AMSTERDAM URBAN INNOVATIONMasterclass Innovation Leadership The program selected innovation leaders from all departments of the City of Amsterdam, forming a learning and impact community to approach complex societal issues of the city. Every half a year a new cohort joined the community. They worked with citizens, academics, decision makers, social entrepreneurs, and artists to understand…
Program for Natural Community Farming Together with Herenboeren en Boeren in het Bos we develop the program for Natural Community Farming. We believe that a third of Dutch agricultural lands should be farmed in a nature inclusive way and should be owned and supported by local communities. Farming in this manner is hard, and requires a…
The Learning Lab developed a two year high potential program with Adviso for AXA tech world wide to enable the next generation to lead the company’s transformation. Central to the program is the connection the current and the next generation of top leadership around strategic breakthrough issues and innovation. The program develops leadership and social innovation capacity…
From May 10 – 12 2016, changemakers from different cities around the world visited IABR, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam and shared experiences and insights into the ‘how’ of urban transformation. Here you will find some impressions, lessons learned and next steps. Organization In order to gain more insight into the how of urban transformation…
HOW TO HACK THE MATRIX? Almost the entire European Personal Care team of Unilever came over to the Learning Lab at our Amsterdam creative campus for an experimental Empowerment lab. The main question? How might we enable each other and ourselves to make a difference? With Paul Polman calling for Unilever to make a positive and sustainable…
The Young Innovators program is a University wide, interdisciplinary honours program for master students, aimed at social innovation and leadership. The program is build up around key societal challenges that students, the respective stakeholders involved, and academic experts attempt to understand and bring further with innovative interventions and collaborations. With this program we tried to redefine the…
We work for de Baak – Institute for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Personal Development – to develop its capacity for social impact.
LAB 2 developed a serious game frame for social impact learning. The game principles help develop a culture of contribution, initiative, reflection, and collective knowledge creation. Amongst their adventures an overnight session for the development of cooperation, observation, and trust. In collaboration with Utrecht School of Arts (HKU), and Dutch Game Garden, and Hubbub.
LAB 1 pioneered in self-directed learning for change agency. Honours students from University of Amsterdam, Free University, and Amsterdam University College embarked on an adventure that left a mark on the world of higher education across the country and abroad. Work had, play hard. Students organised a very sucessful public water fight at the Vondelpark to connect…
