The Mind Lab was created in 2013 to develop leaders who lean into uncertainty and change. We recognise that highly effective leadership is situationally responsive regardless of context, sector or location. We believe that leading positive change means not only responding to unexpected situations but being able to proactively recognise when changes in leadership are required to create supportive and effective work and learning environments.
Our programmes have been developed for educators, business and community leaders who strive for impact, sustainability and measurable outcomes.
PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
The Mind Lab
The Mind Lab offers programmes designed to enable educators and leaders to harness transformation to inspire positive change and foster resilience within teams, community groups, schools or organisations.
ABOUT THE MIND LAB
Leading through change
THE MIND LAB FOCUS AREAS
Learning for impact
Build your capability to inspire and lead others
Learn
Learn contemporary learning and system-change models that open minds and develops confidence and curiosity to explore new concepts.
Discover
Discover how to use every-day digital technologies, in the classroom or workshop, to enhance learning and engagement, whether in-person or online.
Expand
Expand your awareness of sustainability and how people and purpose can be the energy to make positive lasting change.
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Courses from The Mind Lab
Masters
Hybrid learning
Leadership
Business
Change
Master of Change and Organisational Resilience
Lead with purpose, resilience and strategy. Join a future-focused Master's to build stronger teams, organisations, and communities - while aligning your values to impact people, place and planet.
PLUS, start in June and access The Play Lab: play-based learning for grown-ups to experiment with AI, Virtual Reality and 3D printers. Build prototypes, collaborate with a cohort of bold thinkers and re-energise your love of learning.
Applications close June 12.
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Masters
Hybrid learning
Leadership
Change
Education
Master of Contemporary Education
Build digital fluency to navigate a rapidly changing education landscape with confidence to enhance student outcomes.
PLUS, start in July and access The Play Lab: play-based learning for grown-ups to experiment with AI, Virtual Reality and 3D printers. Build prototypes, collaborate with a cohort of bold thinkers and re-energise your love of learning.
Applications close June 23.
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Masters
Hybrid learning
Leadership
Business
Change
Master of Technological Futures
Future-proof your career by learning to forecast disruption, spot trends, harness emerging tech and lead through change.
PLUS, start in June and access The Play Lab: play-based learning for grown-ups to experiment with AI, Virtual Reality and 3D printers. Build prototypes, collaborate with a cohort of bold thinkers and re-energise your love of learning.
Applications close June 12.
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Free
Microcredential
Online
Business
Change
Digital Skills for the Workplace
Skillup in essential AI & Digital Tools in 7 weeks. Designed for immediate application, this Micro-credential is your ticket to levelling-up in the digital world and unleashing your true potential in the ever-evolving workplace landscape.
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LEADING FROM KNOWLEDGE
In the pursuit of excellence
As leaders, we are constantly under the pump to make good decisions, often with far-reaching and sometimes unintended consequences. Many of these decisions are instinctive, reactive and without significant prior consideration or insight. We too often move into a form of autopilot, trading on experience, past knowledge and experiences that have worked before. As our work, classroom, organisation or community needs change we need to develop new ways to bring contemporary knowledge and decision-making to the forefront of our response.
The Mind Lab is a faculty dedicated to sharing the frameworks and systems needed to create positive change through planned action and strategically sound decision-making.
We support the development of new methodologies to help form sound strategies that enable problem-solving and actions that produce long-term benefits for all. Learn how to align all areas of your organisation to not only respond to change and complexity, but to thrive in and benefit from uncertainty.
CAREER DEFINING
Stand out from the crowd
Regardless of the position or level you currently hold in your organisation, you can become a great leader. Not all leaders are extroverted, charismatic or highly experienced. Many leaders quietly excel in building trusted relationships, built upon consistent communication and a sense of reliability. Leadership actions and responses are not fixed, but rather they change as circumstances morph and shift. This requires the ability to understand the need for new inputs that support the development of a strong team culture, led by clarity and transparency.
Whether you are looking for a Master's qualification, or you just need better insights on how to build the skills to lead an effective team culture, we have a programme option for you.
MEET THE TEAM
The Mind Lab Faculty
Dr. Herbert ThomasProgramme Lead - MCE
Dr. David ParsonsResearch Director
Evey BurilinLead Facilitator - DSW & Entrepreneurship
Milla InkilaPostgraduate Director - DCL