School of WorkLife Book Club Online Class The Life of Pi Practice: How to Build Resilience and Lead Through Uncertainty Class
School of WorkLife Book Club Online Class
The Life of Pi Practice: How to Build Resilience and Lead Through Uncertainty Class
What Life of Pi Teaches Us About Adaptation, Recovery, and Navigating Professional Challenges
What happens when professional situations stop unfolding according to plan?
Not in abstract theory — but in real moments where pressure increases, uncertainty grows, and people are trying to continue moving forward despite changing conditions.
This live online class from School of WorkLife explores how fiction can deepen resilience, adaptive leadership, recovery, and professional judgement through literature, story, reflection, structured thinking, and practical application.
Inspired by Life of Pi by Yann Martel, this class is part of the School of WorkLife Book Club series — story-led live classes that explore professional learning through literature, reflective practice, and real WorkLife situations.
At the centre of the class is Sophie’s story — a highly capable project manager whose understanding of resilience and leadership begins changing after reading a novel about survival, adaptation, uncertainty, and recovery.
As Sophie faces increasingly unpredictable professional challenges, she gradually realises that resilience may not come from tighter control — but from developing the ability to adapt intelligently when control becomes impossible.
Through her experience, we explore how adaptive resilience develops not through perfection or certainty, but through flexibility, recovery, creative response, and the ability to continue moving forward under changing conditions.
The class introduces the LIFEOFPI framework — inspired by Life of Pi — a practical reflective structure designed to help you think more clearly about resilience, uncertainty, adaptability, leadership, recovery, and navigating professional pressure.
This is a structured, story-led learning experience that combines:
The Reading Room — where stories open things up
The Writer’s Table — where ideas become personal
The Workshop — where thinking becomes something you can use
The Rehearsal Space — where you begin to put that into practice
What to Expect
A live online 45-minute class
Exploration of how fiction can deepen resilience, adaptability, and leadership
Small group learning (maximum 6 participants)
Guided reflection and notebook exercises
A practical framework you can continue using in your own WorkLife
A class PDF to return to afterwards
You will not be asked to share anything personal.
There will be opportunities for group reflection throughout the class.
Who This Class Is For
This class is designed for professionals navigating the realities of modern working life — including uncertainty, organisational change, leadership pressure, project complexity, recovery after setbacks, adaptation, resilience, and difficult transitions.
It may be particularly valuable for people managing change, leading teams through uncertainty, navigating unpredictable environments, or trying to remain effective under sustained professional pressure.
Preparation
Prior to the class, you’ll receive a short reflective question. This is the only preparation needed, along with bringing a notebook to the class.
You don't need to have read the book to engage with the lesson — though you may find yourself wanting to after the class.
Ticket Options
Signature — £35
Includes:
Live online class
Class PDF
Signature Plus — £45
Includes:
Live online class
Class PDF
How Reading Fiction Deepens Professional Judgement and Ethical Leadership Story Lesson
Signature Pro — £90
Includes:
Live online class
Class PDF
How Reading Fiction Deepens Professional Judgement and Ethical Leadership Story Lesson
The Power of Fiction: Developing Character Traits Through Reading WorkLife Compass Guided Programme
Booking Information
Tickets are non-refundable.
Thank you for respecting the time, preparation, and care that go into each class.
If you’re unable to attend, you’re welcome to gift your place to someone else — simply send me their name and email address so I can forward the class information and resources.
About School of WorkLife
School of WorkLife creates story-based learning resources designed to help people think more clearly about the challenges, conversations, and decisions that shape a working life.
The work combines storytelling, reflection, structured frameworks, and practical application to support self-direction, self-leadership, and meaningful professional development.