Abby Covert

Author, teacher and community leader in the field of information architecture

Peership in Sensemaking

Alfi Oloo

Discovery specialist, product designer and mentor to African thought-leaders

Why peership may be the missing ingredient in your practice

What you get from a quality peership

How to start deepening the relationships you have with peers

Where to find peers worth collaborating with

Transform stuck meetings into breakthrough moments, cultures of conflict into group belonging, and workplace ambiguity into strategic action

Co-Founder, Facilitation Leadership Lab

Google

UNICEF

Harvard Kennedy School

Silkroad

Kate Krontiris

Organizational development strategist, musician, and facilitator 

Data & Society

United States Agency for International Development

Harvard University

Charley Johnson

Systems change strategist, coach, and facilitator.

Cohort 9

Cohort 10

Master the Craft of Group Facilitation is a live, online, cohort-based course for rising and established leaders who want to perfect the craft of leading and facilitating groups through complex and fraught dynamics, so that they can achieve their purpose.We’ve all been in stuck meetings that fail to achieve their goals, planning processes that are hijacked by conflict and/or unproductive group dynamics, and strategy retreats that focus on all the wrong issues.You’ll learn and practice proven facilitation skills in a lab-like environment so that you can lead a group through complex and fraught dynamics, and help them achieve their purpose. You’ll also receive 1:1 coaching with instructors, and access to a peer-learning community with 100+ leaders from organizations like Humanity United, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Google, the Center for Tech &amp; Civic Life, More in Common, and many more.Enroll today!

Facilitating groups is a craft anybody can learn –  we’ll help you master it.

Turn group confusion into focused strategy

Turn broken processes into purposeful planning

Turn stuck meetings into breakthrough moments

Turn cultures of conflict into group belonging

Civil society leaders who want to master the craft of group facilitation and level-up their organization.&nbsp;

Operators and product managers who are tired of all the ‘people &amp; process stuff’ getting in the way of key outcomes.

Managers of cross-functional teams or partner-facing leaders who want proven tools to facilitate groups to achieve their purpose.

Build on your product skills to excel at team-building, improving performance, seeing what others are missing and enabling impactful change.

Excellence & Impact for Product Leaders

Sascha Brossmann

Fractional CPO · Executive Advisor · Community Builder

Cohort 1

Research is clear: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hbr.org/2009/05/why-teams-dont-work">most teams underperform</a>. To make it worse, many organisations struggle to define how their employees will be successful at teamwork. People are complex – they require work to make the work work. :)This can be hard even for seasoned leaders. As a rookie manager, the challenge becomes even more daunting: suddenly you're facing entirely new problems that require equally new skills. It often feels like assembling your parachute while already falling.It does not have to be that way.I've been that manager. Muddling through, failures along the way. Until something clicked:As product people we habitually point all our skills outward, at users. Our organisations and the people we work with remain a blind spot.This changes fundamentally when we reframe what we already know.People Discovery turns our skills inward: to understand the people we work with, surface needs and capabilities, and convert that into trust, cohesion, and visibly better work. A win/win for people and performance.With that we can approach our teams and organisations like a product: human-centric, outcome-focused, agile, strategic, intentionally designed.It profoundly changes the game. Like to see how?

Turn your product skills inwards to become a high-impact leader

The unlock: Reframe your product skills for management and leadership

The backbone: Build situational awareness with people and business discovery

The heart muscle: Turn insights into effective team agreements that stick

Benefit from people discovery across the team lifecycle

Diagnose and fix performance and culture issues

The growth hormone: Leverage product skills beyond leading teams

You have senior work experience in a product-related role. You're confident with your skills so that you can start building on them.

Senior product-related experience

Both a team you're leading or one of equal peers (e.g. exec team) works. No team? We will also use roleplay and an AI team for course work.

Ideally: you have a team to get right into practice

New managers coming from a product, design, tech, or related role who want to hit the ground running.

Experienced managers looking for new ways to improve both team performance and talent attrition.

Senior leaders discontent with the status quo who want to align human flourishing with business impact.

Align leaders around capabilities to produce desired outcomes and adapt projects and outcomes to changing conditions.

Orchestrator of enterprise performance 

Amber Román

Coach to enterprises on growth, team performance & capability development

Innovator & strategy to results guide

Jim Dowling

Enterprise performance coach and methodology innovator

Strategy-to-Results innovator

Rich Lynch

Business performance methodology innovator

Align projects to realize vision by closing capability gaps … and how  AI can help.

