Transformational Change 

Ambition 2026 is built on a simple idea. People create meaningful change when they understand who they are becoming, where their next chapter is headed, and how to navigate shifting conditions. 

The program helps participants build this capability through a sequence of identity orientation, navigation training, and real-world action. As participants apply the Ambition operating system, they evolve in parallel with their decisions, opportunities, and environment. 

The program creates change by helping participants: 

• Establish a stable orientation grounded in identity and purpose 

• Identify the arenas where growth and opportunity are already occurring 

• Build navigation capability for a world that ix in rapid change 

• Generate momentum through short-term action aligned with who they are becoming 

• Update direction continually as identity and conditions evolve 

• Move through the year with coherence, clarity, and agency 

The result is a self-authored transformation initiative that strengthens a person’s ability to navigate personal, professional, and systemic transition. 

Who This Is For 

Ambition 2026 is designed for individuals who are entering a period of transition and need a new way to define their direction, build momentum, and navigate change. It serves people who are rethinking the relationship between identity, work, contribution, and the future they want to create. 

This program is for those who: 

• Feel a shift in who they are becoming and want clarity to match it. 

• Are navigating a career transition or reimagining their professional trajectory. 

• Sense that the old ambition model no longer fits the realities of their life or the world. 

• Want a structured way to make coherent decisions in uncertain or rapidly changing conditions. 

• Are ready to design their next chapter rather than wait for direction from external forces. 

• Carry emerging opportunities or ideas that need clearer orientation and an organized operating system. 

• Want a year of grounded progress supported by identity clarity, exploration, and adaptive action. 

Program Overview 

Ambition 2026 begins with a 30-day Foundation Sprint that installs a new operating system for how participants navigate change. The Sprint focuses on identity, exploration, and adaptive action rather than fixed goals or rigid plans. 

After the first 30 days, participants move into a self-guided year supported by quarterly recalibration sprints and an asynchronous digital platform. This structure helps them maintain clarity, update direction as their ambition evolves, and take consistent action in the real world. 

The program is designed for a world where change is constant and plans expire quickly. Ambition 2026 gives participants the capability to orient themselves, align their next chapter, and advance through a dynamic year with agency. 

What You Will Build 

Ambition 2026 gives participants a set of capabilities and structures that support real progress throughout 2026. The focus for this project is on building the internal architecture needed to navigate transition with clarity and momentum, supported by expert facilitators. 

Participants will build: 

• A long-term orientation grounded in identity and direction. 

• A defined set of exploration arenas where growth and opportunity are emerging. 

• A short-term execution rhythm that adapts to shifting conditions. 

• A navigation-centric operating system for making coherent decisions. 

• A personalized Year Map that evolves as they evolve. 

• The capability to self-author their year with confidence and agency. 

Design Principles 

Ambition 2026 is built on a modern operating logic developed over the course of the past 25 years of personal and professional transformation. These principles guide how participants orient, navigate, and build momentum throughout the sprint and the year that follows. 

Orientation 

Direction comes from identity, purpose, and values 

Navigation  

Participants learn to adjust course in real time based on emerging signals. 

Transformation  

Identity and priorities evolve while the work is being applied. 

Adaptive 

Ambition becomes a dynamic capability that exists beyond 2026 

The three altitudes of action 

Long-term identity, medium-term arenas, and short-term moves working together. 

Self-authorship 

Participants learn to design and update their own direction. 

Emerging-future  

Action is guided by real signals and emerging opportunities. 

Change-agility  

Participants build the capacity to update their path as they change. 

Lab Details 

The 30-Day Foundation Sprint 

The Foundation Sprint is the four-week launch that installs the core operating system for Ambition 2026. Each week focuses on a different dimension of identity, exploration, navigation, and forward movement. Participants leave the Sprint with clarity, direction, and a personalized Year Map to guide the year ahead. 

