SI Programme
Building Capacity for Human Systems Flourishing
Human systems grow in the direction of the questions we most frequently ask. At Sustainability Institute, we teach you to ask different questions—not “What’s broken?” but “What’s alive?” Not “How do we fix this?” but “What conditions allow flourishing?” Our programmes distill decades of Leadership and Organisation Development philosophies, principles and practices into accessible, engaging learning experiences designed for one purpose: to spread the seeds of continuous learning so that individuals, organisations, and communities can thrive in the long term.
Way-finding Series
A SELF series for finding your bearings in uncertain waters.
Long before instruments, wayfinders crossed the widest oceans by reading what the sea itself revealed — the swell beneath the hull, the flight of birds, the deep migratory knowing that moves whole pods across the world without a single map. They didn't fight the ocean. They listened to it, and moved with its currents.
Wayfinding is an invitation to navigate your own life the same way. In a world churning with disruption, the answer isn't a better map — it's the recovery of your instinct to read the waters and trust your bearing. Across a series of workshops, you'll sound your depths to identify what you're truly here for, then learn to read the currents ahead using tools such as futures, scenario-planning, art of writing to move with change rather than brace against it.
Creating a Life of Purpose
[1-day workshop, In-person workshop] You've built a career. Hit the milestones. And yet, somehow, you still feel unfulfilled. This one-day experience gives you uninterrupted time to think, tools to sense what's stirring in you, and honest reflection from others, so you can step back from the noise and get clear on what matters. Leave with clarity, fresh perspectives, and the courage to make concrete shifts towards a more purposeful life.
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What If? How to Reinvent the Future
[4 weekly half-day sessions, In-person workshop] Explore the forces shaping the future and how they affect the systems you care about. Through hands-on systems mapping, trend analysis, and scenario building, you will learn how to think and act more clearly in uncertainty and complexity. Spot emerging changes earlier, test your strategies against different possible futures, and take practical steps toward shaping more flourishing human systems.
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Creating a Life of Purpose
[1-day workshop, In-person workshop] You’ve built a career. Hit the milestones. And yet, somehow, you still feel unfulfilled. This one-day experience gives you uninterrupted time to think, tools to sense what’s stirring in you, and honest reflection from others, so you can step back from the noise and get clear on what matters. Leave with clarity, fresh perspectives, and the courage to make concrete shifts towards a more purposeful life.
Leading Living Systems: Foundations of Organisational Development
[2-day, In-person workshop] What if your organisation isn’t a machine to be fixed, but a living system to be nurtured? This foundational programme introduces Living OD – a paradigm shift from diagnosing problems to discovering what gives organisations life. Learn to work with natural patterns of growth, adaptation, and transformation to create workplaces where people and the organisation itself can genuinely flourish.
What If? How to Reinvent the Future
[4 weekly half-day sessions, In-person workshop] Explore the forces shaping the future and how they affect the systems you care about. Through hands-on systems mapping, trend analysis, and scenario building, you will learn how to think and act more clearly in uncertainty and complexity. Spot emerging changes earlier, test your strategies against different possible futures, and take practical steps toward shaping more flourishing human systems.
Writing the Future
[3 weekly full-day sessions, In-person workshop] Designed especially for graduating students and young professionals, this workshop offers practical wisdom from creative practitioners on authoring the world you want to see and make a new path for yourself. Like all artists and writers facing a blank page, scarce resources and incomplete knowledge, you will learn to imagine, experiment, play, innovate, invent and thrive in the face of the new.
Leading Living Systems: Foundations of Organisational Development
[2-day, In-person workshop] What if your organisation isn’t a machine to be fixed, but a living system to be nurtured? This foundational programme introduces Living OD – a paradigm shift from diagnosing problems to discovering what gives organisations life. Learn to work with natural patterns of growth, adaptation, and transformation to create workplaces where people and the organisation itself can genuinely flourish.
Writing the Future
[3 weekly full-day sessions, In-person workshop] Designed especially for graduating students and young professionals, this workshop offers practical wisdom from creative practitioners on authoring the world you want to see and make a new path for yourself. Like all artists and writers facing a blank page, scarce resources and incomplete knowledge, you will learn to imagine, experiment, play, innovate, invent and thrive in the face of the new.
Appreciative Inquiry Foundations
[On-demand online course + hybrid coaching community] Master the foundational principles and practices of Appreciative Inquiry at your own pace. This self-directed online course teaches you to shift from problem-focused to possibility-focused approaches in your work and life. Learn the 4-D cycle, practice core AI skills, and join monthly coaching calls with your cohort to deepen your learning, troubleshoot real applications, and connect with a global community of AI practitioners.
Leading the Human Side of Digital Transformation
[1-day, In-person workshop] Here’s what most technology transformations have in common when they struggle: the technology worked but the people’s side didn’t. This programme is for technology leaders who want to close that gap. New systems and new ways of working are fundamentally organisational challenges dressed up as technical ones. Learn to lead transformation in organisations where people are uncertain, resistant, or simply exhausted from too much change.
HR Practitioner’s Guide to Organisational Transformation
[2-day, In-person workshop] Organisations that are thriving are those where HR has stepped into a much more strategic role, building the conditions for real, lasting change. This programme is designed for HR professionals who want to make that shift with confidence. You’ll get a working understanding of Organisation Development as a discipline, practical tools you can use immediately, and a way of thinking about your organisation that goes well beyond the conventional HR toolkit.
Beyond Strategy: Leading Organisations That Actually Flourish
[3hr breakfast talk] Most leaders we speak to know something isn’t working. Engagement is low, change initiatives aren’t landing, and the usual levers aren’t producing the results they once did. This breakfast conversation is for CEOs, MDs, and senior executives who are ready to look at their organisations differently. We will collectively explore what it takes to build an organisation that people are truly committed to, not just employed by.
Education for Sustainability
In collaboration with the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, we equip students, educators and education systems with the new knowledge and ways of thinking to contribute to the regenerative capacity of the physical and social systems we all depend on.
Team Development That Transforms
We build high-performing teams through strengths-based development, authentic engagement, and sustainable cultural transformation, drawing from our deep OD experience across sectors.
Essentials of Public and Stakeholder Engagement
A facilitation training programme to gain awareness, appreciation and practice in internal and external stakeholder engagement, drawing from Sequoia’s evidence-based and holistic model for facilitation.