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Cohort One
Overview of the first cohort.
Beginning May 1st, 2025, Cohort One will meet on Thursdays at Noon ET / 5pm BST / 6pm CET. Zoom links are available in this space.
Intro to Impactful Thinking
Transform linear, reductionistic thinking into more-expansive thinking practices. Practice noticing your thinking patterns. Share insights, get support and resolve blockers. Lessons include:
- Systems thinking practices
- Writing as thinking: foundational practice(s)
- Bugs in our thinking: logical fallacies and cognitive biases
- A few artifacts to try
Book Group: Design Unbound: Designing for Emergence in a White Water World by Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian and John Seely Brown
Metacognition and Empathy as Core Skills
Transform counterproductive reactions into conceptual integrity. Practice noticing your thinking patterns. Practice noticing reactions and integrating points of view. Lessons include:
- Working with your (constant) reactions
- Proactive perspective taking
- Synthesizing and integrating: a core practice
- Crafting (internal) conceptual integrity
Book Group: The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef
Learning & Generating Knowledge
Transform task-driven development into a learning-driven career. Practice structuring your own learning practice. Build your knowledge repository. Lessons include:
- Make time to think: daily deep work
- Identifying what to learn
- Sharing your learning
- Due diligence: what to do before you shake things up
- Intro to knowledge repositories
Book Group: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt