WYSE believes leadership is an expression of our willingness to engage in the issues and challenges we see around us and find creative solutions to global and local problems. Over the last 35 years WYSE has worked with thousands of young people from over 115 countries.
This free online leadership programme is for anyone who is concerned about the world and who wants to understand what kind of role they can play in improving it. The programme will help you feel inspired and hopeful about the future and our ability to contribute to and create it with both local and global perspectives.
The programme is a free online course in five modules. Each one combines short films, voices from around the world, reflective questions and a printable worksheet. Watch the introduction below, then start the course and work through it at your own pace.
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To help you get the most out of the programme we recommend:
- Expectations — there are no right or wrong answers for any of the topics explored in the programme, find the answers which work for you.
- Environment — create a space that will help you focus and think about the issues we will explore, noise and distractions can affect your ability to learn.
- Time — set aside about 90 minutes per module.
- Reflection — use a notebook or paper to write, draw, and capture your thoughts and feelings in whatever way works best for you, to look back to them later.
The five modules
Module 1: Evolving
Look at the long story of how humanity has developed, and ask what kind of next chapter you want to help write.
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Module 2: Learning from Diversity
Explore the many ways in which people differ, and what becomes possible when you engage with difference instead of avoiding it.
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Module 3: Cooperation
Notice how much of your life depends on cooperation, and ask what, and whom, you are really cooperating with.
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Module 4: Taking Responsibility
Explore what it means to take responsibility for the future, and what kind of ancestor you want to be.
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Module 5: Taking Action
Move from vision to action. Change starts with you, and grows when others join in.
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