Redesigning systems of learning and education for a transforming world, one project at a time.

A community of project-based reflective practice for developmental leaders

From programming best practices to co-evolving our capacity for effective engagement.

Developing ourselves through real-life work in a transforming world.

We find ourselves in times of profound transformation. Many of us feel overwhelmed, anxious, and unequipped to engage with a world that can feel hopelessly complex.

A guiding premise for our work is that this shared experience is the product of legacy systems of learning and education, which focus on telling us what to think and what to do, rather than developing our capacity to think for ourselves and make effective decisions in the face of uncertainty.

The challenge is, as Einstein warned us, we can’t solve our problems from the same level of thinking used to create them. In other words, we can’t develop the capacities we need moving forward with the same expert-centered, best-practice-driven, separate-from-real-life approaches of the past.

We invite you into an unfolding experiment: growing together as a community of developmental leaders passionate about redesigning systems of learning and education, in a way that develops our capacity to think about our work on higher levels, so that we can contribute more unique value as our roles, projects, and systems continue to evolve. 

There are no experts with off-the-shelf solutions here. No blueprints or roadmaps to follow. No best practices to download. 

There is an ecosystem of real-world projects and reflective practitioners, supporting each other as we grow together into the uncertain future. 

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