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Deep dives into the frameworks, strategies, and art of designing and delivering impactful learning experiences.

What DJs Can Teach Us About Presenting Ideas and Standing Out

Carl Cox’s legendary approach to DJing—thinking two tracks ahead and creating unique blends—offers surprising lessons for sharing ideas, building careers, and captivating any audience.

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Teaching with GPT: Building a Digital Persona That Thinks, Guides, and Surprises

From crafting a unique personality to setting boundaries for learning, here’s what goes into creating a custom GPT for a live business school challenge—and why it feels oddly personal.

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The Power of a Great Question: Unlocking Worlds, One Inquiry at a Time

From 5-year-olds to CEOs, the art of asking better questions is the ultimate game-changer. Design them, time them, deliver them—because the right question doesn’t just open doors; it builds entire worlds.

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Inside Out World

Exploring trends, examples, and case studies of Inside-Out dynamics in business, education, and culture.

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Beyond the Book: Remixing Knowledge into Multi-Format Magic

How extending core IP across new mediums creates deeper learning experiences

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Inside Out World

The McCartney Method: When Details Meet Experience

Why the Beatle is a maestro of CX as well as music

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Inside Out: What the Premier League's RefCam Teaches Us About Empathy and Expertise

Step into the shoes of a Premier League referee and discover how immersive “Inside Out” experiences can transform audiences into educated insiders—and advocates.

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Wavemakers

Spotlighting innovators, educators, and teams who are reshaping how we learn, grow, and work.

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Hustle Athletics: How Two Founders Landed Nike (By Breaking All the Rules)

When you're looking to land a game-changing client, which move would your team make?

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The Matthew McConaughey Masterclass Nobody's Talking About

How revealing the messy middle of creative work teaches us more than any polished case study

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The Magic of Simple Ideas: What a Café in Paris Can Teach Us About Memorable Experiences

A single sheet of paper, inspired by Marcel Proust, shows how thoughtful questions and simple design can create unforgettable customer experiences—no screens required.

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Behind the Scenes

A transparent look at Wavetable’s processes, projects, and team dynamics.

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Behind the Scenes

The Ultimate Playtester: How we use custom GPTs to design better live experiences

Learn how we eliminated workshop failures and delighted 135 senior leaders across 10+ countries without a single test participant.

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Inside Out: How a classroom experiment sparked the vision for Wavetable

When you stop presenting and start creating, something magical happens. This is the story of how one experimental classroom session evolved into a new vision for learning and growth.

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Going deep: Our approach to taking on Deep Work

A simple guide to doing more with less

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Future of Learning

Tracking trends, predictions, and innovations shaping the next era of education and professional development.

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Future of Learning

How to Spot Talent: Two Questions That Reveal Creative Spark

Economist Tyler Cowen’s approach to finding talent is insightful—and flawed. Here’s how we can uncover hidden potential and level the playing field for the next generation of creators.

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Future of Learning

Education vs. Learning vs. Training: Why the Words We Use Matter

Unpacking the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences between education, learning, and training—and why flipping the script can unlock more curiosity, engagement, and growth.

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Upleveling the Case Study: How AI Augmented a Real-World Entrepreneurial Journey

We brought roleplaying challenges to Columbia Business School's MBA program...

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The How To

Practical, step-by-step guides for building better learning tools, workshops, and experiences.

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The How To

From 100 Days to Lifelong Skills: How to Spark Engagement in Online Learning

10 Lessons from Replit’s “100 Days of Code" and Beyond

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11 tips to improve your writing skills

Writing wisdom from a master of the craft

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Why the best experiences have invisible structure

A lesson from one of the great movie directors

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Groove Theory

What DJs Can Teach Us About Presenting Ideas and Standing Out

Teaching with GPT: Building a Digital Persona That Thinks, Guides, and Surprises

The Power of a Great Question: Unlocking Worlds, One Inquiry at a Time

Inside Out World

Beyond the Book: Remixing Knowledge into Multi-Format Magic

The McCartney Method: When Details Meet Experience

Inside Out: What the Premier League's RefCam Teaches Us About Empathy and Expertise

Wavemakers

Hustle Athletics: How Two Founders Landed Nike (By Breaking All the Rules)

The Matthew McConaughey Masterclass Nobody's Talking About

The Magic of Simple Ideas: What a Café in Paris Can Teach Us About Memorable Experiences

Behind the Scenes

The Ultimate Playtester: How we use custom GPTs to design better live experiences

Inside Out: How a classroom experiment sparked the vision for Wavetable

Going deep: Our approach to taking on Deep Work

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How to Spot Talent: Two Questions That Reveal Creative Spark

Education vs. Learning vs. Training: Why the Words We Use Matter

Upleveling the Case Study: How AI Augmented a Real-World Entrepreneurial Journey

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