How do we need to think differently about developing people in a transforming world?

Exploring a shift from programming best practices to evolving our capacity for effective engagement in the face of uncertainty and rapid change.

Invitation: A Frame for Reflection

There is a growing sense that we are ill-equipped for today’s transforming world and uncertain future. 

This sense is driven by our own lived experience of stress, anxiety, overwhelm, disorientation, and waste. 

A premise we are exploring is that this is the result of lacking the capacity for effective engagement within transforming systems.

The development of such capacity has been neglected by legacy approaches to learning and education, designed for a simpler, more predictable world.

What is this capacity how is it developed? 

A central framework we use in exploring this question is called 3 Core Capacities. 

In an environment where roles and marketable skills are fleeting, our focus shifts to evolving the foundational capacities that enable us to continue to create unique value as individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. 

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