Hub des possibles

Name

Hub des possibles

Legal name

Hub des possibles

Website

https://hubdespossibles.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Facilitation and Training Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Training, Enablement & Talent Development Summits (THAHAMAH)

Keywords

• Sustainability facilitation services
• Foresight and scenario workshops
• Ecological transition consulting
• Collective intelligence facilitation
• Leadership training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Workshop and Training Fees: Revenue from structured workshops including the 'Reliance au Vivant' residential workshop (CHF 350-590), the 'Activate your talents' leadership course (CHF 990/940), and robustness training (CHF 350-500). Also includes 'Construction 2050' training for SMEs (CHF 200-250 per half-day).
2. Membership Donations: Free membership with optional donation via raise.now.io platform. Members receive access to TQR (Travail Qui Relie) meetings and community events.
3. Conference Co-organization: Collaborative conferences such as '2040, j'y vais!' co-organized with partners like Payot, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, and Alumnil, contributing to revenue through shared costs and sponsorship.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hub des possibles is a non-profit Think-and-Be Tank that designs and delivers facilitation workshops, training programs, and conferences for organizations and individuals navigating sustainability transitions. Its core offerings include Future Labs (collaborative foresight workshops), Connection Workshops based on Joanna Macy's Work That Connects, Ecosystem Facilitation for multi-stakeholder problem-solving, and the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast. The organization applies a proprietary Four-Lever Model for Lucid Optimism that combines scientific fact analysis, emotional transformation, imaginative visioning, and strategic foresight.

Product overview

Hub des possibles is a non-profit 'Think-and-Be Tank' offering a portfolio of facilitation and training services centered on foresight, collective intelligence, and ecological transition. The core offerings include: Future Labs (Labs des Futurs) for organizational foresight workshops; Connection Workshops (Ateliers de Reliance) based on Joanna Macy's Work That Connects; the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast featuring interviews with sustainability pioneers; Inspirational Conferences co-organized with cultural partners; Ecosystem Facilitation services for multi-stakeholder co-creation; and the 'Futur Souhaitable' module for team visioning. Specialized programs include the Construction 2050 foresight series for the building sector, robustness training based on Olivier Hamant's methodology, and talent development courses. The organization operates primarily through in-person workshops and events, supplemented by digital content through their podcast and online resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 2040, j'y vais!: Podcast featuring inspiring people contributing to building French-speaking Switzerland's sustainable future

Products and services

• Labs des Futurs (Future Labs) Immersive, collaborative workshops bringing together teams or groups of decision-makers around key foresight questions. Uses tools like trend analysis, scenario building, and collective intelligence to explore emerging futures and transform visions into concrete action plans.
• Ateliers de Reliance (Connection Workshops) Workshops based on Joanna Macy's Work That Connects methodology, designed to strengthen connection to self, others, and nature. Includes Walk & Reconnect (1h30 outdoor walking workshops) and multi-day residential experiences like 'Reliance au Vivant'.
• Conférences d'Inspiration (Inspirational Conferences) Interactive conferences co-organized with partners like Payot bookstores and Vidy-Lausanne theater, featuring authors and experts to cultivate lucid optimism and explore desirable futures aligned with planetary limits.
• Facilitation Écosystémique (Ecosystem Facilitation) Problem-solving approach that brings together stakeholders from private, public, and civil society sectors to co-create innovative solutions through prototyping, using tools like Moreno's action methods, Theory U, and design thinking.
• Futur Souhaitable (Desirable Future Module) Half-day to full-day module using future travel and uchrony methods to help teams envision and align around an inspiring shared future, incorporating deep listening, visualization, and storytelling techniques.
• Podcast '2040, j'y vais!' Podcast series hosted by Chantal Peyer featuring interviews with inspiring individuals contributing to sustainable futures in French-speaking Switzerland, exploring themes like energy transition, governance, and circular economy. Distributed via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Deezer, and YouTube with 35+ episodes.
• Construction 2050 Foresight-action training series developed in partnership with CCDC (Centre de compétence pour la durabilité dans la construction) addressing sustainable futures in the construction sector, covering themes like skills of the future, materials, and AI technologies. Subsidized by Canton de Vaud at CHF 200-250 per half-day.
• Robustesse: du concept à la pratique (Robustness Training) One-day training course based on Olivier Hamant's robustness principles, teaching participants how to make their organizations viable in unstable environments through slow analysis, rich interactions, and diverse viewpoints. Priced CHF 350-500 per day.
• Activate Your Talents and Assume Your Leadership Six-session course based on Aristotle's Talent-Personality approach, helping participants discover their talents, align with their values, and develop authentic leadership for driving meaningful change. Priced CHF 940-990 with monthly installment options.

