Every young person is a beacon of hope for the future.
OUR BELIEF
Every generation inherits the future.
Every generation also inherits the responsibility to shape it.
Throughout history, humanity has advanced by creating increasingly powerful tools. Each breakthrough has expanded what we can do. None has determined who we choose to become.
Academic excellence will always matter. Knowledge remains the foundation of a great education. But knowledge alone has never guaranteed wisdom. It has never guaranteed courage, compassion or integrity.
As artificial intelligence reshapes the world, the question is no longer only how we develop more knowledge. It is how we develop more capable humans. We believe education must do both.
It must cultivate the judgement to navigate complexity, the character to use knowledge wisely and the humanity to contribute to something greater than ourselves.
Because the future will not be shaped by what young people know alone.
It will be shaped by who they become.
WHY WE EXIST
OUR PURPOSE
To help safeguard and strengthen what makes us human for generations to come.
OUR MISSION
To build a new curriculum for human capability alongside academic achievement.
OUR VISION
A future where each generation passes on a stronger, wiser and more human world than the one it inherited.
OUR WORK TODAY
The first stage of the journey.
Humanity Schools exists to help prepare young people for the future by bringing together education, futures thinking and human development.
Today, we do this through keynote presentations, professional learning sessions, conferences, education associations and thought leadership, helping schools, educators, parents and communities explore the capabilities young people will need to flourish in a rapidly changing world.
These experiences represent the first stage of our journey to establish the Humanity Curriculum, an evolving curriculum for human capability alongside academic achievement.
OUR FOUNDERS
The people behind
Humanity Schools.
Co-Founder
Rebecca Maklad
"The future will depend not only on what young people know, but on who they become."
For more than two decades, Rebecca Maklad has had a front-row seat to the conversations shaping our future.
As part of the founding team at ODE Management, founder of Supernova Speakers, and former CEO and Director of Future Crunch, she has worked alongside futurists, scientists, entrepreneurs, authors and thought leaders exploring the forces transforming business, technology and society. Through advisory work, keynote presentations and more than 125 conversations on The DNA of Purpose podcast, Rebecca has spent her career translating complex ideas into practical insight.
Over time, one question became impossible to ignore: What kind of humans does the future need us to become? That question became the foundation of Humanity Schools.
Together with her co-founder, Tāne Hunter, Rebecca is building Humanity Schools to establish a new curriculum for human capability in education, helping every young person navigate complexity, realise their potential and shape a more flourishing future for humanity.
Co-Founder
Tāne Hunter
"The future is not something to fear, but something we can help shape."
Tāne Hunter is the founder of Future Crunch, one of Australia's leading science communication organisations, created to help people navigate an age of exponential change with curiosity, evidence and intelligent optimism.
A scientist, entrepreneur and former cancer researcher published in Nature, Tāne spent years building artificial intelligence and machine learning models at leading Australian research hospitals before dedicating his work to helping people understand the future through the lens of science and optimism.
Through more than 500 keynotes across five continents, Tāne has inspired audiences to see the future not as something to fear, but as something they can help shape.
That same belief became the foundation for Humanity Schools. Together with Rebecca Maklad, Tāne co-founded Humanity Schools to ensure the next generation grows up with the same sense of hope, possibility and agency, and the human capabilities needed to help shape a more flourishing future.
Together, Rebecca and Tāne share a commitment to ensuring that every young person has the opportunity to discover their strengths, realise their potential and contribute meaningfully to the future.