Fulfilling the Future through Innovation
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
The gap between present and future is bridged by innovation. Turn your project from Fluency 3 into plans that connect today to tomorrow.
Fulfilling the Future through Innovation
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
The gap between present and future is bridged by innovation. Turn your project from Fluency 3 into plans that connect today to tomorrow.
BELOVED CLIENTS
Course overview
Discover—and plan—your path to the future!
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.
Who is this course for
01
You are facing an innovation opportunity that needs to be cracked open.
02
You want to elevate your skills—and your profile—through training in innovation.
03
You are preparing for a higher level of responsibility within your organization.
What you’ll get out of this course
Train in the Zone of Discovery
- Unlock the creative potential of your brain with practical techniques.
- Identify opportunities for proprietary advantage that set your business apart.
Develop a Maximum Value Scenario
- Align organizational strategy with customer needs to create meaningful impact.
- Consider all stakeholders to optimize wins and resources across the system.
Build a Now-to-Future Innovation Portfolio
- Strategically map near-, mid-, and long-term projects to ensure seamless progression.
- Define and plan your first experiments with clear objectives for the next four quarters.
Design an Effective Communications Strategy
- Craft a business case that leverages current resources and goals
- Learn how to "Build to Tolerance," adapting to the system and culture for sustained success.
This course includes
5 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
In-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
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.
Fulfilling the Future through Innovation
Course syllabus
Week 1
Apr
16
MODULE 1 | Zone of Discovery
Week 2
Apr
23
MODULE 2 | Maximum Value Scenario
Week 3
Apr
30
MODULE 3 | Your Now-to-Future Portfolio
Week 4
Week 5
May
13
MODULE 4 | Designing for Gravity
Week 6
May
20
MODULE 5 | Influencing for Change
Get Fluent: Six Leadership Fluencies help you move with ease in uneasy times
Leading Self
Master the principles and practices of personal reinvention and purpose, empowering you to guide similar processes within your organization.
Leading Strategy
Use the power of foresight to anticipate opportunities, shape your vision, drive innovation for future relevance, and inspire excitement for change.
Leading Culture
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.
Meet your instructors
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
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.
This course is built for busy professionals
4-6 hours per week
If your schedule blows up, we've got you
Asynchronous learning is in the design
- Prework Videos and Readings: Access anytime!
- Recorded Live Sessions: Can’t make it live? Catch up with session recordings.
- Workroom Time on Fridays: A time to dive deeper into the material.
- 1:1 Support Calls: Personalized guidance to keep you aligned and moving forward.
A 5-part series
With a gang of peers
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!
Prework and Homework
Up to 2 hours per week
- The Prework will generally be 30 minutes of time or less.
- Expect Homework to take 30-60 minutes each week.
Additionally, we offer two Workrooms (Optional) for group coaching and project work on Fridays, 9am and 3pm
The Workroom Continues
Bonus offering!
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.
Action Learning
Bring a future challenge to solve for
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.
What people are saying
A.J.
April
Dan
Reian
Joelle
Ivanka
Emily
Anna
Join an upcoming cohort
Fulfilling the Future through Innovation
Spring Innovation Cohort 2025
$625
Dates
Application Deadline
Preview Solving for X
There are as many paths to move from now to what’s next as are imaginable, but that doesn’t make any of them right for you. The task is to find the path that simultaneously solves for future conditions, customer needs, and organizational purpose—and delivers the highest value for all. Solving for X gets you there.
Get this free resource
Frequently Asked Questions
Stay in the loop
Sign up to be the first to know about course updates.
Join an upcoming cohort
Fulfilling the Future through Innovation
Spring Innovation Cohort 2025
$625
Dates
Application Deadline