Quantifiable outcome

• EPFL reduced food carbon footprint from 6.2 kg to 2.5 kg CO₂ equivalent per kilo of food by 2025, demonstrating large-scale sustainable change is achievable
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, major, minor, regional and international.

• One Planet LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore strategic partner. One Planet Lab project manager Ingrid Fumasoli serves as President of the Hub des possibles committee. Collaborative content development and network promotion. One Planet Lab is listed as a distribution partner for the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast.
• WWF SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hub des possibles is co-located at WWF Switzerland's headquarters (Avenue Charles Dickens 6, Lausanne). Project manager Ingrid Fumasoli of WWF serves as President of the Hub committee. Strategic alignment on environmental and sustainability issues.
• sanu future learning agcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnersanu co-director Marc Münster serves as Treasurer on the Hub committee. sanu is a distribution partner for the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast. Collaborative training programs including the 'Activate your talents' course (offering discounts to sanu graduates).
• Impact Hub Lausanne-GenevacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDistribution partner for the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast. Co-location of Hub activities at Impact Hub Lausanne. Joint events and community building for sustainable entrepreneurs.
• Archipel SioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDistribution partner for the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast. Collaborative workshop delivery including 'Slow down for a better start' workshop co-organized with L'archipel in Sion. Expansion partner for Walk & Reconnect workshops.
• Payot (booksellers)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term co-organizer of the '2040, j'y vais!' conference series. Co-creates and promotes author events featuring sustainability and future-focused books and themes.
• Théâtre Vidy-LausanneflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner for '2040, j'y vais!' conference series. Hosted major events with Cyril Dion, Jean-Pierre Goux, and other speakers. Prestigious cultural venue lending credibility to conference programming.
• Alumnil (UNIL alumni network)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizer of '2040, j'y vais!' conference series. Leverages University of Lausanne alumni network for audience reach and speaker connections.
• Ville de LausannemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor municipal partner. Logo displayed on Hub website as partner. Joint initiatives supporting sustainable urban development and citizen engagement in Lausanne.
• Ville de GenèvemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey co-organizer of 'Genève 2040' events including the Corporate Odyssey towards Transition conference (230+ attendees) and General Assembly of the Future. Strategic partner for municipal sustainability initiatives.
• République et Canton de GenèvemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner supporting Hub activities. Canton of Geneva provides funding support for the '2040, j'y vais!' podcast.
• Services Industriels de Genève (SIG)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner and podcast supporter. SIG Director of Strategy and Innovation Giorgio Pauletto serves on the Hub expert network. Joint initiatives on energy transition and sustainable infrastructure.
• Fédération suisse des entreprises (FSE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of 'Genève 2040: Corporate Odyssey towards Transition' event. Represents Swiss business federation membership for sustainability-focused enterprise engagement.
• Centre de compétence pour la durabilité dans la construction (CCDC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of the 'Construction 2050' training series - prospective-action training for sustainable construction futures. Joint delivery with Canton de Vaud subsidy support. Targets construction sector SMEs with 3 thematic modules (Skills & professions, Materials, Technologies & AI).
• Canton de VaudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment funding partner providing subsidies for 'Construction 2050' training (reducing costs from CHF 400-500 to CHF 200-250 per half-day). Canton of Vaud energy department supported energy transition podcast episodes.
• EPER (TransformActionLab)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerTransformActionLab is a podcast supporter and distribution partner. Supports Walk & Reconnect workshops in Zurich via Pascale Schnyder and Anna Krebs. Part of HEKS organization focused on social transformation.