Cohort 2

Exceptional project leaders understand a critical truth: projects don't exist in a vacuum. They thrive when deeply aligned with the organization's operational capabilities and strategic objectives. This isn't just about delivering outputs; it's about understanding the tangible and intangible outcomes your projects are intended to achieve and becoming a true strategic business partner.Imagine having a clearer understanding of the fundamental building blocks of your organization: Communicate more effectively with stakeholders across all levels, using a shared language of business value.Make more informed project decisions, prioritizing initiatives that directly contribute to desired goals.Pivot quickly and confidently when faced with changing market dynamics or organizational needs.Manage project resources more effectively, ensuring they're focused on activities that drive the most significant impact. We'll equip you with actionable strategies to connect the dots between your organization's essential capabilities and your projects. You'll learn how to ask the right questions to uncover these critical links and ensure your work is always aligned with the bigger picture.

Outcomes-Driven Project Leadership

Gain a powerful new strategic lens

Become a more influential communicator

Faster decision-making

Effective resource management

Project Managers who recognize that projects don't exist in isolation and are interested in addressing the bigger picture.

Business Analysts who have a project focus and are interested in bridging the gap between business needs and project execution.

Leaders at all levels who provide the necessary resources, guidance, and support to enable project teams to achieve their objectives.

Our work strengthens leadership at the foundation

Purpose-Driven Leadership Development

Alfonso Medina

Leadership journey shaped by experience, mentorship, and disciplined growth

A structured methodology designed to strengthen leadership capability, reinforce leadership development.

The Leadership Pact Workshop

A structured leadership development methodology designed to strengthen leadership capability and embed sustainable performance systems within organizations. The Leadership Pact is built on three foundational pillars that empower leaders to create lasting impact. Participants will explore the power of Responsibility and Commitment, learning how effective leaders take ownership of outcomes, lead with accountability, and model the behaviors they expect from others. They will discover what it means to be People First, developing the skills to build trust, strengthen relationships, and create environments where individuals and teams can thrive. Finally, participants will embrace a mindset of Growth Through Continuous Development, understanding that leadership is a journey that requires ongoing learning, coaching, reflection, and improvement. Through practical application, self-discovery, and real-world leadership challenges, learners will leave with a framework for leading with purpose, developing others, and driving sustainable results.

This workshop is designed to develop managers into leaders who drive performance, build strong cultures, and coach with purpose.

Lead with confidence and clarity, especially in high-pressure situations

Create team cultures with clear expectations, trust, and accountability

Diagnose & solve leadership gaps: Identify root causes across purpose & vision

Drive performance by aligning leadership behavior with execution

The Emerging LeaderYou are "high-potential" but may not yet have a formal leadership role, we provide a foundation for leadership readiness.

Newly promoted leaderYou took that first step, congrats! It's important to understand that your new role will challenge you, lets prepare!

The Experienced ManagerLeads established teams, carries significant responsibility for performance, engagement, and results. Now we pivot.

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Sensemaker Summer School with the Sensemakers Club

How Abby and Alfi Met and Started Collaborating

The Genesis of the "Making Sense of Yourself" Course and Peership

The Evolution from Course Cohorts to the Sensemakers Club

Lesson 1: The Necessity of Vulnerability and Accountability in Peership

Lesson 2: Embracing Role Fluidity Between Student and Supporter

Lesson 3: The Importance of Shared Goals and Navigating Failure Together

Lesson 4: Developing a Shared Vocabulary for Difficult Conversations

Lesson 5: Defining Personal Values and Integrating Them into Life

Co-Host Q&A: Reflections on Their Peership and Shared Traits

Audience Q&A: Differentiating Peership from Friendship and Mentorship

Audience Stories: The Value of Verbal Processing and Consistent Meetings

Audience Q&A: Actionable Advice on Finding and Cultivating Peerships

Conclusion and Sensemakers Club Invitation

Designers who craft user experiences, interfaces, and visual design.

Broad professional audience — content relevant across many roles and functions.

Getting promoted, navigating job transitions, and advancing to the next level in your career.

Executive communication — presenting to boards, writing memos, running all-hands, and high-stakes messaging.

Peership in Sensemaking

What you'll learn

Why this topic matters

You'll learn from

Abby Covert

Alfi Oloo