You need the Future of Work to be different.
We’re different.
Join Challenge Factory’s InterGen Lab
Do you need to attract and retain Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and boomers all at the same time?
What challenges and opportunities are you avoiding because of risk, complexity, or lack of capacity?
How would experimenting and testing different methods of working engage your intergenerational team in new ways?
Do you wish you had data to support a strategic hunch you have about your workforce?
Space is limited! The upcoming cohort begins Fall 2024.
What is the InterGen Lab?
Labs are where trailblazing experimentation and breakthroughs happen.
Today’s workforce challenges demand intergenerational, interdisciplinary, and expansive solutions. From career paths to housing, from employment benefits to work-life balance, the Future of Work has to work for everyone.
Good science doesn’t waste resources on problems that already have known solutions. Instead, it tackles questions that seemingly have no answers. The InterGen Lab is your space to use the wisdom of all generations to identify better questions, formulate hypotheses, work through uncertainty, and avoid defaulting to prefabricated, outdated solutions.
Think the InterGen Lab is only about boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z?
Think bigger. Bring your specific workforce challenge, and we’ll bring the intergenerational approach.
Challenges that can be tackled at the InterGen Lab:
- Skills, sustainability, and shifting to the green economy
- Housing shortages and implications for attracting or retaining employees
- Labour market dynamics unique to your sector or geography
- Ageing demographics and workplace culture
- Skills-based workforce planning
- Any issue that you know underpins other strategic risks, but feels too complex to tackle
Want to learn more?
Watch the recordings from our 4-part webinar series that uses intergenerational approaches to explore work and complex social issues.
Place an intergenerational approach at the centre of experimentation
Workplaces are age-diverse microcosms of society. An intergenerational approach can be applied to all workforce challenges to create solutions that benefit everyone—today, and into the future.
Focus on fit
One size does not fit all. Create tailored workforce solutions that lead to sustainable change.
Develop new ideas instead of rehashing the old
This is where innovation thrives. Explore new career and talent pathways, perspectives, and possibilities.
Foster a unique peer support experience
Be part of a community of like-minded, out-of-the-box thinkers and doers who drive collective growth and positive impact.
Accelerate triadic learning
Triads are strong, balanced, and supportive. See how intentional groups of three, committed to common values, accelerates real change and impact.
Build future-proofed workplaces
Access tools, techniques, and experts to address current needs while shaping a better Future of Work for all.
We’ve got a seat for you—lab coat and goggles not required!
How to join the InterGen Lab
Nominate yourself or another organization.
Program overview
InterGen Lab pricing offers exceptional value
Future of Work specialist
Six months’ access to a dedicated expert for your team
Cohort kick-off session
Meet in person with other innovative organizations focused on intergenerational approaches, sustainable development, and the Future of Work
"What if" working session
Tailored to your organization, we co-create a testable hypothesis using your strategic workforce priorities
6-month experiment
Where real insight, innovation, and impact is made possible
Workforce innovation webinars
Held monthly with all organizations in your cohort
Regular check-ins
Held monthly with InterGen Lab facilitators to track your experiment’s progress
Final report
This is your proof of concept, pitch deck, and impact statement, prepared with support from InterGen Lab facilitators
2-day symposium
End your InterGen Lab experience in person with other cohort members by sharing key findings and planning for sustainable change
Facilitators, partners, and faculty members
Lisa Taylor
President
Challenge Factory
Emree Siaroff
Vice President
Challenge Factory
Emma James
Lab Manager
Challenge Factory
In collaboration with
Questions?
Email us at InterGenLab@ChallengeFactory.ca.