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On the Cards: Behind the Scenes of a Workshop Card Game

‍How we designed "Family Reunion" - a 75-minute game created for family office executives at a catalytic capital summit in Guatemala.

From Ableton to Vibe Coding: when creative tools break open

How music's digital revolution shows us where AI coding is heading

Why 80% of AI investments fail (and how to fix yours)

Most companies treat AI like office software. Then wonder why adoption stalls. Here’s the missing piece.

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.

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?

The Matthew McConaughey Masterclass Nobody's Talking About

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

Beyond the Book: Remixing Knowledge into Multi-Format Magic

How extending core IP across new mediums creates deeper learning experiences

The McCartney Method: When Details Meet Experience

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How H&M bring the Inside Out with Creator Studio

And why it's a smart move - on multiple vectors

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

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

Going deep: Our approach to taking on Deep Work

A simple guide to doing more with less

How we validate new product and venture concepts

A brief primer on our process - and some counter-intuitive insights

Why every company should bring history in-house

The vault curator is a vastly valuable role - for brands both large and small

Why your favorite TV's show #SceneRemix can unlock magic for brands and educators

How can A.I. be used to augment the end-to-end experience of live events?

5 insights from a panel session at IBTM World in Barcelona

Keyboard to Console: Why Every Knowledge Worker Needs a Creative Studio Kit

Figma's Designer Tool is Just the Beginning, Imagine Studio Workstations for Every Profession

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

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

The Blank Slide Shuffle

How to use pitch black to great effect

Global employee engagement levels are shockingly low

Plus simple three ideas to improve them

Understanding the Presentation Spectrum

Why most presentations shouldn't feel like TED talks

Richie Hawtin’s next musical frontier? High school science class

How a DIY noise machine became a portal for learning & creativity - courtesy of a legendary electronic music artist

Everything's a remix: transferrable skills from the genius of The Prodigy

Why Liam Howlett's sampling and arrangement skills are more relevant than ever

Harmonizing Creativity: Inside the zen-infused world of Sebastian Mulleart's ‘Circle of Live’

How the Swedish artist takes a novel approach to teaching creativity and the art of improvisation

Spain's €20k gift for every young citizen

What if everybody in your country received a tax-free inheritance when they turned 18?

Why David Marchese's skills remain underrated

How The New York Times journalist is able to go further than most

Why world-class athletes have been roughing it

How small improvements to an end-to-end experience can change the game

Meet the mysterious designer who secretly remixes street posters

Because there's always scope to engage people more with your work

How Coldplay use Inside Out dynamics to hit all the right notes

The superstar band take a refreshing transparent approach to sustainability, fan engagement, and sharing their process

Christopher Nolan's 26 principles for creative work

And why it's worth being a jack of all trades

11 tips to improve your writing skills

Writing wisdom from a master of the craft

Flipping the script: a movie studio launch an app for fans

A24's latest innovation is a smart way to do more with less

How cricket is reshaping culture and the world of work

The Indian women's cricket league is a big deal in more ways than one

How Jay-Z's new exhibition opens up new ways to engage

8 reasons why 'The Book of HOV' stands out from the crowd

🚌 “We should do a school… or something?”

Allbirds goes open source, edutainment as a springboard, and the opportunity to build what's next

How a TV show is using Edutainment 3.0 to open up exciting new spaces

'Space Junk' encourages audiences to create new stories using web3 and AI technologies

Making Moonshots: The power of open source brand toolkits

How brands of all shapes and sizes can use the power of open source

Why the best experiences have invisible structure

A lesson from one of the great movie directors

The surprising human-centric approach used by a Premier League team on the rise

How Brighton & Hove Albion use data in all kinds of interesting ways

How to set up speaker notes in a live presentation (simple 3-step process)

Notes can end up distracting and confusing. So how do we best use them?

