Lead Like a Futurist - Mastering the Art of Reinvention
4.8
(14 ratings)
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Develop the ability to recognize patterns of change just as a futurist does. Join the waitlist for 2025 (dates tbd)!
Lead Like a Futurist - Mastering the Art of Reinvention
4.8
(14 ratings)
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Develop the ability to recognize patterns of change just as a futurist does. Join the waitlist for 2025 (dates tbd)!
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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!"
Who this course is for
01
Established leaders positioning themselves for future executive roles.
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Leaders seeking frameworks and practices to build a culture of reinvention with their teams.
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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
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
12 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
7 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.
Lead Like a Futurist - Mastering the Art of Reinvention
Course syllabus
Week 1
Week 1 Pre-work: The Dreams That Shaped You
Week 2
Week 2 Pre-work: The Drama Triangle + 4 Habits of Mind
Week 2 Post-gathering: Homework
Week 3
Week 3 Pre-work: The Direction of Growth is Expansion-Here's how it works
Week 3 Homework: Hinging back to Action!
Week 4
Week 4 Pre-work: Qualities of Being
Week 5
Week 5 Pre-work: Breaking the Spell of Perfectionism + Integration
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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
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
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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