Use the Block Party to get people primed for working with written texts. 

Can be used as a conversational ice-breaker introduction for your meeting. 

Use this tool to aid in designing useful and relevant questions, namely clarifying questions and probing questions.

This Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero, is useful for drawing connections between new ideas and prior knowledge.

Appropriate for use in the the classroom with students, it's a good way to get students to articulate their ideas and interpretations about a text or object.

A consultancy is a structured process for helping an individual or a team think more expansively about a particular, concrete dilemma, get feedback on a plan, or assist with ideas where people might be “stuck.”

To generate a shared “theory of action” to drive a Team’s improvement efforts and ultimately achieve the aim.

This is a structured process for helping a team think more expansively about a shared Problem of Practice. In addition, the group will develop skills in asking probing questions.

To arrive at a deeper understanding of the problem we are trying to solve (before jumping into solutions).

A process to gain clarity on the roles of multiple grantees in a project.

A deeper purpose of this protocol is to establish a norm of ownership by the group of every individual’s expectations and concerns—to get these out into the open, and begin to address them together.

This activity can be used with a variety of texts, poems, articles or whole books. It works well with large groups, with adults, as well as student groups.

The purpose of this process is to analyze a leadership success in order to learn from that success.

“Success” is defined as a set of actions that proved to be highly effective in achieving an important outcome.

Microlabs addresses a specific sequence of questions in a structured format with small groups, using active listening skills.

Four principles on how to navigate the Open Space activity.

Examine individual dilemmas in connection to the Team’s Problem of Practice

A structured process for helping teams or individuals gain clarity on their problem of practice (PoP).

To explore a text deeply in light of one’s own values and intentions

The purpose of this protocol is to prompt reflection and expand participants’ thinking about, for example, challenges, dilemmas, or areas of growth in our work, through discussion.

The purpose of this protocol is to expand participants’ thinking about a text though discussion. It should serve as a tool to generate ideas and suggest actions to apply to current and future practice.