NEXT Lab invited dozens of CEOs and top leaders to pose a crucial question about what their world will look like in 2025.

We have a fascinating set of projects and a class designed for you to learn about real-world global challenges and to cultivate the essential leadership capability of managing in the present with an eye to the future.

In NEXT Lab, your faculty-mentored student team will craft answers to your partner organization’s focal question, drawing on field research, exciting new classroom teaching, interaction with a great bench of experts and seasoned faculty, and a five-month dialog with corporate leaders. 100 person-years of experience may be represented in your team of final-semester MIT EMBAs, presenting students with an opportunity to connect what they have learned on global leadership, analytics, operations management, system dynamics, innovation, and behavioral perspectives—and to put it to the test by collaborating on global challenges. Your team would work from December to May, with guidance from NEXT Lab, to understand their partner organization, map out scenarios for 2025, and scout for new ideas using library and field research to develop data-driven, creative, and practical ideas for immediate actions to enable a better future.

This class builds on over 20 years of action learning experience across the world and is designed for students with every interest and background who seek to change the world.
Every step of NEXT Lab is carefully planned to maximize your learning and our impact. Check back on this site to learn more about the team behind NEXT Lab, our roster of amazing projects, and the structure of the class. Or simply email Anjali Sastry. Curious about her background? Sastry, Anjali bio 16.09.pdf

Looking for a learning experience that will prepare you to lead into the future? In NEXT Lab your collaborators are CEOs and other top executives who are responsible for all aspects of their organization's finances, brand, products, operations, and social impact. Through the lens of global challenges, projects offer a unique perspective of strategy, leadership, and decision-making that apply in any domain.