Spring Innovation Cohort 2025

The gap between present and future is bridged by innovation. Turn your project from Fluency 3 into plans that connect today to tomorrow.

Cecily Sommers 

One of the World's Top 50 Female Futurists

Chris Everett

Experience Designer, Facilitator, Coach

Fulfilling the Future through Innovation

Salesforce

American Express

Google

Smithsonian Institution

Nestlé

In this course, we’ll help you unlock the unique potential of your business. Using my proven Solving for X formula, we’ll create space for your creativity to soar—then guide it into a practical, actionable plan. Along the way, we’ll develop a change management and communication strategy to ensure your ideas are supported and understood. By the end, you’ll walk away with a clear innovation strategy and a portfolio of opportunities to confidently guide your next steps. The Leading Strategy curriculum is grounded in Cecily’s award-winning book, Think Like a Futurist, a proven guide for applying foresight to strategy and innovation in corporate settings. Built on over 20 years of success with clients across industries, this course integrates real-world case studies to bring the concepts to life and provide actionable insights for your own strategic challenges. While not required, reading Think Like a Futurist will offer additional depth and context to the course material. This is the fourth of six fluencies in the Lead Like a Futurist program:Leading Self: Reinvention and Purpose (Timing TBD: go to leadlikeafuturist.com to join waitlist)Leading Strategy: Foresight and Innovation (Spring 2025)Leading Culture: Belonging and Wisdom (Fall 2025)Learn more at leadlikeafuturist.com.___________________________________DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE!Register for two or more fluencies within a 24-hour period and save big. Indicate your interest on the application to receive your discount code: - Two Fluencies: $100 off each course- Three Fluencies: $125 off each course- Four Fluencies: $150 off each course That's 4 for the price of 3! BONUS: Registering for two or more fluencies grants you access to continued Workroom coaching sessions between courses. This high-value opportunity is exclusively available to those who make this commitment. CERTIFICATION: Students who complete the full Lead Like a Futurist six-fluency leadership program will be awarded a certificate that verifies their achievement and training. This certificate is suitable for framing, adding to your resume, and showcasing on your LinkedIn profile to highlight your leadership development.

Discover—and plan—your path to the future!

​​You are facing an innovation opportunity that needs to be cracked open.

You want to elevate your skills—and your profile—through training in innovation.

You are preparing for a higher level of responsibility within your organization.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

<ul><li>Unlock the creative potential of your brain with practical techniques.</li><li>Identify opportunities for proprietary advantage that set your business apart.</li></ul>

Train in the Zone of Discovery

<ul><li>Align organizational strategy with customer needs to create meaningful impact.</li><li>Consider all stakeholders to optimize wins and resources across the system.</li></ul>

Develop a Maximum Value Scenario

<ul><li>Strategically map near-, mid-, and long-term projects to ensure seamless progression.</li><li>Define and plan your first experiments with clear objectives for the next four quarters.</li></ul>

Build a Now-to-Future Innovation Portfolio

<ul><li>Craft a business case that leverages current resources and goals</li><li>Learn how to "Build to Tolerance," adapting to the system and culture for sustained success.</li></ul>

Design an Effective Communications Strategy

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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

Meet your instructors

<ul><li>Prework Videos and Readings:&nbsp;Access anytime!</li><li>Recorded Live Sessions:&nbsp;Can’t make it live? Catch up with session recordings.</li><li>Workroom Time on Fridays:&nbsp;A time to dive deeper into the material.</li><li>1:1 Support Calls:&nbsp;Personalized guidance to keep you aligned and moving forward.</li></ul>

If your schedule blows up, we've got you 

There are five 90-min live sessions that occur on Wednesdays at 9am CST. This time is suited to a variety of timezones, making it friendly to students across the Americas and Europe.These are the people you've been waiting to meet: thoughtful and passionate—just like you!

A 5-part series

<ul><li>The Prework will generally be 30 minutes of time or less.</li><li>Expect Homework to take 30-60 minutes each week.</li></ul>Additionally, we offer two Workrooms (Optional) for group coaching and project work on Fridays, 9am and 3pm

Prework and Homework

Let the lessons take root with real-life coaching between course, where you'll tackle pressures, politics, and decisions in a supportive community.Available for those registered in 2+ fluencies in 2025.

The Workroom Continues

Leading Strategy—The Foresight and Innovation fluencies—are project-based courses. The scope is intentionally flexible, allowing you to choose what interests or matters most to you. This approach provides a practical focus as you learn and apply innovation tools and practices.

Action Learning

This course is built for busy professionals
 

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