THE RETHINK COURSE
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THE RETHINK COURSE ○
For everyone who wishes they were working from somewhere like this…
Instead of somewhere like this.
Look around and you’ll notice…
A new landscape of work where burnout, languishing, quiet quitting and the great resignation dominate headlines on a daily basis.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed about what it all means and where to start.
Despite the fascination with work and its impact on us, there hasn’t been a book capturing the science behind the lived experience of the modern workplace (wherever that is) and how individuals can use this to make it better for themselves.
It’s time to move beyond the noise of endless podcasts, articles, and your own confusion about where to begin.
Introducing…
The Rethink Course
An insider’s guide to post-conventional working, led by Dr Libby Sander.
27th October - 1st December
Begin the journey to explore how work and life might look different. Our online sanctuary is a cosy retreat where you can shut out the noise and explore how to make meaning out of the changes and opportunities that are upon us. The course is a manifesto of sorts - an insider’s guide to post-conventional working.
Many of us want to make change but have no idea how or where to start. We’ll step through how to imagine, and then create a new way of working and living that lines up with what you really want. You’ll learn how to create change from the insight drawn together from disparate (yet connected) fields - neuroscience, biomimicry, design, psychology, new ways of working, poetry, philosophy and psychophysiology to name a few.
Whether you dream of keeping your job while living in that Instagram worthy hacienda on the beach in Costa Rica, you’d like to start your own thing, or you just want to redesign your work week or your job, there are multiple paths within the content to take you from where you are to where you want to be.
From how to change your thinking (literally), to creating spaces that support who you are and how you like to live and work, the science behind a serendipity mindset, and aligning your strengths and passions to the work you do, the course isn’t the predictable run of the mill, join the dots pro-forma. You’ll discover how an urban safari can kickstart your creativity, put you into an elusive flow state and give you a preview into spillover innovation.
Take a breath and immerse yourself in a world of evidence backed insight, restorative design and like-minded community, guided by one of the world’s foremost experts on the future of work and the workplace.
The first step starts here.
For everyone who wants to make a change but doesn't know where to start.
What is Included?
You’ll have playlists to listen to as you explore the content from each week, beautifully designed PDFs that highlight the themes from each week’s content, as well as writing prompts and exercises to undertake.
Each week we will have a live session where Libby will curate the latest research, ideas, examples and stories under each topic. We have a second session each week where you can ask questions, talk through your experiences from the exercises, plan next steps to make change happen, and hang out with the really great people in the program with you.
You’ll also get a 10% discount on some new products - physical tools that extend the experience of our time together and support you integrating this new way of thinking and working into your life in a sustainable way.
Finally, you will receive a printed version of the coveted Rethink Bibliotherapy Guide, a beautifully designed curation of what to read, listen to, watch and try for the next 6 months.
The Modules
Introduction Session
Week 1 - A New Way of Thinking
Week 2 - Reimagining Work and Life
Week 3 - Designing for Life at the Centre
Week 4 - Connecting with Uncommon Opportunities
Integration & Next Steps - Implementing your Work from Anywhere Plans
The Schedule
The course will be delivered over 5.5 weeks with twice weekly zoom calls. Each Monday, a live seminar 6:30-8pm. Each Thursday, a 60min QnA. AEST.
Introduction Session: 27th Oct
Week 1 - Oct 31st and Nov 3rd
Week 2 - Nov 7th and 10th
Week 3 - Nov 14th and 17th
Week 4 - Nov 21st and 24th
Integration Session: Dec 1st
40 days to re-imagine work and life.
Seeking to rearrange a job you love to give you more time and space to do more of what you love outside of work.
Thinking of making a shift to a new role or industry (or your own business)
Ready to reimagine everything and explore the path of working from anywhere digital nomad style (for yourself or in full time role for the company of your dreams).
Wanting to create a work life that doesn’t leave you in a perpetual state of overwhelm, depending on coffee and adrenalin to get through the days until you can recover on the weekend or on holidays.
Is this you?
The Rethink Course is full of practical steps you can take to escape the commute and cubicle. It includes evidence based research, real life case studies, and tips gathered from a wide range of individuals.
How architecture and design influence our creativity
How to use your whole home as a workspace
How to manage your workday to avoid burnout and overworking
Tips on enhancing productivity working from home vs in the office
Planning for a remote work sabbatical
How to choose a destination to suit your individual needs and the work you are going to be doing
A peek inside…
We’ll be drawing insight from neuroscience, biomimicry, design, psychology, new ways of working, poetry, philosophy, psychophysiology, and more.
A one time payment of $390 AUD
10 live classes, access to all course materials, and bonuses.
The Rethink Course
The Rethink Course Premium
A one time payment of $550 AUD
The Rethink course + A 90min 1:1 mentoring session with Libby to support you in making the changes you desire for your work and life.
About Dr Libby Sander
Dr Libby Sander is a leading expert on understanding the future of work, and how we can reimagine work to live more meaningful and creative lives. She is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, the founder and director of the Future of Work Project and Rethink, and an Agenda Contributor at the World Economic Forum.
Libby is regularly featured on radio and in national & international media including for The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, BBC, The Guardian, and is a feature writer for The Conversation, where she comments on issues related to work, the workplace, society & future trends in organisations.