Week 1: Orientation 

Theme: Who I Am Becoming 

Objective: Establish identity, direction, values, and internal compass. Participants clarify their identity direction, core principles, emerging purpose, and the signals of transition already shaping their next chapter. 

Key outputs: 

• North Star statement 

• Identity direction statement 

• Personal values and principles 

• A clear narrative of who they are becoming 

Week 2: Arenas 

Theme: Where I Will Explore 

Objective: Define the life and work arenas where growth and opportunity are emerging. Participants identify the arenas already in motion, the opportunities within them, and the gaps tied to their evolving identity. 

Key outputs: 

• Three to five exploration arenas 

• Opportunity and transition statement 

• Emerging hypotheses 

• Capability development targets 

Week 3: Operating Logic 

Theme: How I Navigate a Changing World 

Objective: Install the adaptive ambition operating system. Participants learn how to update direction, navigate uncertainty, and maintain coherence while evolving in real time. 

Key outputs: 

• Personalized Ambition OS 

• Weekly and monthly updating practices 

• Navigation protocol 

• Decision thresholds 

Week 4: First Moves 

Theme: What I Will Do Next 

Objective: Translate identity and exploration into grounded action. Participants create initial movement through exploration, commitments, and experiments that generate momentum. 

Key outputs: 

• Thirty sixty ninety day moves 

• First experiments 

• Light accountability structures 

• Personalized Year Map 

The Self-Authored Year 

After the 30-day Foundation Sprint, participants move into a year-long transformation cycle that they design and direct themselves. The Institute provides structure and continuity without imposing a fixed path. The result is a full year of identity evolution, exploration, and adaptive action. 

Personalized Year Map 

Participants leave the Sprint with a Year Map they created themselves. It includes their identity direction, exploration arenas, updating rhythms, and evolving commitments. This map changes throughout the year as they change. 

Quarterly Calibration Sprints 

Every quarter, participants engage in a short recalibration sprint to review direction, refine arenas, update operating logic, and identify new opportunities. These sprints act as alignment points that keep the year coherent. 

Asynchronous Digital Platform 

The program includes an ongoing async environment with weekly prompts, monthly reflection cycles, discussion threads, and shared insights. The platform supports progress without requiring real-time attendance. 

Optional Micro-Sprints 

Participants can choose short, high-intensity accelerators including seven day resets, ten day bursts, twenty one day capability cycles, or thirty day identity updates. These options create targeted momentum when needed. 

The self-authored year is where the operating system becomes a lived experience. 

How the Institute Supports You 

The Human Innovation Institute provides structure and continuity without directing your path. The goal is to support your transition while strengthening your capacity to self-author your next chapter. 

Structure 

You receive frameworks, tools, and rhythms that you adapt to your own life and work. 

Containers  

The program creates space for the shifts in identity, values, and direction that emerge throughout the year. 

Capability 

You strengthen capabilities such as navigation, adaptive ambition, and real-time decision-making. 

Partnership 

You are supported while staying in full authorship of your choices, moves, and direction. 

The Institute’s role is to maintain coherence across a changing year while empowering you to design and direct it. 

Participant Outcomes 

Participants complete Ambition Lab 2026 with a clear sense of direction and the capability to navigate a changing year with confidence. The focus of this Lab is to build the internal and external architecture needed for sustained transformation. 

Participants gain: 

• Clarity about who they are becoming and the direction of their next chapter 

• A coherent set of areas where growth and opportunity are occurring  

• A navigation system that supports real-time decision-making 

• A consistent rhythm for updating direction as identity evolves 

• Greater confidence in their ability to move through uncertainty 

• A self-authored Year Map that guides a full year of progress 

• Increased coherence between identity, action, and long-term direction 

• The capability to design and direct a meaningful year of transformation 

These outcomes reflect the core promise of the program. Participants develop the capacity to navigate transition. 

Join the Wait List 

If you want to enter 2026 with clarity, direction, and a self-authored path forward, you can join the wait list for the Ambition 2026 Lab. You will receive program updates, enrollment details, and an invitation when applications open.