Catalytic Thinking Labs

Professional Development in Thinking for Change that Matters

Business and ethical political leaders have been calling for critical thinking and ways to work with complex issues. The Catalytic Thinking Labs (CTL) offer specific capacity-building experiences for teams and individuals outside conventional higher education. Affordable, flexible, rigorous and highly applicable to daily challenges, the Lab experiences are hands-on, social and available world-wide.

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The reality is many of us are conditioned to use only a fraction of our capacity by accepting and doing 'what's always been done.' Catalytic Thinking Labs unlocks us, both individually and collectively.

Rose DeStefano

GreenMBA, 2014

Senior Director of Collective Impact

Children's Aid - New York City, NY

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Whether you choose to take on Lab or many; one Short Course Certificate, or more; one Arena, or all four Arena Certificates, this is the place to prepare your mind for the learning to come!

FREE Orienteering Labs

SHORT COURSES

CTL Short Courses allow you to explore some topics more deeply.

Each one is a collection of labs that flow in a sequence. There are 24 Short Course Certificates.

Short Course Certificates

ARENAS

The Arenas represent our key areas of concentration.

There are 4 Arenas organized in a developmental path. The Arenas are the backbone of CTL.

Arena Certificates

Applied Critical Thinking

Navigating Complex Issues

Self-Knowledge for Leading and Supporting

Disciplined Social Innovation

Orienteering

Guide to All Arenas

Examples of Skills Explored in the Labs

We need insights, skills, and methods with frameworks that serve as a common reference. The Labs help us converse with others using common language and frameworks. Here are a few examples:

What assumptions am I making, and how sure am I about their certainty?

How do I explain why I think what I think?
How do I test an idea to see if it is a good idea?
How do I approach complex issues, distinguishing them from chaotic or routine issues?
How do I leave behind problem/solution thinking and adopt a new set of strategies for complex issues?
What does Deep Listening ask of me? Why does it matter?
How do Assessment and Accountability relate to each other, and our work?
Why does Social Innovation need a disciplined, systems view?
How does Intellectual Humility help us become leaders that are not standing on charisma or flash, but on legitimate and authentic capacities to be inclusive, and to shape and guide group efforts?

To heal our societies and organizations, we need to work more openly and directly with our rich inner life resources; our thinking, our feeling, and our motivation to act and actions.

Orland Bishop

Executive Director
Shadetree Multicultural Foundation

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In the 17 years that the knowledge contained in these Catalytic Thinking Labs was taught at the radical but fully accredited GreenMBA Program,* we never had a student come in with the skills and capacities that they subsequently learned with us, even though we drew students from schools such as Harvard, CalTech, and UC Berkeley. In truth, our students found themselves shocked and even slightly outraged that in all their years of schooling, no one had taught them how to think in such a useful, coherent, and comprehensive way.

Jane Lorand, Founder

Investing in people everywhere who have the desire
and perseverance to strengthen their thinking.

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We believe in giving as much as we can, sharing, and taking as little as we need.

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We want to help people create lives of meaning, in their own way and on their own time.

Who We Are

Catalytic Thinking Labs

It’s time to move beyond just talking about change.

We’ll change how we act when we change how we think.

Strengthening my thinking now is something tangible I can do.

Applied Critical Thinking

Navigating Complex Issues

Self-Knowledge for Leading and Supporting

Disciplined Social Innovation

Orienteering

Guide to all Arenas

Catalytic Thinking Labs

Professional Development in Thinking for Change that Matters

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Dig deep, transform yourself, and transform our world

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No Expensive Outside Consultants

Prestigious Yet Affordable for Your Teams

For Individuals. At your own pace. On your own terms.

I’m a solo learner. Can I study the Labs too?

But, can I afford it?

Yes!

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Professional Development in Thinking for Change that Matters

Watch our one-minute animated video explaining the 4 Arenasof CTL...

Get to Know the Catalytic Thinking Labs

Dig deep, transform yourself, and transform our world

Explore the Arenas

No Expensive Outside Consultants

Prestigious Yet Affordable for Your Teams

For Individuals. At your own pace. On your own terms.

I’m a solo learner. Can I study the Labs too?

But, can I afford it?

Yes!

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