Making the invisible visible
The crises of our time — from polarisation and democratic backsliding to ecological collapse and the erosion of trust — are deeply shaped by the worldviews through which we interpret and respond to them.
Yet most efforts to address these challenges operate from within implicit, unexamined worldviews of their own — limiting what we can see, what solutions we consider, and who we can reach. We use a worldview lens to make these invisible dynamics visible: illuminating what drives our divides, questioning the assumptions embedded in current approaches, and exploring what more integrated responses could look like.
In the media
Our worldview perspective has reached wider audiences through publications and media appearances. Here’s a short selection:
- Feral Ecologies Podcast (April 2026) — Interview on worldviews, dialogue, and cultural change.
- Learning Planet Festival (January 2026) — Live session introducing the Worldview Journey as a pathway for human development in a world in transition.
- NRC Handelsblad (September 2025) — Opinion article analyzing how the dominant worldview among progressives is limiting them in their ability to formulate an inspiring, forward-looking vision for the future, while keeping them stuck in the culture wars. (In Dutch)
- Scientific American (2016) — Essay on how the worldview framework illuminates political dynamics from Brexit and Trump to the Bernie Sanders phenomenon.
- NRC Handelsblad (July 2007) — Full-page essay arguing that behind the climate crisis lies a deeper worldview crisis, and that what is needed is not just technological solutions but an ‘inner climate change’, a shift in worldview. (In Dutch.)
Forthcoming book
Our director Annick de Witt is writing a book on generative dialogue and cultural change. The book presents the Stream of Consciousness (SoC) dialogue practice as a remarkably potent yet simple method for rebuilding relationships, cultivating human capabilities, and widening worldviews — offering a new theory of change for a world in crisis. The book argues that we cannot change culture through information or prescription — but we can change the conversation. And as we change the conversation, we change the culture.
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World/views on Substack
World/views is our primary channel for bringing a worldview lens to the issues that matter most. These essays explore how worldviews shape politics, polarisation, education, and culture — and what becomes possible when we learn to see them. Selected essays:
- Toxic polarization is killing us. A new worldview can save us — A worldview analysis of the global rise of populism, the crisis facing the progressive left, and the case for a more integrated politics. (May 2025)
- To Change the Culture, Change the Conversation — Why information and prescription fail to change hearts and minds, and how generative dialogue offers a different pathway for cultural change. (February 2026)
- We Can’t Solve These Crises — We Can Only Grow Out of Them — The four fundamental shifts the Worldview Journey invites learners into, and what they report to experience when they develop worldview literacy. (January 2026)
Speaking & events
Annick regularly speaks at conferences, universities, and events on worldviews, dialogue, polarisation, and transformative education. Upcoming and recent engagements include:
- IST 2026, Zurich (August 2026) — Co-convening Track 12: Navigating the Meta Level: Worldviews, Sensemaking, and Cultural Evolution in Sustainability Transitions at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference.
- Conference on Education for Transformation, Utrecht (May 2026) — Dialogue workshop and Round Table discussion. UvH
- Utrecht University Education Festival (March 2026) — Dialogue workshop.
- Life Itself (March 2026) — Research session.
- Monthly Break your Bubble sessions at Utrecht University — Ongoing dialogue sessions through the Generative Dialogue Lab.
For speaking/facilitation inquiries or media requests, please contact us.