How information can change your community

Current e-Journal – November 19, 2024 How information can change your community In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: How Hyper-Local Information Creates Real Change Invitations & Announcements Reflections on Moving Forward In Hildy’s latest article at LinkedIn, she reminds us of what is possible when times feel markedly less … Read more

A post-election note from Hildy

Current e-Journal – November 12, 2024 A post-election note from Hildy   Dear friends, We had planned a different newsletter for this week. But as has happened for so many of us, nothing is as we had planned. Or as we had hoped and worked towards. I have a whole lot of observations. About race … Read more

What you DO have control over

Current e-Journal – November 5, 2024 What DO you have control over? In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: What DO you have control over? Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements The Creating the Future Podcast! What does it take to create sweeping, visionary, systemic change? That is … Read more

What actually creates change?

Current e-Journal – October 29, 2024 What actually creates change? We’ll get to the point quickly in this newsletter: We’ve launched the Creating the Future podcast! The podcast focuses on the most important question for folks in the social change arena: What actually creates change? If we want a future that is more humane, more … Read more

The Problem with Evaluation

Current e-Journal – October 22, 2024 The Problem with Evaluation In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise:  The Problem with Evaluation Resources to Further Your Practice Our Final Webinar of 2024! Next week Creating the Future will host our final webinar of 2024: Unlocking Your Board’s Potential with Catalytic Thinking. … Read more

Are you asking for what you really want?

Current e-Journal – October 15, 2024 Asking for what you really want In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Asking for what you really want Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements Grant-writing: A Different Approach On October 23rd we will apply Catalytic Thinking to grant proposals – and we … Read more

Messaging made easy

Current Tools You Can Use NOW October 8, 2024 Messaging Made Easy In this week’s Tools to Use Newsletter… • Invitations and Announcements   • Tools You Can Use NOW: Messaging Made Easy Invitations and Announcements: Write Better Grant Proposals Find out what would make your grant proposals more powerful! On October 23rd we will apply Catalytic … Read more

What “Accountability to Community” really looks like

Current e-Journal – October 1, 2024 Photo by User:Germain92, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons What “Accountability to Community” really looks like In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: What “Accountability to Community” really looks like Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Your organization deserves a board that … Read more

How to Change the Questions in your day-to-day

Current Tools You Can Use NOW Changing the questions in your day-to-day Most people who encounter the questions of Catalytic Thinking are struck by the power we have to change our circumstances by simply changing the questions we ask. But because these questions feel different, some folks find it hard to apply them in their … Read more

Unearthing Assumptions with Ease

Current e-Journal – September 17, 2024 Assumptions are the water we swim in In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Expose Assumptions with Ease Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: If you’re stepping into Planning mode… For your 2025 plan, which will you choose? A planning process designed … Read more