e-Journal Archive

Subscribe to the e-Journal Do you trust your community? May 6, 2024 Read More → Fundraising without Scarcity April 15, 2024 Read More → Do your people really matter? April 1, 2024 Read More → To solve problems, stop trying to solve problems March 5, 2024 Read More → Is your board leading or following? … Read more

Subscribe to Creating the Future’s e-Journal

Subscribe to Creating the Future’s e-Journal Creating the Future’s e-Journal shares Catalytic Thinking practices that you can experiment with in your day-to-day life.  It is also where we announce conversations you can participate in, decision-making meetings you can be part of, and new educational offerings and updates. You can see past issues of our eJournal … Read more

Do you trust your community?

Current e-Journal – May 7, 2024   Do you trust your community? In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… • Invitations & Announcements   • Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Do you trust your community? • Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Designing Equitable Hiring Practices via Catalytic Thinking At our May Integrity conversation, we will continue … Read more

Creating the Future’s Community Engagement Timeline

In 2022, as Creating the Future prepared to step into the final 5 years of our 10-year mission, we came to you – our community members – to determine our next steps. This degree of engagement is in our DNA, as the very first question in the Catalytic Thinking framework is this: Who will be … Read more

Fundraising without Scarcity

Current e-Journal – April 16, 2024 Fundraising without Scarcity In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise:  Fundraising without Scarcity Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Designing Equitable Hiring Practices via Catalytic Thinking At our April Integrity conversation, we will continue designing equitable, inclusive, and joyful hiring and contracting processes … Read more

Do your people really matter?

Current e-Journal – April 2, 2024 Do your people really matter? In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Making your work as humane as possible Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Designing Equitable Hiring Practices via Catalytic Thinking At our April Integrity conversation, we will continue designing equitable, … Read more

To solve problems, stop trying to solve problems

Current e-Journal – March 05, 2024 To solve problems, stop trying to solve problems In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: To solve problems, stop trying to solve problems Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week: Catalytic Thinking in ACTION Invitations & Announcements: Last chance to aim Your … Read more

Is your board leading or following?

Current e-Journal – February 21, 2024 Is your board part of your leadership team? In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Exercise: Boards and Leadership Resources to Further Your Efforts Invitations & Announcements: Your organization deserves a board that is making a difference. Does your board spend most of their time talking about creating … Read more

Conflict is always about Values

Current e-Journal – January 30, 2024 Conflict is always about Values In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: What is more important…this or that? Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Designing Equitable Hiring Practices via Catalytic Thinking At our February integrity conversation, we will begin designing hiring and … Read more