A curated portfolio of transformation ecosystems — each offering a distinct lens on innovation and change
From Silicon Valley to Shanghai, we uncover how talent, culture, and strategy converge to create world-changing ideas. Each hub teaches different lessons in resilience, scale, and adaptation.
Global Strategic Ecosystems
Innovation, capital, talent and power concentrate in urban ecosystems where universities, institutions, companies and culture interact at high speed.
Short, intensive immersions only make sense when they focus on one or two cities at a time, allowing participants to truly understand how decisions are made, value is created and influence is exercised.
Each destination represents a distinct ecosystem, not a generic geography. Together, they form a global map of how the world is actually working today.
How we structure the ecosystems
Our destinations are organized into thematic blocks that reflect real-world dynamics, not academic categories.
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Elite Knowledge, Science & Institutional Power
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Finance, Global Markets & Corporate Power
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Technology, Industry & Applied Innovation
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Emerging Markets & Growth Frontiers
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Transformation, Geopolitics & Strategic Power
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Leadership, Culture & Well-Being
Some cities naturally sit at the intersection of several themes; when this happens, we place them where their strategic role is most clearly understood.
China is approached as a multi-polar system, where each city represents a different function within a continental-scale economy.
Elite Knowledge, Science & Institutional Power
Cities where knowledge becomes influence through universities, research, public institutions and long-term policy.
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Boston (USA) – Ivy League, science-to-market, venture capital and global academic leadership
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Cambridge (UK) – Research excellence, spin-offs and deep academic entrepreneurship
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Paris (France) – Grandes écoles, institutional elites and cultural power
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Beijing (China) – Science, regulation, policy design and China’s institutional brain
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Tel Aviv (Israel) (returning 2026) – Applied science, deep tech and resilience-driven innovation
Finance, Global Markets & Corporate Power
Cities where capital, regulation and corporate strategy shape the global economy.
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New York (USA) – Global finance, capital markets and investment power
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London (United Kingdom) – Financial markets, fintech and regulatory leadership
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Madrid (Spain) – Banking, infrastructure, energy finance and Southern Europe hub
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Shanghai (China) – China’s financial capital and gateway to global corporate markets
Technology, Industry & Applied Innovation
Ecosystems where technology is designed, built and scaled into real-world impact.
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Munich (Germany) – Industry 4.0, advanced manufacturing and applied design thinking
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Shenzhen (China) – Hardware, electronics and rapid industrial innovation
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Hangzhou (China) – Digital platforms, AI, fintech and consumer technology ecosystems
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Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Technology, logistics, data infrastructure and EU digital markets
Emerging Markets & Growth Frontiers
Understanding opportunity, scale and complexity in fast-growing and transitional economies.
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Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) – Manufacturing, growth dynamics and China+1 strategies
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Mexico City (Mexico) – Latin American markets, regional leadership and US–Mexico trade
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Casablanca (Morocco) – North African markets, investment and regional influence
Transformation, Geopolitics & Strategic Power
Cities where economic transformation and geopolitical realities directly shape business decisions.
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Riyadh / NEOM (Saudi Arabia) – Vision 2030, giga-projects and economic transformation
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Istanbul (Turkey) – Geopolitics, trade corridors and cultural crossroads
Leadership, Culture & Well-Being
Exploring alternative models of leadership, performance and purpose.
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Sydney / Melbourne (Australia) – Start-up culture, innovation and quality of life
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Thimphu (Bhutan) – Leadership, governance and Gross National Happiness