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Lead Like a Futurist - Mastering the Art of Reinvention

4.8

(13 ratings)

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5 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Deliberate reinvention is the key to staying ahead. Develop the ability to recognize patterns of change just as a futurist does.

Beloved clients

Salesforce
American Express
Google
Smithsonian
Nestlé

Course overview

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

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!"


NOTE: This is the last time Reinvention will be offered in 2024.

It'll make a return in Feb 2025 as a part of the full 6-Fluency curriculum.

Who this course is for

01

Established leaders positioning themselves for future executive roles.

02

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

03

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

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!

This course includes

15 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

12 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

13 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

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  • Week 1

    Jun 19—Jun 23

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Events

    • Jun

      19

      LIVE SESSION Module 1 | The Futurist's Approach

      Wed, Jun 19, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

    • Jun

      21

      Join the Workroom with Cecily (Optional)

      Fri, Jun 21, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

    • Jun

      21

      Join the Workroom with Chris (Optional)

      Fri, Jun 21, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Module 1 Pre-work: The Dreams That Shaped You

  • Week 2

    Jun 24—Jun 30

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Events

    • Jun

      26

      LIVE SESSION: Module 2 | Four Habits of Mind

      Wed, Jun 26, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

    • Jun

      28

      Join the Workroom with Cecily (Optional)

      Fri, Jun 28, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

    • Jun

      28

      Join the Workroom with Chris (Optional)

      Fri, Jun 28, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Module 2 Pre-work: Hacks for Getting Unstuck

    • Module 2 Post-gathering: Homework

  • Week 3

    Jul 1—Jul 7

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Nothing scheduled for this week.

  • Week 4

    Jul 8—Jul 14

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Events

    • Jul

      10

      LIVE SESSION Module 3 | The Spiral of Expansion

      Wed, Jul 10, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

    • Jul

      12

      Join the Workroom with Cecily (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 12, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

    • Jul

      12

      Join the Workroom with Chris (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 12, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Module 3 Pre-work: The Direction of Growth is Expansion-Here's how it works

    • Free preview

      Module 3 Homework: Hinging back to Action!

  • Week 5

    Jul 15—Jul 21

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Events

    • Jul

      17

      LIVE SESSION Module 4 | Qualities of Being

      Wed, Jul 17, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

    • Jul

      19

      Join the Workroom with Cecily (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 19, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

    • Jul

      19

      Join the Workroom with Chris (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 19, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Week 4 Pre-work: Qualities of Being

  • Week 6

    Jul 22—Jul 24

    Week dates are set to instructor's time zone

    Events

    • Jul

      24

      LIVE SESSION Module 5 | Breaking the Spell of Perfectionism

      Wed, Jul 24, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Module 5 Pre-Work: Breaking The Spell of Perfectionism

  • Post-Course

    Events

    • Jul

      26

      Join the Workroom with Cecily (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 26, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

    • Jul

      26

      Join the Workroom with Chris (Optional)

      Fri, Jul 26, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

    Modules

    • Five Easy Steps for Writing a Testimonial

4.8

(13 ratings)

What students are saying

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.

Reinvention works better together

Reinvention works better together

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and at-home practices to make the learning stick.

Interactive and applied to you

You’ll be interacting with your peers in breakout rooms and in exercises that apply to your life now.

Weekly office hours for coaching

In 2 office hour sessions offered each week, you'll get personal guidance from Cecily and/or Chris.

Course schedule

2-4 hours per week

  • Wednesdays, 9am-10:30am CST

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

  • Weekly Office Hours

    2 sessions, 1 hour each

    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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Your Guides

Cecily Sommers

Cecily Sommers

One of the World's Top 50 Female Futurists

With a reputation as "The Practical Futurist," Cecily helps leaders anticipate and steward transformational change. Kicking the futurist-as-guru paradigm to the curb, Cecily embeds foresight in leadership development programs, training them to be their own best futurists. It is how organizations build the culture they need for the future they want. Cecily is the author of Think Like a Futurist, a 2x-TEDx speaker, and a certified Transformational Coach.

Chris Everett

Chris Everett

Experience Designer, Facilitator, Coach

Chris creates and guides experiences for individuals and organizations in threshold moments of change. He has an uncanny ability to help top leaders and broader teams see their world and work through a new lens of possibility. It is how organizations see real potential and a path forward. With over three decades in crafting brand expression and strategy, Chris is a master at using beauty as a powerful medium for transformation.

What people are saying

        “The program stands as a testament to Cecily and Chris' expertise in leadership development. From the meticulously crafted content to the insightful coaching and practical tools, their mastery shines through.”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

VP, International Management Group
        “As a leader, I want to do a "good job" for the benefit of others. But, this session turned the focus inward. I learned a set of tools and helped me master an understanding of myself. What a way to learn to lead others!”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

CEO, Global Design Firm
        “My LLAF workshop experience was followed by several transformative conversations with friends and colleagues. Things were both set into motion and released. It was a rare, unique, lovely experience. Thank you!”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

Manager, UX Group
        “Cecily and Chris orchestrated this journey with exceptional mastery, guiding me through the process that systematically peeled away layers, unveiling a depth of self-discovery.”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

CEO, DEI Consultancy
        “Cecily and Chris are artful facilitators, wise leaders, and inspired humans. What a gift to the world!”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

SVP, National Retailer
        “Defining courage as a receptive state has changed my view of leadership forever!”
Reinvention Participant

Reinvention Participant

Director, Family Foundation

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Free resource

A Futurist’s Perspective on Change

We are not in an era of change,

we are living in a change of eras.


The future really isn't what it used to be, yet the meta-view of a futurist still helps us follow predictable patterns of change to take advantage of what’s coming next.


Watch this short video to find out how the Futurist's Perspective helps us to Keep Calm and Carry On...into the emerging future!

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