$471 billion dollars1 1.3 million organizations1 12 million employees1 This is the nonprofit sector in the United States at a glance. So much money. So many organizations. So many people. And so much frustration. All of us sensing that more change is possible, often feeling like we are taking 2 steps forward and 1.5 steps … Read more
In early July, Creating the Future launched an experiment in online learning. The experiment combined various aspects our team has wanted explore, from the way the content was presented, to the way questions were encouraged, to the way tuition was structured. Tomorrow, we will be debriefing from our first toe-in-the water with this experiment. In … Read more
As we’re crafting the second course in our new curriculum – Catalytic Listening – we have been talking about creating “cheat sheets” as reminders. One of those sheets will include a list of words and phrases that inadvertently not only fail to bring out the best in ourselves and others, they actually bring out the … Read more
On February 17, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team continued crafting the Catalytic Listening course in our new curriculum. The video of that 3rd meeting is below. Where we are in the process: Meeting #1: We established what this class has the potential to make possible, and for whom. Meeting #2: We established the pre-conditions for success that … Read more
On February 3, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to continue crafting the Catalytic Listening course in our new curriculum. The video of that 2nd meeting is at this link. The following is a summary of that meeting. (To follow this process from the beginning, Meeting #1 is here.) Catalytic Thinking 102: Catalytic Listening Cause-and-effect conditions for … Read more
On February 3, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to continue crafting the second course in our new curriculum… Catalytic Listening. And as we do with everything at Creating the Future, we are using the framework of Catalytic Strategy to develop that program! (To follow this process from the beginning, Meeting #1 is here.) The video … Read more
For the past year, Creating the Future has been developing a whole new curriculum, to provide deep immersion into the various practices that make up our Catalytic Thinking framework. The following is an update, an announcement, and most especially an invitation! Background Since 2009, the cornerstone of Creating the Future’s programs has been immersion education. … Read more
On January 27, 2016 Creating the Future’s Faculty Team met to begin crafting the second course in our new curriculum – Catalytic Listening. And as we do with everything at Creating the Future, we are using the framework of Catalytic Strategy to develop that program! What will learning / teaching Catalytic Listening make possible? For whom? … Read more
As we announced in one of our recent eJournals, the Education team at Creating the Future is in the process of developing a whole new online curriculum to teach what had formerly been available only in 5-day on-site immersion courses. Having just completed the BETA of Catalytic Thinking 101, we are about to begin the … Read more