An eight-week course for technologists — exploring writing practices for thinking, learning and leading.
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As technologists, we craft knowledge. We weave other people’s thinking (and experiences) into our own. We construct recommendations that we believe have value.
We envision what is not yet visible and bring it to life.
We also get lost in the forest of disparate opinions. We go down promising paths and find dead ends. We discover a viable path … and nobody follows.
We are sometimes screaming into the wind.
Constructing something whole and actionable from abstract ideas requires creating conceptual integrity. Unfortunately, we are truly terrible at creating or maintaining conceptual integrity … unless we are supported by practices.
Fortunately, writing is the practice of crafting conceptual integrity.
Our writing practices will help us:
- strengthen metacognition: awareness and understanding of our own thought process.
- synthesize knowledge, experience and sound judgement into well-reasoned recommendations.
- integrate disparate experiences and expertise.
- focus on how to think, rather than what to think.
- navigate uncertainty through inquiry and structured learning.
- think well, together.
Thinking well together generates better outcomes. And makes daily life more enjoyable for everyone. When people cooperatively strengthen their thinking, and reasons for acting, they make better decisions.
When we structure teams and initiatives with high levels of conceptual integrity, where knowledge grows and people flourish, we are providing integrative leadership. This type of leadership is a strong foundation for generating true and lasting change.
January 19 - March 16, 2023
Thursdays at Noon ET, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET, 9am PT
(one hour, remotely)
Cost: $499
Join the beta (initial) class
for only $249
This eight-week course meets weekly, remotely. Between classes, you will adopt writing practices. Together, we’ll iterate and improve those practices. (Classes are held in English. But you can write in any language you prefer.)
Includes:
- A free ebook
- Daily exercises and reading
- Weekly group exercises and coaching
- Editing and private feedback from Diana (if desired)
Weekly Agenda
01. Introduction to the three practices: For eight weeks, we’ll practice free writing, focused writing and synthesizing other people’s thinking (aka learning).
02. Free writing: Exploring multiple approaches to cultivating metacognition.
03. Focused writing practice: We can’t think if we can’t concentrate, so we’ll create space for focus in our daily life. (This practice can include modeling.)
04. Synthesizing and learning: Designing your own curriculum and growing your thinking practice.
05. Designing feedback loops: Including others in your thinking process without derailing it.
06. Systemic reasoning: Crafting recommendations in support of an action, idea or theory.
07. Strengthening the reasons: Improving the quality of your systemic reasoning.
08. (Re)structuring thinking, together: Creatively adapting your recommendations for various audiences.
