WHAT WE DO
Where rigorous research meets real-world results
In a world shaped by VUCA change, artificial intelligence, and unforeseen challenges,
Future Sharp NPC translates cutting-edge educational and psychological science into practical strategies that work — in classrooms, training rooms, and corporate settings alike.
For schools and businesses
From questionnaire to workshop
Our workshops are not off the shelf. They are built on what your learners, teachers or team members tell us in our research-based questionnaires, so every session targets the real gaps.
Questionnaires
Learners, staff or team members complete online questionnaires on learning habits and AI use.
Group report
The institution receives its own report showing the group’s strengths and gaps.
Targeted workshop
We design and present a workshop that focuses on exactly those gaps.
Follow-up
Where needed, we measure again to see what has changed.
MEET THE TEAM
Three disciplines. One vision.
Each expert brings decades of distinction in their field. Together, they form a collaboration unlike anything else in Southern African education.
Prof. Ignatius Gous
Professor Emeritus · Researcher · Educator
With 44 years as an educator and researcher, Prof. Gous is a globally recognised authority in Mind, Brain and Education sciences.
He has lectured and presented across Africa, Europe, and beyond — and is driven by the conviction that effective learning is inseparable from meaningful living.
Through Future Sharp, he leads the translation of neuroscience and pedagogical research — including mastery learning strategies and AI-assisted teaching frameworks — into practical, classroom-ready tools for teachers, schools, and corporate trainers.
Dorrithé Labuschagne
Dorrithé Labuschagne believes that meaningful growth begins in real connection. As a registered Educational Psychologist, she works with parents, learners, and adults to unlock potential that may be hidden beneath uncertainty, stress, or transition.
Her practice — rooted in compassion and strategic insight — moves people from confusion to clarity, and from overwhelm to purposeful action.
Within Future Sharp, her psychological lens ensures that every intervention accounts for the whole person: how they think, learn, feel, and become.
Dr. Eugene Botha
CEO · Filmmaker · Former Full Professor, Unisa
Dr. Botha holds five cum laude degrees, published 70+ peer-reviewed works, and guided 30 postgraduate candidates — before founding Blue Marble Entertainment, South Africa’s premier production house.
His company has produced 40+ broadcast documentaries, 270+ current affairs stories, and award-winning content for SABC, kykNET, MNet, e-tv, and international platforms.
Within Future Sharp, his studio brings research and insight to life as compelling podcasts, video series, and educational programmes that audiences don’t just watch — they remember.
The unique combination
Where the three pillars converge
No single discipline transforms education on its own. Future Sharp’s power lies in the integration — research that informs psychology, psychology that shapes pedagogy, and production that carries it all to the people who need it.
Prof. Ignatius
Gous
Dorrithé Labuschagne
Dr. Eugene
Botha
Dr. Eugene
“This unique convergence of experience, insight, and creative ability is expertly poised to lead innovation in education — translating academic knowledge into life-changing habits and abilities for every learner.”
For learners and students
Study skills consultations
A personal consultation with Prof. Ignatius Gous, professor emeritus, researcher and educator in Mind, Brain and Education, or Dorrithé Labuschagne, registered educational psychologist, to find out how you learn best and what is standing in your way.
How it works
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Register onlineComplete the registration and accept the agreements.
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The consultationA personal session with Ignatius or Dorrithé to discuss the results and a way forward.
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Your reportA written report with practical recommendations.
Future Sharp footprint
CPTD
Courses for teachers
We have applied to SACE to accredit our courses for teachers, so that teachers can earn CPTD points for them. Leave your details and we will let you know as soon as they are approved.
The Future Sharp family
Read, listen, measure and learn
Everything we create, in one family. Choose where you want to start.
Future Shop
Buy our books as e-books, order a printed copy, or borrow a title for a while.
FutureSharp TALKS
Short talks from research, business, medicine and professional practice.
Questionnaires
Research-based questionnaires for learners, students, teachers and teams.
Online courses
Six simple steps to learn faster, remember more and reduce study stress.
wHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Testimonial
Learners, students and professionals who used our study strategies, in their own words.
I have distinctions for
most modules now.
Minette Cronje
Veterinary Student (Pretoria, South Africa)
I accelerated the speed at which I learnt, but most importantly, my retention increased.
Waldo Steynberg
Data and Analytics Lead (Brisbane, Australia)
This is a faster,
more effective way of learning.
Nicka Engelbrecht
Occupational Therapist (Port Elizabeth, RSA)
Events
Coming up
Example: Teaching in the AI era
Pretoria · 09:00
Example: Study skills for parents
Online · 19:00
Example: FutureSharp TALKS live
Pretoria · 18:30
