Street skills for today's leaders

In times of economic slowdown, delay, and uncertainty, teams don’t need long and expensive programs. What they need are skills that work in turbulent times — sharp, adaptable, and streetwise.

Market slowdowns, reorganizations, and pressure on results lead to stress, uncertainty, and demotivation. Many teams instinctively switch to survival mode, which blocks creativity, energy, and perspective.

At StreetwiZe, we believe there’s a foundation stronger than market pressure: street skills. Inspired by the resilience of street youth and built on leadership principles, StreetwiZe connects mindset, strategy, and resilience to real-life action.

Tried and tested with StreetwiZe clients for more than 15 years, now more relevant than ever!

These four core skills form a system:
Positive Focus → Agility & Resilience → Proactive Creativity → Cooperative Competition.

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  • Positive Focus

    In difficult situations, it’s easy to get stuck in what’s going wrong. Positive Focus means: putting your attention on what you can influence and spotting opportunities where others see only chaos.

  • Agility & Resilience

    In organisations, “adaptability” often just means “change” — but that rarely leads to true agility. StreetwiZe helps teams build real resilience — not through pressure, but through structure, culture, and critical reflection.

  • Proactive Creativity

    In a crisis, the instinct is to react fast. But reactive behaviour rarely leads to long-term solutions. A proactive mindset means thinking before you act — anticipating, planning, and seeing ahead.

  • Cooperative Competition

    Resilient teams know when to compete and when to collaborate. In crisis, blind competition often turns destructive. StreetwiZe helps teams make intentional choices between collaboration and competition, based on context.

The Street Skills do not operate in isolation; they reinforce each other like links in a chain. Positive Focus is the spark — because mindset comes first. On that foundation, Agility & Resilience show how you stay in motion, even under pressure. Proactivity then enables you to act in time instead of reacting in panic. Finally, Cooperative Competition ensures you remain sharp, strategic and connected.

We see this as a system of influence: when the fundamentals of focus and resilience are in place, true performance in creativity, strategy and collaboration can fully flourish.

This programme is designed for:

  • teams who feel that uncertainty is putting pressure on motivation and performance,
  • organisations that want to embed agility not as a one-off project but as a living culture,
  • leaders who aim to inspire their people to spot opportunities, act creatively and stay strategic,
  • companies that truly believe in resilience, creativity and collaboration — even in challenging times.

The Street Skills are delivered through half-day workshops (4 hours), online or on-site, with a strong hands-on approach: no heavy manuals, but practical tools, a clear mindset shift and a concrete action plan from day one.

Curious what this can mean for your organisation? Contact us, we're happy to tailor a programma to your needs!

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Leadership with double impact

All StreetwiZe profits support MobileSchool.org. Every leadership journey contributes to opportunities for street-connected children worldwide.

That connection is not symbolic. It's where our work began, and why it matters.

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3.2M+
Euro of our contributions to MobileSchool.org since 2013
75
Mobile School projects in
street communities
40
Countries where educational
programmes are deployed