCH: Futurist Dave Wild Showreel (4 min)
Visioning with the Digital Government Leaders of the United Kingdom, South Korea, Estonia and New Zealand
Coaching Digital and Innovation Leadership Labs across sectors including Finance, Environment and Technology
Facilitating the NZ Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council to explore the Future of Work
Delivering Futurist keynote presentations on stages and screens across the world from South Auckland to Sydney to San Francisco
Internationally renowned Futurist Dave Wild is a world-leading expert in developing Futurework skills.
Living on the edge of the world in New Zealand, he works with leaders and teams across the globe – creating a greater future for their organisations, customers and society at large including:
Through this work with a diverse range of leaders across all levels, Dave has built deep expertise in the future-focused skills needed to confidently lead into the future.
“Dave challenged us to move our modes of thinking towards longer-term future possibilities and away from just the obvious and immediate. Dave’s impact on our organisation has been profound. We have aimed to develop a more free-thinking, creative approach to problem-solving and really try to continuously imagine what the future could look like and determine how Bluelab will evolve and thrive in that future state.”
“What I love most about Dave is his flexibility in adapting to the requirements of the culture of the organisation and the desired outcomes. He offers fresh perspectives and exposes you to global trends and innovations. Dave brings a huge array of tools and I have seen him take people through a journey where even people who don’t consider themselves to be creative or innovative start making connections and generating new ways of thinking to start doing things differently for their business.”
“My experience of Dave is that he inspires and delivers. One of his key strengths is his flexibility – he can work with a wide range of people and organisations and at different scales, timeframes and on disparate problem spaces. Nothing scares him, nothing bores him. Dave couples a high energy, hands-on and inclusive style with a sharp strategic brain. I have always had fantastic feedback about the impact that Dave has made.”
“Dave Wild is a genius. A futurist, strategist and provocateur. One of the things I love about his style is his ability to project thinking into the future in a pragmatic, relatable way – he connects the information to the audience, making the future relatable and relevant to their world. He is generous with his knowledge and keen to help other people navigate their path to better thinking. He’s one of those people that you can relax and let loose on a group knowing it will go well and deliver outstanding results.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the Futurework Leadership Programme designed for?
This leadership programme is ideal for Senior and High-potential Leaders along with others who need to collaboratively lead into an inspiring future. Participants have included a diverse range of future-focused leaders ranging from next-generation managers to Chief Executives.
When does the programme start and finish?
The 2025 programme commences with a two-day in-person workshop experience on Tue 13 + Wed 14 May 2025. Over the following six weeks you can also participate in three online group coaching sessions (2pm NZT on Mon 26 May, Mon 9 Jun and Mon 23 Jun) and an open-book multi-choice assessment for a Futurework Certificate of Completion. All sessions are personally facilitated by Futurist Dave Wild.
How long is the programme? Will I have time for this?
The Futurework Leadership programme combines a comprehensive series of short video lessons with three online group coaching sessions (90 mins) over six weeks. Rather than having to complete additional projects, you will apply the new tools and techniques learnt as part of your everyday work – developing your Mindleap ability while building Futurework skills.
When do I need to be available?
Tue 13 + Wed 14 May 2025 for the two-day in-person workshop. Mon 26 May, Mon 9 Jun and Mon 23 Jun are the dates for the recommended 90-min online group coaching sessions. You are able to undertake the assessment at your leisure.
Do I have to take part in the group coaching?
The support of a group coaching environment facilitated by Futurist Dave Wild extends your development. You will benefit from ideas and learnings from other leaders across different industries within the group coaching. The online group coaching sessions are highly recommended but not mandatory.
Can I get personal 1:1 mentoring?
Yes – you can broaden your programme with Mentoring, which extends your learning with online personal 1:1 Futurist mentoring sessions.
How do I access the programme materials?
Ahead of the first workshop you’ll be able to access the programme materials, including the Futurework Toolkit resources. The Futurework Guidebook will be available at the first in-person workshop.
How long do I have access to the programme materials?
Your programme access gives you six months access to all Futurework coaching videos so you can re-watch at any time. This also includes access to private community discussions and support. In addition printable Futurework Toolkit resources can be downloaded for lifetime access. The Futurework Guidebook is yours to keep and refer to for life!
How much does the programme cost?
To join the Futurework Leadership Programme and gain everything outlined here your investment is $2,800+gst. Super Earlybird bookings are available until 13 December 2024 at $1,900+gst per person. There are 18 places available for booking in May 2025.
What if I register but can’t attend all the sessions?
Attending all the sessions is optional, as you’ll still have full access to the toolkit, videos and support of the group.
Cancellations received by 13 January 2025 will be refunded in full, or by 13 March 2025 refunded 50%. Beyond that no refund can be made, however someone else from your organisation is welcome to attend.
Other questions?
If you’d like to know anything else please contact us