Synced to the reinvention that comes with spring, it's time to attend to what's budding in you!

Spring 2024 Cohort

Develop the ability to recognize patterns of change just as a futurist does.  Join the waitlist for 2025 (dates tbd)!

Cecily Sommers

One of the World's Top 50 Female Futurists

Chris Everett

Experience Designer, Facilitator, Coach

Mastering the Art of Reinvention

Salesforce

American Express

Google

Smithsonian

Nestlé

In this 5-part series you learn to recognize the universal patterns and principles of change and apply them in your own life. As you master it in yourself, you can see and scale change in the organization as well. Mastering reinvention is the first of Six Leadership Fluencies covered in the Lead Like a Futurist program. From there, the other 5 Fluencies build on that foundational skill of adaptability. By completing all 6, you develop the ability to foresee, strategize, and lead your organization through our rapidly changing world (more at leadlikeafuturist.com) The Art of Reinvention delivers a range of content through a variety of live and independent learning experiences, including:• Weekly Zoom sessions• Reinvention Workbook• Live group and break-out discussions• Pre-work materials: short videos and prompts• Weekly projects for IRL application• Office hours for specific questions and deep-dive coaching• A cohort of like-minded leaders• And, as many have appreciated, "Time to focus on me!"

Unlock performance in leaders & orgs with a futurist's ability to 'read change.'

Established leaders positioning themselves for future executive roles.

Leaders seeking frameworks and practices to build a culture of reinvention with their teams.

You're in transition, or can feel one coming on. You feel restless and hopeful about what's next.

Who this course is for

By the end of this course you will understand

How cycles of change can be read through history, in nature, and in our own lives.

How to leverage these cycles for greater ease and responsiveness.

How to ‘read’ complexity as a basic pattern of life.

How following the signals of change help us navigate transitional periods.

How to use a futurist’s meta-perspective to get unstuck and focus on what matters.

How to break the spell of perfectionism — finally!

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Third Module

Course syllabus

Master the principles and practices of personal reinvention and purpose, empowering you to guide similar processes within your organization.

Leading Self

Use the power of foresight to anticipate opportunities, shape your vision, drive innovation for future relevance, and inspire excitement for change.

Leading Strategy

Aligned with your future vision, lead with humility, the courage to do what’s right, and a deep commitment to fostering belonging and embodying wisdom in every decision.

Leading Culture

Get Fluent: Six Leadership Fluencies help you move with ease in uneasy times

Real-life outcomes for you

Apply simple yet powerful hacks to get a futurist’s perspective on any situation.

Learn to discern the early signals of change, what’s expiring and what’s emerging.

Find the thread of your life, from earliest dreams to who you’re becoming now.

Develop the qualities you wish to both embody and attract.

See the cycle of reinvention at work in yourself, relationships, and your organization.

Share tools and frameworks with your team that inspire reinvention as a way of being at work.

We meet for 5 sessions, over 6 weeks (vacation week 7/1-7/10), June 19-July 26, 2024.

Wednesdays, 9am-10:30am CST

One coaching session hosted each week by Cecily, and one by Chris. These sessions are open to others, so coaching will be done with an audience of your peers (whoever shows up). The 2 sessions are intended to meet varied time zones. 9:00AM CT and 3:00PM CT

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