VucaCanvas - One-Day Training on thriving in a VUCA world

VucaCanvas: One-Day Training

Master the VUCAcanvas - a research-baked framework and approach for shaping future-fit organisations and places.

The VUCAcanvas is a practical framework and approach for strengthening the human and relational capacities that help teams, organisations, and communities thrive in complex, uncertain environments.

This one-day certification training equips you to apply the VUCAcanvas approach with confidence — combining serious play, systemic design, and visual facilitation to make complexity visible and actionable.

You’ll learn how to assess and develop the six core capacities of adaptive systems: adaptive, sensitive, resilient, connective, diverse, and collaborative.

By the end of the training, you’ll be a certified VUCAcanvas Practitioner — ready to lead your own sessions and workshops. You’ll receive a complete set of beautifully designed canvases, an online manual, and training materials, along with personalised support for your first application in your organisation or practice.

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With this certification training, you'll learn:

Understand VUCA Dynamics: Gain a clear, grounded understanding of VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity - and what it means for organisations, communities, and society. Explore real-world examples and learn practical tools to navigate complexity with confidence and clarity.

Build Adaptive Capacities: Discover the six essential capacities that help people and organisations thrive in complex conditions: adaptive, sensitive, resilient, connective, diverse, and collaborative. Learn how to develop these capacities to embrace change, strengthen relationships, and seize emerging opportunities.

Enhance Collaborative Approaches: Experience a transformative approach to dialogue, learning, and co-creation that you can integrate into your own sessions and workshops. Practice techniques that leverage diverse perspectives, foster trust, and build teams capable of acting coherently in dynamic environments.

Co-create Strategic Decisions Learn how to make sense and act when certainty is out of reach. Develop decision-making strategies that balance risk and opportunity, helping your organisation act wisely in the face of ambiguity.

Lead Collective Change: Strengthen your capacity for collective leadership — inspiring others, communicating vision, and creating the conditions for self-organising, resilient teams to thrive in complexity.

What are the advantages of a the training?

Expert Facilitation: Benefit from the guidance of Rik Berbé, MSc, an experienced practitioner and researcher specialising in systemic design, organisational development, and complexity. Rik brings six years of applied research and practice with the VUCAcanvas - translating theory into tangible methods you can use immediately.

Practical Application: The VUCAcanvas Training is hands-on and interactive. You’ll apply the canvases and approach directly to your own context, gaining the confidence to facilitate sessions and lead transformation in your organisation or community.

A Connected Community and Collaboration: Join a vibrant network of practitioners and leaders navigating VUCA conditions across sectors and countries. Share experiences, exchange insights, and continue learning from diverse peers long after the training.

Optional - Customised Solutions: Looking to bring the VUCAcanvas into your organisation? The training can be tailored for in-house sessions, co-designed with Rik to address your specific challenges and goals.

Take the first step

Transform the way you approach organisational and urban development. Join the VUCAcanvas Training and become a certified practitioner - equipped to lead meaningful transformation and strengthen the capacities that help organisations and places thrive in complexity. Get in touch to learn more or reserve your place in an upcoming session.

Details

Date: Friday December 19, 2025
Language: English

Time: 9.30 am - 4 pm

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Price: €950 no VAT (including the seven VucaCanvas canvases)

Size: limited to 14 participants

Certification: lifelong (no yearly costs)

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