5 lessons from Hollywood’s 14 year old animator

The power of constraints, explorations, and feedback

Introducing the Presentation Elevation Tool

A free tool packed with unconventional prompts to help you get unstuck

Presentation Skills: 3 Levels of Speaking (and two ways to level up)

How a soccer star is helping young athletes translate their skills into alternative career paths

A new education initiative is helping bridge an ever-widening gap

Notes on... creating engaging learning experiences

7 elements that keep people coming back... and a view to what's next

Air Time: How to elevate your next presentation deck

A simple trick to make your next presentation flow

Create some Client Magic: join the free Micro Course

A 5 day email course to transform your client interactions

What's Your Presenter Type?

Our free self-assessment tool will help you level up your presentation skills

3 ways to make your Training and Development more engaging

How to avoid your training falling falt

Workshops & Meetings: How to avoid the pre-read trap

Why advance information can ruin the whole experience

Inside Wavetable's brand refresh

Our new visuals, and a new way that we see the world

Riding the Wave of Resourcefulness: What We Can Learn from Garrett McNamara's Epic Surfing Adventure

3 tips on how to elevate your resourcefulness, plus a free assessment tool to test out your team dynamics

Spinning Knowledge: What educators and creators can learn from one of the world’s best DJs

Why the space between Warm Up and Prime Time can be magical

How backpack brand Herschel are banking on underserved creators

A mentoring program takes over an NYC financial institution

Learning is invisible ink

People don't really want to learn. So what can we do instead?

Why human capital is the driver of Fortune 500 success

Intangibles are becoming way more tangible

Why tension in learning can be magic

Notes On… Obstacle Courses for Learning Experiences

Why your program, workshop, or course should take a tip from the military - and kids’ playtime

Notes on how brands can help solve Wicked Problems

How to bring the power of Telenovelas into learning

How Airbnb used education to drive their most profitable quarter ever

Of Note - #7 - YouTube college credits, Buzzfeed training, and a unique playground

Of Note: Michelin's reimagined company HQ

How the French transport company focused on their employees - and the public - first

Notes on... DIG's Winter marketing campaign

How we went about showrunning a video production campaign for cooking company DIG

Of Note - Burberry's rebrand goes inside out - and back in time

Why the future of learning is in the middle

Why your employee retention problem isn't what you think it is

Why an indie rock band may hold the ticket for the future of education

Why the future is Hot & Cool

Why 6 is the magic workshop number

What Next? Notes from a conversation with Renetta McCann, Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer at Publicis Groupe

What's in a name?

Why we're called 'Wavetable...'

Whiplash: From side project to 47 awards

Welcome to Edutainment 3.0

An explorable trends report by Wavetable

What people really want from new technology

They don't want features, or even benefits. It's about something more human

We're seeking curious humans

The rise of the residency

The Community Corner podcast: using Edutainment to create engaging community experiences

The reverse reference: Why hiring talent is a two-way street

The new Edutainment

Education as business development (and beyond), teachers becoming more than just the new DJs, and the foundations of a big shift that’s here to stay.

The Educator in Residence

Why a different type of EIR could be your firm’s new secret weapon

The Joy of 6

Rewriting The Playbook: Creating a portal for a Netflix documentary series

Our take on How and Why to start a Cohort Based Course in 2021

Storytelling & Narrative: What's the difference?

It's subtle, but incredibly important

The cost of losing your employees will blow your mind (and your budget)

Of Note - #6 - Engineers as bloggers, a Rom-Com with 17 endings, and Duolingo open a museum

Of Note - #4 - NYC Trees, Foot Locker creator talent, and Wolfram Alpha live streams

How to transform a webinar

Of Note - #5 - Spotify backstage, Football Manager, and Abba x Unicef

Of Note - #3 - Jonah Hill, the Mojave Desert, and a Berlin newspaper

Of Note - #2 - Welsh football, Swedish hotels, and NYC journalists

Navigating the Challenges of Leading a Multigenerational Workforce: How Company Leaders Can Bridge the Gap with Gen Z Employees

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