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

If you know your people skills are in the way, this workshop is for you 🙏

Information Architect & Author

Summer 2026 Cohort

Have you ever watched someone skilled at knowing what to say, when to speak, or how to frame a decision so others could engage? If so, you’ve already seen effective sensemaking in action.Sensemaking is the deeply personal process we use to understand complex, messy, and/or ambiguous situations so we can make better decisions and take more thoughtful action.This often looks like intuition or common sense. In reality, it is more about pattern recognition, discernment, and timing, developed in context to your lived experience.This workshop is about the timeless part of sensemaking. Which isn't the tools, templates or technologies. The timeless part of sensemaking is the people part. Have you ever felt like ...<ul><li>Other people are always in the way of your good work</li><li>Your team or stakeholders is where awesome plans go to die</li><li>Your desk looks like a good place to bang your head in frustration after your last meeting</li></ul>Don't bang your head on that desk, sensemaker. This workshop can help you see how this is all a game and you are just not playing to your highest ability yet.In this workshop we are going to breakdown how other people impact our work, and what we can and CANNOT do about it 🔮

Below are three outcomes you can expect from using this time to improve your sensemaking skills with Abby as your guide. 

Improve how you navigate other people

Practice discernment

Play with peers

Sensemakers looking to feel less frustrated and alone in their practice.

Anyone for whom the "people part" is in the way of the "making sense" part.

Systems thinkers who struggle to connect with stakeholders.

Come with a real collaboration challenge. Leave with a clear forward plan.

Founder, TEDx Speaker, exec educator

Duke Corporate Education

Warner Bros.

Lloyds Bank

Ghirardelli

Emeritus

Rich Watkins

Creator of Let's Go Model, executive educator, TEDx speaker, artist

Cohort 1

A lot of collaboration advice (listen to everyone, be nice) sounds good, but evaporates on contact with the messy reality of real work. Getting things done with people is a hard craft not a "soft" skill. So what actually works?This workshop gives you a tried-and-tested framework to see what's really happening in any collaboration - to see the dynamics that underpin collective performance - and find the actions and conversations that will get things moving.You will leave with:<ol><li>A powerful framework for collaboration - to clearly see the five forces shaping success</li><li>A practical way forward for a real situation you're dealing with right now</li><li>A coaching approach you can use to reliably unstick others - your reports, your peers, or anyone who comes to you for help</li><li>A clearer picture of your own collaboration habits - your superpower and your blind spots</li></ol>This workshop is new to Maven but has been run with over 10,000 leaders - from start-ups to non-profits to global teams at the world's biggest corporates.

You have some experience and influence - but want to get more done through others - you likely lead teams, projects, or partnerships

World-class teams aren't born. They're built. Learn how to build yours—and unlock the confidence that drives extraordinary results.

Org Psychologist | CEO Coach | Author

Mars Wrigley

Nike

Target

Google

PeakSpan Capital

André Martin

Organizational Psychologist | Ex-Chief Talent Officer Mars, Nike, Target, Google

TLP Pilot Program

Most team leaders have never been taught how to actually lead a team.You know how to do the work. But running an inspiring weekly meeting? Having the tough conversation? Setting goals that people commit to? You're winging it—and so is everyone else.The Team Leader's Playbook is a 3-week intensive that builds the mindsets, frameworks, and tools to lead your team with clarity and confidence every day—by mastering the moments that matter most.The course is built around building collective confidence through a playbook for 4 high-leverage moments:<ul><li>Annual goal-setting — where alignment happens or doesn't</li><li>The weekly team meeting — where you focus energy on what matters most</li><li>The one-on-one — where trust is won or lost</li><li>The offsite — where you create commitment, conviction, and community</li></ul>What's included:<ul><li>9 hours of live, interactive sessions with Dr. André Martin</li><li>2 leadership assessments + a custom leadership profile</li><li>1 peer coaching session with your cohort</li><li>1 hour of office hours with Dr. Martin</li><li>30-day text-based nudge course to keep the momentum going</li><li>Lifetime access to all recordings and materials</li></ul>

Build collective confidence so your team doesn't just perform—they dominate.
 

Explore the Fundamentals of the World's Best Teams

Gain Self Awareness + Personalized Team Leader Profile

Make Better Decisions + Delegate Work More Effectively

Practice Tools Built for Key Team Leader Moments

Master Storytelling to Inspire Your Team Every Day

Learn how to continue to develop yourself and your career via AI tools

Currently leading a team with 3 or more team members or multiple teams.

Currently Leading a Team or Teams

Has completed manager 101 or manager essentials courses and is ready for more.

Acquired Basic Manager Skills

Believes they have more to learn as a team leader and are motivated to do so.

Brings a Growth Mindset

Entrepreneur/Founder. Leading a top team but struggling to create the alignment and collective confidence needed to execute at scale.

Experienced Manager. Your team has more to give, but you don't have the playbook to unlock their collective confidence and potential.

Senior Leader. Driving transformation but facing resistance at every turn—your strategy is sound, but team commitment is not there.

You can be valuable and still be overlooked. Change that here.

Product & Strategy Exec @LinkedIn @PwC

LinkedIn

Deloitte

Joselle Deocampo-Gautam

Product & AI Strategy @LinkedIn, PwC, Deloitte. Executive coach & advisor

Marketing Executive, Brand Builder

LendingClub

Amber Carroll

Marketing Executive | Digital Transformation Leader | Brand Builder

Many high performers believe great work should naturally lead to recognition and career growth.Early in your career, execution often is enough.However, as organizations evolve and as AI increasingly compresses execution advantage, career opportunity becomes shaped by something more. You need to build strong relationships, demonstrate judgment, operate with clarity, instill trust, and show up with executive presence. That creates frustration. You deliver strong work. You solve difficult problems. You are dependable and respected.Yet you still feel overlooked for larger opportunities, excluded from important conversations, or uncertain how influence and sponsorship are actually built inside organizations.The challenge is often not competence.The challenge is: how to build executive relationships and strategic visibility that create long-term opportunity.In this workshop, you will learn how leaders build trust, strengthen executive relationships, increase visibility at the right altitude, and create career momentum beyond great work alone.This is not a networking workshop.It's a workshop about how modern leadership opportunity is built.

Learn how to build executive relationships, visibility, and trust that create career opportunities. 

Build executive relationships that increase visibility and opportunity

Strengthen trust with leaders, sponsors, and high-value decision makers

Position yourself more strategically in an AI-driven workplace

<h2>High Performers Feeling Overlooked</h2>You do strong work but feel excluded from key conversations, sponsorship, or leadership opportunities.

<h2>Operators Ready for Leadership Roles</h2>You deliver results consistently and are ready to elevate to greater leadership roles.

Professionals Relaunching Their CareersRecovering from layoffs or repositioning yourself? Create opportunities with a strategic network.

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

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.