Learn how to design environments where cooperation becomes inevitable—not through instruction, but through environmental immersion. Based on Robert Sapolsky's groundbreaking Forest Troop research.
Leaders in education, corporate, healthcare, community, family
2-day intensive OR 6-week online OR 12-week certification
Interactive with lectures, activities, case studies, planning
Blueprint for designing cooperation-transmitting environments
Cooperation is the foundation of thriving systems across all sectors
The question is not "Should we cooperate?" but "How do we design environments that make cooperation the natural, inevitable outcome?"
Universal principles that apply across all sectors to design environments where cooperation becomes inevitable
Align incentives toward cooperation by creating collective objectives that make helping others self-interested.
Make cooperation necessary, not optional, through structures that require diverse expertise and mutual support.
Make HOW we achieve outcomes matter by rewarding cooperative methods, not just results.
Build trust and enable informed cooperation through open communication and accessible information.
Create positive-sum thinking where helping others helps everyone, not zero-sum competition.
Learn how to apply these principles in your context
How culture transmits through environmental immersion—proven by 25+ years of research
"Everyone here cooperates"
Try cooperative behaviors
Cooperation becomes natural
Culture is self-sustaining
Timeline: 6-8 weeks for individual integration, 12-18 months for culture to become fully self-perpetuating
Real organizations, real transformations, real ROI
Challenge:
Teacher isolation, 25% annual turnover, low collaboration
Outcome:
95% retention, 15% achievement increase, 40% stress reduction
167% ROI
Return on Investment
18 months
to transformation
Challenge:
Siloed departments, 40% turnover, toxic culture
Outcome:
85% retention, 30% fewer bugs, 25% faster shipping
300% ROI
Return on Investment
18 months
to transformation
Challenge:
Hierarchical silos, 50% staff turnover, high burnout
Outcome:
85% retention, 60% fewer errors, 25% better outcomes
233% ROI
Return on Investment
18 months
to transformation
Three pathways to mastering environmental design for cooperation
Leaders who want immediate immersion
Duration
16 hours
Schedule
Weekend workshop
What's Included:
Investment
$1,200
per participant
Addressing concerns about implementing cooperation culture
Join leaders from education, corporate, healthcare, and community sectors who are transforming their environments through the Forest Troop mechanism
Part of the Environmental Design Workshop Series by TeacherWorld Global Cooperative