An insider’s guide to post-conventional working.
Week 1 - A New Way of Thinking
The new landscape of flexible and remote work, why it matters and what the benefits are to all of us.
Why we need to rethink the way we have done things and what workers are wanting now.
What does our ideal workday/week look like – exercise for readers to identify their personality, job, and workstyle.
Disorganised and lazy, impacts our sleep, makes us less likely to exercise, and choose junk food over an apple.
How to deal with digital and physical clutter to avoid all these bad outcomes and allow you to switch easily and efficiently between various workspaces.
The science on the times of day we are best suited to different tasks – concentrated work, admin, and creativity and how to structure your days (and choice of workspace) to take advantage of these.
Creating supportive practices to help you work at your best no matter what the day throws at you.
Week 2 - Reimagining Work and Life
Creation
Learning
Goals and serendipity
Getting into flow
Week 3 - Designing for Life at the Centre
How to use your whole home as a workspace
How our homes will look different after a pandemic
Why online meetings more tiring than face-to-face ones
How to manage your workday to avoid burnout and overworking
Tips on enhancing productivity working from home
How to switch off at the end of the day
How architecture and design influence our creativity
How and when to incorporate creative spaces into your work week
What to look for in a creative space
How to make your own creative space at home
Exactly how and why do some workspaces and work habits leave us stressed, drained, and reaching for the fourth coffee of the day, while others seem to make us feel happier, more creative or more inclined to fly through that to-do list?
Week 4 - Connecting with Uncommon Opportunities
Creating
Uncovering what’s just out of our point of view.
Planning for a remote work sabbatical
How to choose a destination to suit your individual needs and the work you are going to be doing.
Advice for those seeking everything from networking opportunities, a peaceful retreat (villa by the beach in Costa Rica comes to mind), a place that is buzzing with an innovation culture to start that new business or the ideal destination to combine work and your favourite hobby or adventure pursuits.
Destination essentials to work with ease.
Here’s what we’ll cover
The Introduction
A New Way of Thinking / The Path to a Life Less Ordinary / The Rethink Manifesto / The Journey to Post-conventional Working
In our opening fireside chat, Libby will cover what’s changing around the way we work and live and the opportunities this opens up. It’s literally a whole new world, but it’s easy to feel overwhelmed about what it all means and where to start.
How do we make sense of this new landscape of work where burnout, languishing, quiet quitting and the great resignation dominate headlines on a daily basis. For many people, their definition of success and ambition has changed in the last two years. We set the stage in our first session, looking at the real stories as well as the research behind these trends and how we can make sense of them for ourselves.
The new world of work has opened up opportunities that we didn’t think possible just two years ago.
You might be:
Seeking to rearrange a job you love to give you more time and space to do more of what you love outside of work
Thinking of making a shift to a new role or industry (or your own business)
Ready to reimagine everything and explore the path of working from anywhere digital nomad style (for yourself or in full time role for the company of your dreams).
Wanting to create a work life that doesn’t leave you in a perpetual state of overwhelm, depending on coffee and adrenalin to get through the days until you can recover on the weekend or on holidays.
Our first session incorporates live discussion and activities to uncover what you want to guide our journey over the coming weeks.
Week Two
Week 2 - Reimagining Work and Life
Creation
Learning
Goals and serendipity
Getting into flow
Week Three
Week 3 - Designing for Life at the Centre
How to use your whole home as a workspace
How our homes will look different after a pandemic
Why online meetings more tiring than face-to-face ones
How to manage your workday to avoid burnout and overworking
Tips on enhancing productivity working from home
How to switch off at the end of the day
How architecture and design influence our creativity
How and when to incorporate creative spaces into your work week
What to look for in a creative space
How to make your own creative space at home
Exactly how and why do some workspaces and work habits leave us stressed, drained, and reaching for the fourth coffee of the day, while others seem to make us feel happier, more creative or more inclined to fly through that to-do list?
Week Four
Week 3 - Designing for Life at the Centre
How to use your whole home as a workspace
How our homes will look different after a pandemic
Why online meetings more tiring than face-to-face ones
How to manage your workday to avoid burnout and overworking
Tips on enhancing productivity working from home
How to switch off at the end of the day
How architecture and design influence our creativity
How and when to incorporate creative spaces into your work week
What to look for in a creative space
How to make your own creative space at home
Exactly how and why do some workspaces and work habits leave us stressed, drained, and reaching for the fourth coffee of the day, while others seem to make us feel happier, more creative or more inclined to fly through that to-do list?
Integration
Week 3 - Designing for Life at the Centre
How to use your whole home as a workspace
How our homes will look different after a pandemic
Why online meetings more tiring than face-to-face ones
How to manage your workday to avoid burnout and overworking
Tips on enhancing productivity working from home
How to switch off at the end of the day
How architecture and design influence our creativity
How and when to incorporate creative spaces into your work week
What to look for in a creative space
How to make your own creative space at home
Exactly how and why do some workspaces and work habits leave us stressed, drained, and reaching for the fourth coffee of the day, while others seem to make us feel happier, more creative or more inclined to fly through that to-do list?