We live in astonishing times.

We speak to devices that answer back.

We design with the help of algorithms.

We write, plan, forecast, optimize faster than ever before.

And still - perhaps now more than ever - we must ask:

What does it mean to stay human?

Meta skills are not about what you do. They’re about how you move through the world.

They’re not tools. They’re muscles.
You build them for life.

Transformation doesn’t happen in isolation.

At the heart of The Future Village, beyond the architecture, beyond the metaskills, beyond the carefully curated experiences, are the mentors - the guides who shape, challenge, and expand what’s possible.

We were raised to believe in certainty.

Study hard, follow the rules, master a skill, and the future will unfold predictably. Success had a formula.

But the world has shifted. Uncertainty is now the only certainty.

If you close your eyes, can you see it?

A place that is neither a retreat nor a school. A space where thinking is challenged, where questions matter more than answers, where learning is not passive but something you feel in your bones.

There are places that change you.

A monastery on a mountaintop. A small café in a city where ideas collide. A clearing in a forest where silence feels alive.

Somewhere along the way, we confused knowing with learning.

We packed schools and workplaces with information, tested people on their ability to recall facts, and measured intelligence by what could be memorized (…)

The future doesn’t happen to us.

It’s not something we wait for, predict, or react to. It’s something we shape through the choices we make, the questions we ask, and the skills we develop to navigate the unknown.

Because listening to a lecture isn’t enough anymore.

Reading a book is great, but the real question is: how do you translate knowledge into better decisions, better leadership, better systems?

In times of uncertainty, leaders who sense more lead better.

What if the next evolution of leadership wasn’t about learning new ideas, but about returning to the core capacities that make us human? Tiphani Palmer and Tierney Powers explore the power of presence and why Sensing is the skill every executive needs now.