Creating the Future Creating the Future’s “Indicators of Mission Success” Board / Community Meeting was held right here on Monday, September 12, from 1pm-3pm ET (US). Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch and add to the discussion. At our September meeting, we discussed indicators of success. • If Creating the Future’s 10 year plan is successful … Read more
What do bylaws make possible for accomplishing an organization’s mission? Aside from meeting various external regulatory standards, what good do bylaws really do for an organization and the mission they have set out to accomplish? These were just some of the questions our board and community members explored at our July 2016 board meeting, as … Read more
Bringing out the best in ourselves and others starts not with our actions, but with the assumptions that guide those actions, the stories we tell ourselves that we believe simply as “the truth.” What if those stories are not true? What if “those people” are not whatever assumptions we make about them. What if “that … Read more
Watch Today’s Board Meeting Here (Please note that due to a technical issue the meeting was recorded in two parts. Also, there is a small gap between the sessions.) Part 1 Part 2 Watch Today’s Board Meeting Here > LISTEN TO THE MEETING HERE or Download the MP3 (To download to your hard drive, right-click … Read more
Creating the Future’s “Restructuring” Meeting will take place right here on Monday, March 14 from 1pm-3pm ET (US). Scroll to the bottom of this post for details on how to watch and participate. The agenda for the meeting is at this link here. As part of that agenda, you’ll find a summary snapshot of where … Read more
On February 17, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team continued crafting the Catalytic Listening course in our new curriculum. The video of that 3rd meeting is below. Where we are in the process: Meeting #1: We established what this class has the potential to make possible, and for whom. Meeting #2: We established the pre-conditions for success that … Read more
On February 3, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to continue crafting the Catalytic Listening course in our new curriculum. The video of that 2nd meeting is at this link. The following is a summary of that meeting. (To follow this process from the beginning, Meeting #1 is here.) Catalytic Thinking 102: Catalytic Listening Cause-and-effect conditions for … Read more
On February 3, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to continue crafting the second course in our new curriculum… Catalytic Listening. And as we do with everything at Creating the Future, we are using the framework of Catalytic Strategy to develop that program! (To follow this process from the beginning, Meeting #1 is here.) The video … Read more
For the past year, Creating the Future has been developing a whole new curriculum, to provide deep immersion into the various practices that make up our Catalytic Thinking framework. The following is an update, an announcement, and most especially an invitation! Background Since 2009, the cornerstone of Creating the Future’s programs has been immersion education. … Read more
On January 27, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to begin crafting the second course in our new curriculum – Catalytic Listening. And as we do with everything at Creating the Future, we are using the framework of Catalytic Strategy to develop that program! What will learning / teaching Catalytic Listening make possible? For whom? … Read more