This course is for anyone who feels stuck in a complex issue and would love the following:

Headspace. Clarity. Useful tools. Fresh ideas. Group support. New approaches to old problems which defy resolution. Inspiration to act from a more informed, energised standpoint.

Join this highly inspiring, thought-provoking, interactive, online course for 3 hours (including a break) once a week for four weeks.

Izzy Bishop, UCL Lecturer in Ecology, winner of the Sustainable Teaching Award 2025 took this course in April 2025 and had this to say:

“One challenge I’ve faced in my job as a university lecturer in environmental science over the past 5 years is how to quickly integrate students from different cultures into the learning environment we try to create in the UK. As a teacher, I want to encourage students to embrace complexity and move away from the idea that there’s always a “right” answer. This year I tried opening my first lecture with the ground rules/ways of being from human systems dynamics (a core part of this course). I’m also modelling them in the way I teach. I’ve noticed that the students feel a lot more comfortable to embrace topics they don’t know, and to sit in the problem rather than immediately seeking a solution.”

What if you could do that with your department? With your colleagues? With your clients?

What difference might that make to your work together?

A useful tool to describe your problem. One that gets at the essence.

A process that helps you clarify what is missing for you in the dynamics of the problem.

An initial look at the absurd/surprising/funny difference between what good looks like, and what is there now.

A new way to conceptualise the problem you brought. One that focuses on patterns.

An ancient practice to increase compassion in the patterns.

A comedy exercise which helps you notice the differences in expectation and reality.

A tool to notice key dependencies in the patterns.

A somatic exploration of a key pattern. Find out what your body knows about this issue. Bring that to the conscious level.

A topic, a premise and a punchline walk into a bar. With an emphasis on creating a compassionate premise.

An exploration of jokes as a method to expand and inspire fresh thinking, engagement and action.

A celebration of useful insights.

A clarification of an exciting next step.

This course weaves together years of experience with three harmonious practices:

1. Complexity practice, from Human Systems Dynamics. A practical body of work to navigate complexity developed over 30 years with organisations around the world.
2. Compassion practice from over 10 years of teaching a loving form of stand up comedy to hundreds of people across 11 countries, with some useful, ancient Buddhism practices around compassion thrown in.
3. Comedy practice, from that same practice of teaching a loving form of stand up comedy (called Sustainable Stand Up) to people working on climate or social issues.

Combined together, we are equipped to perceive and work with more information about our issue, infuse our responses with more love, and share the patterns of our issue in funny, memorable and engaging ways.

Upcoming course dates. Make Fridays transformative…two different courses on the same day. Which course time would work for you?

Course A

Part 1: 7 November

Part 2: 14 November

Part 3: 21 November

Part 4: 28 November

7am - 10am UK time

8am - 11am Central European time

3pm - 6pm Singapore/HK time

6pm - 9pm Melbourne time

Course B

Part 1: 7 November

Part 2: 14 November

Part 3: 21 November

Part 4: 28 November

2pm - 5pm UK time

3pm - 6pm Central European time

9am - 12pm Montréal/Baltimore time

8am - 11am Mexico City time

6am - 9am San Diego time

The fee varies based on who is paying.

• If your company pays, and it is a German company, the price is 415.31 euros including 19% VAT.
• If your company pays, and it is outside of Germany, the price is 349 euros including 0% VAT.
• If you pay for yourself, the price 210 euros is including 19% VAT.

If you have a question about the course, ask us here.

Love this course, and want to explore running it inside your organisation? Great! Email us here.

Join one of our two courses (A or B) to help you get unstuck now. Book below.

Love the sound of this, but want to start with a deep-dive into compassionate comedy for beginners? Great! The next course starts 3 November. Check out our other site Sustainable Stand Up.