As a leader, complexity and uncertainty come standard. Humanities thinking helps you navigate ambiguity and sharpen your decision-making. Learn how to apply a humanities lens to business challenges.

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26 Jun 2026
Online and interactive 		$250 AUD
$100 for alumni
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Get comfortable with the unknown.

Read between the lines. Face complexity with confidence.

See the world differently

Learn what humanities thinking is and how it can set you apart in a tech-driven world.

Don’t just read the text—read the room

Learn how close reading can enhance your ability to find hidden insight, appreciate different points of view, and figure out what’s happening beneath the surface.

Work with uncertainty

Incomplete data? Conflicting information? Learn how skills like interpretation and sense-making can help you fill in the blanks with more confidence.

Meet your class leaders.

A collaboration between Sydney Executive Plus and The Secret Life of Books, a podcast about the classics hosted by Sophie Gee, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Sydney and English Professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, CEO of Red Room Poetry and formerly Director of Arts at the BBC.

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Sophie Gee

Vice Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Sydney

Jonty Claypole MBE

CEO, Red Room Poetry and former Director of Arts, BBC

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We’ve compiled a list of commonly asked questions to help you decide if this masterclass is right for you! If you still have questions however, send an email to executive.plus@sydney.edu.au.

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