Navigating the Unknown: How City Leaders Can Become Future-Ready Now

Dr. Pavel Luksha & Ferial Puren

GMA City Leadership Series

Discover how successful leaders across the world are already preparing for tomorrow’s complexity

Dr. Pavel Luksha - Founder of Global Education Futures, creator of Rapid Foresight used in 20+ countries, author of the book "The Next 100 Years"

Ferial Puren - CEO Of Living Cities Earth, Co-founder of Global Mayors Academy, Coordinator of the South African Chamber of Commerce in Scotland

NOVEMBER 25 | 1 HOUR | STARTS AT 6:00PM CET (ZURICH)

But you don’t need every trend, every update or the latest method. You need one thing that today’s mayors, entrepreneurs and change leaders often lack: a strong inner compass.

Because when you develop that compass and combine it with the right frameworks, you accelerate everything exponentially…

You accelerate your strategy, your city’s development, your community engagement, your personal growth and your overall success.

This event is designed to show what’s possible when you cultivate an inner compass and use the right frameworks to navigate the unknown:

✔ Imagine turning uncertainty into a greater sense of agency in response to a rapidly changing and complex world.

✔ Imagine aligning your strategies with the emerging paradigm instead of clinging to outdated models.

✔ Imagine tapping into a global community that turns contradictions into opportunity.

That’s the power of future‑focused leadership when it’s grounded in deep foresight and regeneration.

And this webinar is where you’ll discover exactly how - guided by the creators of the Future Compass intensive and the Global Mayors Academy.

NOVEMBER - 25

6:00 PM CET | 9:00 AM PDT

Ferial and Pavel have spent decades mapping long‑term trends, working with mayors, educators and tech leaders, and creating future‑literacy programmes used around the world - and together they distilled it all into one mission.

To help leaders navigate the unknown, build inner resilience and create regenerative cities through simple, actionable frameworks you can apply immediately.

Whether you’re a city leader, a changemaker, a strategist or an executive ready to future‑proof your work, this webinar - and the Future Compass & Global Mayors Academy programmes - was designed for you.

Key Takeaways from the Webinar

• You’re a city leader, changemaker, entrepreneur or strategist who senses that the world is at a crossroads and is looking for a new compass.

• You’ve tried to keep up with competing worldviews and scenarios but felt overwhelmed by conflicting signals and uncertainties.

• You want to move beyond sustainability toward regeneration but need frameworks that align your goals with the processes shaping planetary transformation.

• You’re ready to cultivate inner resilience, clarity and foresight to navigate turbulent times with confidence.

We can’t wait to see you on November 5th for this essential conversation on future‑focused leadership.


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Join our host, Ferial Puren, in an interview with Dr. Pavel Luksha

Co-founder University for Earth, the Weaving Lab and Living Cities Earth. Founder of Global Education Futures. Co-author of the Rapid Foresight methodology and author of The Next 100 Years: A Bridgeway Across The Decisive Century.

Pavel Luksha is a global systems thinker, futurist, and changemaker working at the intersection of regenerative economy, education, urban development, and social entrepreneurship. He is widely recognised for pioneering transformative approaches to learning ecosystems and nurturing the emerging discipline of social ecosystem weaving. As founder of Global Education Futures, he has convened global dialogues and coalitions focused on reimagining the future of education and human development.

Previously, Pavel served as Professor of Practice at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and collaborated with the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives, leading national projects on professional education and technological innovation. He also contributed to the development of foresight tools for global institutions, including the International Labour Organization. Now focused on global systems transformation, Pavel continues to serve as a thought leader and catalyst for deep change across regions and generations.

Project Manager - Global Mayors Academy, CEO Of Living Cities Earth, Author of What Makes You Come Alive & Living and Leading a Thriving Life.

Ferial has built a significant track record of transformational impact, pioneering learning technologies such as SRG Journeys - a transformational learning process now influencing the development of the Global Mayors Academy and other global programmes. As CEO of Living Cities Earth, she coordinates a network of over 150 international experts working in hundreds of cities to help create the conditions where all life can thrive. Through her leadership, she has guided more than a dozen large-scale projects that have collectively served people in over 400 cities worldwide.

Born and raised in apartheid, South Africa, with ancestral roots spanning Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and India, and now based in Scotland for the last 2 decades, Ferial brings together the perspectives of the Global South, North, East, and West. A woman of colour who, through adversity, courage, and pure passion, has risen to the global stage, she embodies resilience, empathy, and a vision of unified action and collaborative leadership across diverse cultures - redefining what leadership could look like in the complex world we live. Her work calls leaders to transcend not only the limiting definitions they hold, but also those placed upon them - empowering them with the courage to rise into the kind of evolutionary leadership our better future demands .

NOVEMBER - 5

4:00 PM CET | 7:00 AM PDT

The Global Mayors Academy is a six‑month, practice‑oriented leadership programme from Living Cities Earth for visionary mayors and civic innovators.

Its mission is to help city leaders move beyond firefighting to intentionally shaping the future by earning global recognition and credibility and learning to craft integrated, actionable strategies for sustainable and regenerative city transformation.

Guided by exceptional teachers, world‑class experts and successful mayors - and supported by a global peer community - participants engage in real‑world projects, shared learning and collective innovation to develop the integral mindset, confidence and practical tools needed to lead wisely in a complex, rapidly changing world.

Future Compass is a three‑day online intensive (12–14  December 2025, 15:00–18:00 CET) that provides a strategic framework for leaders navigating civilisational transition.

Across three sessions, participants map the collision between technological acceleration and planetary limits; explore interconnectedness and meet others through a “Planetary Council”; and synthesise conflicting signals into practical next steps.

The programme helps leaders recalibrate their goals to the processes shaping planetary transformation, develop personal navigation frameworks and move into an active, strategic position in their lives and work.

Designed for business leaders, founders, social innovators and strategists who need tools for long‑term planning, it includes nine hours of live training, session recordings, a digital workbook, community access and support from experienced guides.