Getting Grant-Ready: Catalytic Thinking in ACTION

What does it look like to apply the questions of Catalytic Thinking to seeking grants? Come join us on October 23rd as we do just that. You’ll be part of a real planning session – a case study in real time. You’ll learn, add your thoughts to the mix, and gain experience with Catalytic Thinking … Read more

Consultant Referral Processes: Summary of Meeting #1

For much of this year, Creating the Future’s Integrity Board has been focused on the people side of running an organization: Hiring and contracting processes. At our September meeting, we turned to another aspect of the people side of things: Processes for referring work to consultants. Creating the Future is NOT a consulting firm. However … Read more

Designing a Referral Process: October 2024 Integrity Team Meeting

Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, October 14, 2024 10am-12pm Pacific time / 1pm-3pm Eastern time / 6pm-8pm UK time Topic: Designing Consultant Referral Processes via Catalytic Thinking (Part 2) Watch the meeting LIVE at this post. Just scroll to the very bottom of the page. Details about how to participate are below. … Read more

Designing a Referral Process: September 2024 Integrity Team Meeting

Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, September 9, 2024 10am-12pm Pacific time / 1pm-3pm Eastern time / 6pm-8pm UK time Topic: Designing Consultant Referral Processes via Catalytic Thinking Watch the meeting LIVE at this post. Just scroll to the very bottom of the page. Details about how to participate are below. Designing Consultant … Read more

Hiring Practices & Catalytic Thinking: Summary of Meeting #4

At this month’s Integrity Team meeting, we continued discussing one of the most important topics an organization can address: Hiring and contracting processes and practices. Background During 2023, a big part of our work was to determine the plan for accomplishing our mission in the remaining 3 years of our 10-year mission.  That plan is now done, and we … Read more

Hiring Practices & Catalytic Thinking: Summary of Meeting #3

At this month’s Integrity Team meeting, we continued discussing one of the most important topics an organization can address: Hiring and contracting processes and practices. Background During 2023, a big part of our work was to determine the plan for accomplishing our mission in the remaining 3 years of our 10-year mission.  That plan is now done, and … Read more

Catalytic Thinking & Hiring Part 4: June 2024 Integrity Conversation

Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, June 10, 2024 10am-12pm Pacific time / 1pm-3pm Eastern time / 6pm-8pm UK time Topic: Designing Equitable Hiring Practices via Catalytic Thinking Watch the meeting LIVE at this post. Just scroll to the very bottom of the page. Details about how to participate are below. Equitable Hiring … Read more

A Conversation between Vu Le & Hildy Gottlieb

Hildy Gottlieb and Vu Le Creating visionary social change: A conversation with Vu Le & Hildy Gottlieb On May 23, 2024, Creating the Future’s Hildy Gottlieb and Vu Le hosted a conversation about Catalytic Thinking as a pathway out of what Vu has described as being in a rut of incrementalism. The session was simultaneously … 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