After learning new powers of observation, reflective practice, and ensemble intelligence, something amazing starts to happen.
Almost without effort, our new capacities evolve into a creative, consensual, and powerful form of leadership.
At our best, we learn together. Learning thrives in relationships. When we engage the world, with curiosity and creativity, new possibilities reveal themselves. When we do it with others, we guide each other.
Research shows, in fact, that the most effective teaching strategy is “cross-peer tutoring”–in others words, learners teaching other learners. To be sure, we all benefit from the insights and experiences of masters in any field. But to embed learning into our lives, we need to engage others and act on our new understandings.
When this happens, we start to move into collaborative leadership.
As you take your journey from Learning to Leading, explore some of the readings, videos, and activities in this unit. Read them in the order presented or skip around. Read them in one sitting or explore one a day. Explore them alone or join a group of peers in the program.
Using this Online Tool
The materials on this site offer a way to explore some of the key issues involved in leadership.
These materials will prime you to have in-depth with your cohorts in their meetings online and in person.
Those gatherings, in turn, will help you to make the most of the gatherings of the whole group.
These units propvide text, videos, and extra documents that you can use to take a deep dive in the four key elements of leadership:
- Powers of Observation
- Reflective Practice
- Ensemble Intelligence
- From Learning to Leadership
You can get all of the lessons, for all four parts, by pulling down the heading on the navigation bar of the program’s website.
Over the next few months, we will “drip” this course, unit by unit. As we start, the first unit is ready for you to explore. later units will be added as the program continues.
Using this site. For instructions on how to get access to the restricted-access material for this program, click here.