Change projects help us look at the world differently and think differently. This calls us to improve our ability to think, individually and collectively.
Strategic thinking
The Goals Grid By Fred Nickols and Ray Ledgerwood
Learn how to create your Goals Grid for strategical planning.
Fred Nickols’ Website
Moving Toward Conflict for the Sake of Good Strategy
How to let conflict to be more possibilities, greater connection, and fuller expression for your team as Wildfire Project describes it.
Yotam Marom
Why you think you’re right — even if you’re wrong | Julia Galef
Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Julia Galef examines the motivations behind our mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information.
TED
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
A portrait of the human brain based on the most recent scientific discoveries about how it unceasingly adapts, re-creates, and formulates new ways of understanding the world we live in.
David Eagleman
Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
This is an essential resource for teachers, anyone interested in cutting-edge research into learning, and parents considering the educational alternatives available to their children.
Sanjay Sarma, Luke Yoquinto
The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
A must read to see more clearly, make better judgments, enjoy the freedom and thrill of discovery.
Julia Galef
Midwest Academic Strategy Chart
This guide may help you develop strategies to address virtually any organizational issue.
Midwest Academy
Encouraging Strategic Thinking Worksheet
A guide for prompting strategic thinking for organizations.
Jude Kay
Ways of Knowing (Theory of Knowledge)
Here’s an academic crash course into some simple concepts that can help us think more strategically.
TOK Resource
Visioning Toolkit
A helpful toolkit for leaders and consultants with a valuable series of articles and best practices for facilitating visioning with teams and organizations.
Social Transformation Project
Ladder of Inference: How to Avoid Jumping to Conclusions
This structure may help turn everyday inquiries into decision and actions.
Mindtools
Growth mindset infographic
Explore how our mindsets lead us to certain responses and results.
Stanford Magazine
SWITCH PATHWAYS
GROW COMMUNITY
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