Reimagine What’s Next with clarity and community.

We are living longer than ever. But careers were not built for such long horizons. What happens after you reach the summit?

What’s Next was created to answer that question.
We help accomplished professionals reimagine their careers at 40, 50, 60, and beyond—not as fallback, but as frontier.

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What We Offer

The Path

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A proven roadmap for career reinvention designed to guide you through self-reflection, strategic planning, and the practical steps to confidently shape your next chapter.

The Playbook

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A step-by-step framework delivered through expert facilitation, combining guided exercises with real world reinvention stories to spark clarity, direction, and action.

The Platform

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A safe, judgment free space where accomplished professionals connect, share openly, and support one another through the challenges and breakthroughs of transition.

The Community

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A curated cohort and a global circle of peers who offer honest insight, encouragement, and accountability, creating a culture where every step of the reinvention journey is seen, valued, and strengthened through collective wisdom.

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Join our Next Cohort:

Duration: 12 weeks · 1.5 hrs/week (live, online)
Additional Time for Exercises: ~3 hrs/week (asynchronous)
Group: 12–15 participants
Start: Late January 2026
Tuition: USD 3,000 · 2 scholarships available
Apply by: 22 December 2025

APPLY NOW FOR OUR JANUARY 2026 COHORT

Our Story

We created What’s Next to make career transitions less isolating and more connected, purposeful, and joyful.

When contemplating a career change, the question “What’s next?” can feel daunting—even for the most accomplished among us.

That’s why we built What’s Next: a research informed framework delivered through a safe, peer-driven community. We believe reinvention is not indulgence; it’s essential. We offer tools, stories, and community to help you carry forward the best of your experience while daring to design what’s next.

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Co-Founders

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Galya Frayman Molinas

Galya Frayman Molinas is a global business leader with 30+ years of experience leading strategy and transformation across four continents. A former Coca-Cola executive, board member, and LBS educator, she brings deep insight and heart to reinvention, leadership, and purpose driven change.

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Gamze Dinckok Yucaoglu

Gamze Dinckok Yucaoglu is an academic researcher and case writer with a previous career in Turkey’s energy sector. Formerly at Harvard Business School, she brings deep experience developing leadership programs and learning content. Now pursuing an MProf in Psychotherapy, she supports meaningful career transitions with clarity and empathy.

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Founding Contributor

İstem D. Akalp

İstem D. Akalp is a strategic designer and inclusive facilitator with 15+ years of experience guiding individuals and global teams through transition and growth. She’s worked with Ashoka, UNICEF, and Parsons, bringing clarity, connection, and creativity to transformative spaces around the world.

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About Us

Our Workshops

Your next chapter starts here

Through peer-driven learning and the wisdom of a diverse and global community, What’s Next offers a research backed, guided process, online and offline, along with resources to help individuals craft a new path filled with meaning and purpose.

Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram or Facebook to know more about our upcoming workshop announcements, helpful resources, and real stories of reinvention.

Apply for our January 2026 cohort here.

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Testimonials

  • What's Next was inspiring and transformative. Through thoughtful tools, deep conversations, and a truly supportive community, I was able to gain clarity and take a meaningful step forward in my professional life.

    Sok Cheng, USA

  • This was exactly what I needed when I really had no idea what I needed to begin my process to what’s next. Such an incredibly researched, curated and moderated experience!

    Anna, Canada

  • The What’s Next Programme made me discover new possibilities and helped me rearrange my priorities for the next few years. After only a few weeks, I feel elated and younger (if only at heart!).

    Luciano, Italy

  • The content was top quality with mindful and sensitive group facilitation. The immersion with a peer group seeking to explore same questions was very powerful. I’d highly recommend this program.

    Sharen, Ireland

  • Going through this journey with such a high caliber, open hearted group was deeply moving. It reminded me that even after our initial careers, we still long for meaningful spaces to grow, share, and reinvent ourselves. In the end, What’s Next wasn’t just a step forward, it was a step deeper.

    Sandy, Turkey