Resilience for an age of permanent change.
An independent institute helping leaders see change early, think systemically, and adapt with purpose across AI, work, energy and investment.
When change is inevitable, resilience becomes infrastructure.
We sit between the people building the future and the institutions that must absorb its shocks: technologists, investors, policymakers and leaders whose organisations are being reshaped in real time.
We help them recognise systemic change early, understand it from multiple perspectives, and adapt before risks and opportunities become obvious.
The institute combines independent research, strategic dialogue, leadership workshops and convening in one place.
Foresight
Early intelligence on the shifts that will reshape organisations, markets and societies.
Dialogue
The right people, in the room, on the risks and choices that matter.
Living Labs
Real-world experiments in resilience: exploring how people, organisations and societies adapt to change.
The people behind the institute.
A founding team and an advisory council spanning philanthropy, economics, technology, energy, capital and leadership.
Agata Binkowska
Strategy, Convening & Growth
Identifying emerging themes, shaping leadership dialogues and building partnerships across business, technology and global institutions.
Previously: Bain & Co. · Accenture · HP · JLL
Prof. Martyna Kobus
Research & Foresight
Published economist bringing evidence-based insight on inequality, labour markets and AI.
Polish Academy of Sciences
Previously: LSE · ifo Munich
Katja Rouru
Communities & Institutional Engagement
Connecting philanthropy, business and global leadership communities with mission-driven institutions and partners.
InTent · Giving Women
Previously: World Economic Forum · The Impact Office
Gosia Karas, PhD
Capital & Investment
New York-based venture capitalist focusing on AI investment, expert on technology trends, markets and the signals investors watch next. Currently launching her own technology investment fund.
Previously: SoftBank · Onex · Harvard · Bain & Co.
Wiktor Schmidt
Innovation & Technology
Founder, investor and ecosystem builder scaling technology ventures and entrepreneurial ecosystems with global ambition.
Netguru · Endeavor · YPO · WEF Global Innovators · Supercharge Capital
Simon Marshall
Energy & Infrastructure
Commercial energy leader connecting governments, corporates and innovators across energy transition, infrastructure and global markets.
S&P Global
Previously: World Energy Council
Boris Prigmore
Executive Development
CEO resilience, reskilling and future-of-work leadership.
Master Coach · CEO Resilience · Future of Work
The questions we are following.
The themes evolve. The challenge remains the same: how people, organisations and societies adapt to accelerating change.
How does work change when intelligence becomes abundant?
From agentic workflows to offices, cities and the geography of work.
What powers the next industrial era, and who controls it?
From AI data centres to grid pressure, SMRs, energy security and long-cycle infrastructure.
How do organisations stay relevant as disruption accelerates?
Portfolio resilience, AI adoption and value creation at scale.
What replaces trust when identity can be manufactured?
From synthetic media to fraud, contracts, accountability and institutional integrity.
How do institutions absorb shocks, not just people?
Resilience belongs in systems, not just individuals: from governance and reskilling to the institutional design that decides who carries the risk.
The room before the risk becomes obvious.
We identify emerging shifts, convene the people best placed to shape what happens next, and create executive dialogues that turn early signals into insight, relationships and action.
Our team has delivered hundreds of highly curated senior events end-to-end. In Davos and beyond, we make sure what happens in the room creates value beyond the room — for participants, their organisations and the wider ecosystem.
“The future rarely gives notice. Resilience means seeing sooner, protecting what matters, and adapting with purpose.”
Stay close to the signal.
We are building a small circle of leaders who want to stay close to these conversations ahead of the next Davos cycle.
No broadcasts. No noise. Only signal.