• APRÈS-GEmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial economy network in Geneva co-organizer of 'Genève 2040' events. Represents and engages social enterprises in sustainability transition initiatives.
• GESTIFORMminorOthersListed as partner on Hub website. Professional development and training organization.
• Convergence DurableminorOthersListed as partner on Hub website. Sustainability convergence network.
• Association Conviviabule (Neuchâtel)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional facilitator for Walk & Reconnect workshops in Neuchâtel. Vincent Moser leads workshops based on Hub methodology.
• Association Au coeur de la transition (Greater Geneva)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional facilitator for Walk & Reconnect workshops in Greater Geneva area. Arnaud Esnault leads workshops based on Hub methodology.
• TransformActionLab (Zurich)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional facilitator for Walk & Reconnect workshops in Zurich. Pascale Schnyder and Anna Krebs lead workshops based on Hub methodology.
• Association Raum im Wandel (Cologne)internationalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational facilitator for Walk & Reconnect workshops in Cologne, Germany. Peter Riehm leads workshops based on Hub methodology, extending Hub reach beyond Switzerland.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• One Planet Lab: Swiss sustainability network connecting actors around planetary challenges. Hub's committee president comes from One Planet Lab, and both serve as convening platforms for sustainability-focused facilitation in French-speaking Switzerland — making this the closest ecosystem-overlap peer.
• Presencing Institute: Global organization founded by Otto Scharmer advancing Theory U and systems transformation. Comparable because Hub's methodology explicitly integrates Theory U, and both operate in the transformative leadership/foresight facilitation space serving purpose-driven organizations.
• sanu future learning ag: Swiss sustainability and future-skills learning provider. Closest comparable: both deliver sustainability training programs in Switzerland, offer discounts to each other's networks (Hub des possibles members get sanu pricing), and sanu's co-director serves as Hub committee treasurer — making it both a partner and direct peer in sustainability adult education.
• Work That Reconnects Network: Global network stewarding Joanna Macy's Work That Connects methodology. Hub's Connection Workshops (Ateliers de Reliance) are directly built on this framework, making this the most methodology-overlapping peer for Hub's emotional/inner-transformation offerings.
• Impact Hub Lausanne-Geneva (Impact Hub Network): Global impact entrepreneurship network with Lausanne-Geneva location. Both Hub and Impact Hub co-organize events and share distribution for the podcast; Impact Hub's incubation and community-building model for sustainability entrepreneurs parallels Hub's facilitation approach.
• CREAHOLIC: Biel-based invention and innovation consultancy where Hub team member Carole Chapelat worked for 10 years. Comparable as a Swiss innovation/design firm applying structured creative processes to help organizations solve complex problems — closely aligned with Hub's Future Labs methodology.

Regional players

• swisscleantech: Swiss industry association for the cleantech sector. Operates in the same Swiss sustainability ecosystem, partnering with cantonal and federal stakeholders (parallel to Hub's Canton de Vaud/Geneva partnerships), but serves corporate members rather than facilitating inner/organizational transformation.
• Stiftung myclimate: Major Swiss climate protection foundation offering climate education and corporate climate action programs. Same regional focus on Switzerland with sustainability education offerings, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope than Hub's facilitation niche.

Broad incumbents

• Forum for the Future: UK-based international sustainability non-profit operating across multiple sectors and geographies. Both organizations help businesses and public bodies navigate sustainability transitions through foresight and stakeholder engagement, but Forum for the Future operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Carbon Literacy Project: UK-based non-profit offering certified climate literacy training to organizations and individuals. Comparable as a sustainability training/certification provider with workshop-based delivery model, though focused specifically on carbon literacy rather than broader foresight and inner transformation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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