Navigating meaning, difference, and complexity in a world in crisis
We don’t often take time to ponder the deepest questions in life, nor to dialogue about this with others. But as the crisis in our world deepens, it’s becoming increasingly clear that only a complete revisioning of life and the world as we know it, will allow us to adequately respond to the challenges humanity faces.
And so that’s what we’ll do in this program — take a fresh look at the assumptions, values, and commitments that shape our life and world, yet are often left unreflected. And we’ll do this in meaningful dialogue with others.
Subtly yet persistently, such deep, ‘transformative’ learning tends to reshape how we make sense of ourselves, others, the larger whole, and the future.
Research-informed yet experiential
The Worldview Journey is a research-informed, experiential learning program that supports people to develop deeper self-understanding, greater capacity for dialogue across difference, and clarified inner orientation in a time of rapid social, ecological, and cultural change.
Developed in collaboration with Utrecht University, and tested and researched in academic and educational contexts, it brings together:
- powerful knowledge and rigorous conceptual frameworks;
- a series of deep — and often delightful — dialogues, using a potent practice;
- and fun, experiential learning activities (worldview test, worldview interview, nature walk, peer-coaching session).
For the 1st time, the full Worldview Journey is now offered as an open, stand-alone learning experience, open to all.
What makes this Journey unique
At the heart of this program lies a carefully designed sequence of deep, meaningful, humanizing dialogues. These are not debates or discussions, but guided encounters grounded in listening, curiosity, and shared inquiry.
During this program, you’ll engage in seven of these:
- Five Stream-of-Consciousness (SoC) dialogues, one in each live session;
- A worldview interview, exploring how you and your interview partner make meaning;
- A duo-coaching session, supporting reflection and integration;
Many participants describe these encounters as surprisingly clarifying, connecting, and quietly transformative. Together, they form a learning arc that doesn’t just inform, but reshapes how you relate — to yourself, others, and the wider world.
These dialogues are held within a well-researched learning architecture, as the program recurrently goes through the seven-step learning journey — a learning cycle empirically validated to support deep learning, integration, and perspective transformation.
This structure ensures that insights are not left abstract, but are reflected on, dialogued about, embodied, and translated into practice.
What you may gain from participating
Through the combination of reflection, knowledge transmission, dialogue, and practice, participants often gain:
- deeper understanding of their own worldview and how it shapes perception and action;
- greater capacity for perspective-taking, esp. across difference and disagreement;
- more clarity and inner orientation in times of uncertainty and complexity;
- new ways of relating and communicating that foster trust and understanding;
- insight into collective and societal dynamics, including why worldviews clash and how transformation becomes possible;
- support for personal and professional growth, grounded in lived experience;
- a stronger sense of coherence and alignment between values and practice.
These shifts tend to show up not only as new insights, but as subtle changes in how people listen, speak, decide, and act in everyday life.
The Four Journeys
The Worldview Journey unfolds through four interconnected learning journeys, each combining conceptual input, reflection, dialogue, and experiential practice.
1. Explore your Worldview — Gain perspective on your perspective
Participants develop worldview literacy: understanding what worldviews are, why they matter, and which major worldviews shape our societies today. You’ll also explore your own worldview — including its biographical roots and how it changed over the course of your life.
As this journey helps you recognize the assumptions, values, and meaning-making patterns that shape how you interpret reality and orient yourself in the world, it deepens self-awareness and lays the foundation for learning from difference.
2. Exchange your Worldview — Learn to learn from other perspectives
In this phase, the focus shifts to dialogue and relationship. Participants learn why encounters with different worldviews are often experienced as threatening (referred to as ‘identity threat‘), and how this can lead to defensiveness and polarization.
Through guided dialogical practices, including a worldview-interview, you cultivate a growth-oriented stance that makes it possible to remain open, curious, and grounded when engaging with perspectives very different from your own.
3. Expand your Worldview — Cultivate a planetary perspective
Participants explore the relation between humans and the natural world, including through a guided nature walk. You’ll reflect on your own relationship with nature and examine how different worldviews shape our responses to ecological and planetary challenges.
This journey invites you to see yourself, your worldview, and your role within a larger, more interconnected and meaningful context, expanding your sense of belonging and responsibility.
4. Express your Worldview — Put your perspective into practice
The final journey focuses on embodiment and action. Participants learn about psychological immunity to change and gain understanding of why it is often difficult to live in alignment with our values (i.e., the value-action gap).
In a duo-coaching session, you explore how unconscious protective mechanisms keep you stuck in old patterns, thereby supporting you to make progress in your work, relationships, or daily life — enhancing integrity, agency, and meaningful contribution.
What’s included
- Four live online sessions + a bonus integration session (5 x 2 hours each);
- Seven guided, deep dialogical encounters across the program;
- One year of access to the full Worldview Journey learning materials;
- Videos, reflection prompts, journaling exercises, and experiential practices;
- An intimate international learning community, held with care and intention.
Who this Journey is for
The Worldview Journey is for people who are drawn to learning that is:
- intellectually grounded yet experientially rich;
- reflective, dialogical, and humanizing;
- oriented toward personal and societal transformation.
No prior background is required — only curiosity, openness, and a willingness to engage.
Practical details
Start: Monday May 11th (then: May 25th, June 8th, 22nd, and 29th)
Time: 7.00–9.00 pm CET (online)
Fee:
– Early bird rate (until March 31st): €149 excl. VAT
– Regular: €189 excl. VAT
– Special alumni rate: €49 excl. VAT (only for those who have participated in a Worldview Journey Facilitator Training).
If the price is an unsurmountable barrier for you, please contact us.
A closing invitation
In a time when conversations so often flatten, polarize, or fragment us, the Worldview Journey offers something increasingly rare: a rigorously designed space for deep learning, meaningful dialogue, and genuine human connection, exploring some of the most vital questions of our time.
You’re warmly invited to join!
