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The Design Studio
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The Art of Real Change in Real Time
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Cultivate a deeper trust in yourself so you can help others to consciously improvise in a rapidly changing landscape.
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You Care About Making a Difference.
It is hard to know where to begin... We see the need to address the critical issues we face and move beyond the dominant paradigms. And, it is daunting in the midst of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and autocracy.Â
The good news is that you’re not alone. The practitioners who join our learning community do so because they are keen to explore how to work in new ways in line with where we ARE now.  It is a time to travel lightly, connect deeply, speak plainly, and act directly.
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It Is Easy to Feel Overwhelmed
What if there was a better way? One that starts with your own maturation as a human being so you can show up in the moment — any moment — to make a difference in support of other's growth?
A way that speaks to your yearning to work more freely and bring more of who you are and what you know to help others to do the same. A way that starts by shifting from consumption to connection so that we can free ourselves of outdated industrial era models for learning and development.
This is why we launched The Design Studio
The Design Studio draws on the principles and tools from Integrative Development and working in the 'field' from Narrative Coaching. It draws on art and science, reflection and practice, imagination and iteration, to work as craftspeople.
The Design Studio is a space to explore how to engage clients in new ways and win more work, more beyond the old industrial models to have more impact, and connect with kindred spirits to learn from each other.
It is an invitation to begin with what you have and help your clients do the same. To create what the world needs without waiting for permission. To help your clients to free themselves to work with you as enlightened pragmatists.
The Design Studio will serve as your muse — challenging you and informing you as it unfolds — in order to enrich your 'palette' We are putting this work in your hands to see what it wants to become. Come help it evolve!
The Design Studio is the next step in the evolution of The ID Way. Christopher, a seasoned ID and NC alumni, joins me as faculty to co-lead the Design Studio with me — and represents those who will take this work forward. ~ David
The Studio is ideal for our NC and ID graduates who want to more fully integrate what they learned into their practice or invent new practices. We also welcome experienced practitioners seeking a community in which to create what is next for their practice.
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What The Design Studio Offers You:Â
- An Orientation to get you started and a Gallery Walk and Celebration at the end
- A Library with The ID Way material recorded by David for the Studio and all the resources
- A Space for enriching your self-trust, perception, palette, and ease at the 'canvas'.
- A dedicated Forum in which you can connect with your peers around your projects.
Each Sprint follows the same flow:
Live Sessions with David
These Immersions will enable you to explore how the material speaks to you and relates to your project. Â
Peer Practice Pods
These small group sessions are for you to explore the techniques and tools to make them your own.
Field Experiments
These opportunities are for you to test what you learned — guided by pod feedback, reflections, Studio resourcesÂ
Live Sessions with David
These Integrations offer a space to share what you've done, what happened, and what you learned.
Take a Peek Inside the Sessions
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Every session is held on Wednesday at 10:00am ET and 5:00pm ET (New York).
You can attend either session and every session will be recorded.
Live Sessions
Orientation: Clarifying your Project
Sprint 1 – Immersion: Starting from a new Mindset with your clients
Sprint 1 – Integration: Activating the Muse, shifting how you think of project
Sprint 2 – Immersion: Noticing what is in the Field, working with is present
Sprint 2 –Integration: Enriching your Palette, using structured emergence
Sprint 3 – Immersion: Mapping with iBEAM, co-creating scaffolding for growth
Sprint 3 –Integration: Prototyping new options for elements of your project
Sprint 4 – Immersion: Working with Developmental Threshold Zones
Sprint 4 –Integration: Building on what works for real change in real time
Sprint 5 – Immersion: Embody and embed what matters to sustain change
Sprint 5 –Integration: Co-evolve processes and skills to consciously improvise
Showcase – An opportunity to see what each other has done
Celebration – An opportunity to honor each other and the journey
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Dates
July 16
July 23
August 13
August 20
September 10
September 17
October 8
October 15
November 5
November 12
December 3
December 10
December 17
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What makes the Design Studio so different?Â
The Design Studio fosters reflection, collaboration, and iterative design. We invite you to bring your own project or challenge — and work with it in real time. You will experiment with a wide range of frames and tools to discover what makes a difference. You will leave with a broader skillfulness to design and lead interventions using the principles of Integrative Development and more.
The Design Studio is for experienced practitioners who are willing to show up, share, contribute, and do the work. No quick fixes or shortcuts here. Your open mind and heart, your willingness to support your peers on their journey, and your compassion and courage will serve as essential ingredients. Over time, the Design Studio itself will become your teacher.
We recognize the urgency to win work and deliver results. The Design Studio honors that urgency without sacrificing depth. Rather than meeting clients with preset tools, we meet complexity with radical presence. Being and doing come together here. The Studio offers a space to pause, engage, and create what is needed next.
It is a safe place to stretch, to experiment, and to prototype in a global community of likeminded peers. Show up with what you have. The Studio will meet you there. ~ Christopher
Our Guarantee
We stand behind The Design Studio. We are confident that you will benefit in meaningful ways from this experience.Â
However, if for any reason you find that it’s not the right fit for you, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee up to August 13th.
Ready to Join The Design Studio?
The gap between what our clients need right now and what they know how to ask for is growing. The Design Studio is a place where you can work with others seeking new ways forward.
It is a creative space which draws on David's work with The ID Way and much more. Bring your project — whether it's forming or underway — and join with other pioneers to bring it to life.
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Join The Design Studio