Trilhar Labs
The method

Light on the surface. Serious underneath.

The tone is accessible and classes are dynamic. The foundations come from Schumpeter, Klaus Schwab, Carol Dweck, Brené Brown and Annette Simmons, adapted to the reality of Brazilian teenagers.

Creative destruction4th industrial revolutionGrowth mindsetAuthenticityStorytelling
A class gathered in the classroom with Trilhar Labs facilitators
Teaching foundations

Four choices that make every class different.

Swiss education model

Learning by doing

Practice, autonomy and real application. Students lead their own learning instead of just receiving it.

Flipped classroom

Come prepared, leave creating

Content is the starting point. Class time is for applying, questioning and creating.

Gamification

Challenge, progress, achievement

Star ratings, an online financial decision game and the Skills Self-Assessment Wheel.

Self-contained lessons

Nobody gets left behind

Each lesson delivers complete knowledge without depending on the previous one. Every session stands on its own.

The trail

The same arc every innovator travels, compressed into one school year.

1

Discover

Awareness and broader perception

Self-knowledge, awareness of one's surroundings and of choices. Young people don't act because they don't yet know who they are or where they stand.

Agency begins when they realize they have choices.

2

Explore

Analysis, testing and decision-making

Critical thinking, hypotheses tested without fear of failure and decisions based on data and purpose. This is where financial literacy comes in strong.

Raising young people who can navigate uncertainty.

3

Create

Synthesis and production with impact

Execution, purposeful creativity and technology as a tool. Everything comes together in a real deliverable, defended at DemoDay.

Knowing without doing is education's most common waste.

You are not a task executor, but the author of your choices.
Workbook 3 · Create module
Workbooks

Three original workbooks with ISBN.

2nd edition, 2026. Illustrations that blend everyday life in Brazilian neighborhoods with a sci-fi aesthetic. Each QR code leads to a Trailmakers episode recorded for that topic.

Cover of the Module 1 workbook, Discover (Descobrir) Cover of the Module 2 workbook, Explore (Explorar) Cover of the Module 3 workbook, Create (Criar)
Editorial team
Author · Tales Gomes
Editor · Mariane Fernandes
Curators · Gilvan Bueno, Luã Soares, Helder Alves, Marina Galluzzi
Proofreading · Marina Galluzzi
Graphic design · Guilherme Silva
Coordination · José Alaor Fiorese
Publishers · ETEC + INOVA · Print Park
Final project

Not a school assignment. A real deliverable.

Throughout the year, each trailblazer builds a project that brings the three pillars together. At DemoDay, they defend it before a panel with real evaluation criteria.

See the programs
A class on the DemoDay stage holding their certificates