Getting Ready for 2025: January 2025 Integrity Team Conversation

Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, January 13, 2025 10am-12pm Pacific time / 1pm-3pm Eastern time / 6pm-8pm UK time Topic: Stepping into 2025: What’s Next? Details about how to participate are below.  Watch the meeting at the bottom of the page. ⬇️ Reviewing 2024 and Stepping into 2025 2024 was a super-productive … Read more

2024 Accomplishments

It’s year-end, and we are celebrating all we accomplished for our community in 2024. And what a year it was!!! In 2024, we had one foot in Phase 1 of our mission – to teach and experiment with Catalytic Thinking in a variety of settings, to demonstrate what is possible when we change the questions … Read more

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