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This area is filled with how-to articles, engaging conversations, and tons of examples of Catalytic Thinking in Action including actual planning sessions. Much to explore and learn from!
When we have tough decisions to make, what guides those decisions? We may sense that one option is right, but we can’t articulate why except perhaps a gut feeling. Or we may just be overwhelmed by the sheer range of options, especially when the choice is among 10 different ideas. All of that is then … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, May 13, 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
At the March meeting of Creating the Future’s Integrity Board, we continued applying Catalytic Thinking to the critical conversation around hiring and contracting processes and practices. At our first meeting about this topic in February, we had already addressed the first two questions of Catalytic Thinking – the question of who would be affected by … Read more
Last month, Creating the Future’s Integrity Board began tackling a critical conversation for any social change organization: Hiring and contracting processes and practices. 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 process gave us the opportunity to slowly think … Read more
Creating the Future’s Integrity Body (Board) Meeting: Monday, March 11, 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