The What’s Next Program brings The Perennial Career Framework® to life for professionals navigating a moment of career transition.

We offer keynotes and interactive sessions on the intersection of longevity, the future of work, leadership, and career reinvention, translating global research into practical insights for organizations, institutions, and professional communities.

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The What’s Next Program

Grounded in research, our program provides a structured process, practical tools and a shared language for understanding where you are, what may be changing and how to begin shaping what comes next.

The What’s Next Program brings The Perennial Career Framework® to life for professionals navigating a moment of career transition.

Our approach is based on the belief that career transition is not something people should have to navigate alone. Participants join a carefully curated global, co-ed cohort of accomplished peers who are asking similar questions. Expert facilitation creates a trusted space for honest reflection, peer-to-peer learning and shared sense-making. Over time, participants test their thinking, learn from one another and benefit from the support and accountability of the group.

The program is designed to lead to two outcomes above all: greater clarity and meaningful community. Participants leave with a clearer understanding of their next steps, a stronger language for making sense of their transition and a trusted peer group that has accompanied them through the process. You join individually, but you leave with a support group and a community.

Program Structure

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We also offer tailored program and workshops, both online and offline, for organizations seeking to support experienced professionals through career transition, renewal and longer working lives.

  • Duration: 12 weeks

  • Live sessions: 90 minutes each week

  • Cohort: 15 participants

  • Format: Expert-facilitated, live and online

  • Community: Curated, global and co-ed

Interested in joining one of our programs?

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The What’s Next Curriculum

The Origin Story
Begin with intention, trace your journey so far and open space for what’s emerging.

Introspection: Meet Yourself Again
Turn inward to reconnect with your values, needs, and the parts of yourself ready to evolve.

Discover & Explore
Follow your curiosity, question assumptions, and notice what ideas and paths light you up.

Experiment
Take small, intentional risks to test new directions and listen to what your actions reveal.

Reimagine & Redesign
Refine your narrative, presence, and possibilities for a life that aligns with your next chapter.

Arrival
Pause to integrate the journey, celebrate your insights, and imagine what comes next together.

Testimonials

  • What's Next was inspiring and transformative. The thoughtful tools, meaningful conversations, and supportive community helped me gain clarity and direction. I left with a renewed sense of purpose and a clear, actionable path 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 Program 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

Speaking Engagements

Through keynotes, panels, executive roundtables, and conferences, What's Next brings the missing perspective of workspan into the longevity conversation.

The future of longer lives cannot be discussed without the future of work. As life expectancy continues to increase, the assumptions that have shaped careers, workplaces, and retirement are being fundamentally challenged. Yet conversations around longevity still focus largely on health and finance, leaving workspan—the years we spend learning, working, contributing, and reinventing ourselves—largely unexplored.

We speak at the intersection of longevity, the future of work, leadership, and career reinvention, translating global research into practical insights for organizations, institutions, and professional communities. Whether addressing business leaders, HR professionals, policymakers, or individuals navigating longer careers, our talks are designed to spark new thinking, challenge outdated assumptions, and help audiences prepare for a future in which careers are no longer linear—and working lives are likely to span 60 years or more.

Interested in inviting What's Next to speak at your event? We'd love to hear from you. Drop us a line at hello@w-next.co to connect.