Skills Workshops

At ICCS 2025, we are excited to offer a series of interactive skills workshops designed to equip participants with the tools to foster understanding, build trust, and navigate the complexities of today’s diverse world. These workshops reflect our shared commitment to building societies that are not only resilient but also empathetic, forward-looking, and united in diversity.

Participants will explore critical topics such as:

1. Navigating Polarities: Introduction to ‘polarity thinking’, an approach to divisive issues that crafts “yes-and”, mutually collaborative responses, celebrating societal range and diversity

2. Futures Thinking: Harness foresight techniques to anticipate and address emerging societal fault lines

3. Civic Conversational Skills: Develop the ability to lead open, empathetic, and impactful conversations in multicultural communities

4. Conflict Mediation and Negotiation: Build skills to facilitate meaningful resolutions in a polarised world

5. Principles of Humanitarian Action: Understand how to act with compassion and solidarity in response to crises