A Simple Step to Help Others Every Day

Current e-Journal – August 19, 2021   A Simple Step to Help Others Every Day In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Noticing Opportunities to be of Service Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: UPCOMING CATALYTIC THINKING CONVERSATIONS: What would it look like if the way we resource … Read more

Why “Being Grateful” is Just the Beginning

Current e-Journal – June 02, 2021   Why “Being Grateful” is Just the Beginning In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Active Gratitude: Moving beyond “Feeling Grateful” Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week:  Catalytic Thinking in ACTION Invitations & Announcements: UPCOMING CATALYTIC THINKING CONVERSATIONS: We are so … Read more

This will give you strength when you need it most

Current e-Journal – May 05, 2021 This will give you strength when you need it most Love photo created by aleksandarlittlewolf – www.freepik.com In this newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Gratitude: A Strength to Build Upon Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week:  Catalytic Thinking in ACTION Invitations & Announcements: UPCOMING … Read more

A Simple Tip for Powerful Introductions

Current e-Journal – March 1, 2021  Do your introductions make people feel special?   In this newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: A Simple Tip for Making Powerful Introductions Resources to Further Your Practice Thread of the Week: From the Catalytic Thinking Facebook Group Invitations & Announcements: Naming this newsletter: Recently, our readers have … Read more

You can do better. And your community needs you to start now.

Current e-Journal – January 25, 2021  What do you really want     for your community?     for your world?     for yourself?   Before we dive in, a quick announcement: You can influence what you read in this newsletter.  As we step more deeply into systems change work here at Creating the … Read more

Heading into 2021 with GUSTO!

Current e-Journal – December 29, 2020 We CAN create a future different from our past!   Heading into 2021 with gusto! If there is one question we heard repeatedly throughout the most trying year many of us have lived through, it was “How can we create a future different from our past?” We hope these … Read more

Only Connect

Current e-Journal – December 7, 2020 “Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.” ~ E.M. Forster, from Howard’s End   Before we dive in, 2 quick announcements: Values and the Board: Are you curious what it takes for an organization’s values to be the board’s primary focus? Join our discussion on December 14th! … Read more

Integrity, Hypocrisy, and You

Current e-Journal – November 17, 2020 What are the values you want to see in the world? Is that what you’re modeling?   Before we dive in, a quick announcement: We want your insights! This week’s eJournal about Integrity is timely for the work Creating the Future’s board has been doing. At our last meeting, … Read more

How “just one person” can make a big difference

Current e-Journal – October 28, 2020 But I’m just one person…   Before we dive in, a quick announcement: Creating the Future’s next board / community meeting is Monday, November 9 at 1pm Eastern time. The discussion will include determining what an “Integrity-focused board” looks like in practice, and how that translates to board recruitment. … Read more

3 Ways to Make Your Organization More Open

Current e-Journal – How to make YOUR organization more OPEN In this eJournal, you’ll find the mechanics of… * Open meetings (and the invitation to our upcoming meeting re: Racial Equity) * Openness and the 990 * Openness and Bylaws Openness is embedded in Creating the Future’s DNA. We have described the multitude of benefits … Read more