Reclaiming Collective Agency in the World: Idea Prototyping the “Collaboration for Complex Challenges Global Lab” hosted by C3Labs.org
Online poll: participate, even if you're not in Athens:
We're harnessing collective intelligence to learn about which global challenges are top of mind. Please participate in this poll, we will use these insights for the live prototyping session and share back reflections to the wider community: https://hobb.envisioning.com/
In-real-life session
What is it about?
The challenges facing our society and planet are deeply interconnected — polarization, economic shocks, power imbalances, shifting geopolitics, disruptive tech — yet our responses remain fragmented and siloed. No single individual or organization can navigate this alone, and yet that's often the default.
This session asks: what would it take to build a global learning lab that turns deep collaboration into tangible systems interventions?
What will we do?
Participants will directly contribute, through a 'somatic socratic dialogue' and live 'idea prototyping', to the exploration of a C3 Global Learning Lab, a prototype that is precisely focused on meeting what is often seen, felt or experienced intuitively as an accelerating polycrisis.
This interactive session is focused on the quest for a world that is life-centered, one that flourishes with wellbeing and regeneration, inclusion and equity, and action for nature and sustainable ecologies.
16.00 - 16.30: Warm-Up
16.30 - 16.35: Welcome & Grounding
16.35 - 16.50: Introduction
16.50 - 17.10: Somatic Socratic Dialogue
17.10 - 17.50: Live Prototyping with Envisioning
18.00 - 18.25: Reflections
18.25 - 18.30: Closing Meditation
Who are the hosts?
This session is curated by the United Nations founded C3 ('Collaboration for Complex Challenges') team, launching in Kenya and Thailand based pilots in 2026, and holds the intent to co-generate an idea prototype of what a global learning lab could look like with the House of Beautiful Business Network and coalition partners. This conversation builds on top of the workshops held at the Tangiers 2025 Polyopportunity Festival where the C3 Labs pre-launch mode sourced in "Deep collaboration blueprints and lessons from our future selves".
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Hosting team
Courtney Savie Lawrence — LinkedIn
Michell Zappa — LinkedIn
Irina Panovich — LinkedIn
Maciej Bulanda — LinkedIn
If this resonates and you feel a call to reach out, we are actively inviting key partners to craft A Global Learning Lab.
See you in Athens.