Upcoming Critical Topic Workshops

Jan 22: The five modes of communication and collaboration: how to balance them.


Feb 5: Assessment of one’s own organization’s leadership styles.

Feb 19: The Secret to rapid iteration.

Mar 5: What micromanagement looks like, and what generative leader participation looks like.

Mar 19: The kinds of leadership needed in a program’s ecosystem.

For a team that does creative work, which includes designing and developing cutting edge products, their effectiveness largely rests on how well they collaborate about the complex issues that arise.

Collaboration is not a point-in-time event: it is a process that extends over time. The members of a team have different needs in terms of how they communicate best, which affects how they must collaborate for maximum effectiveness. Learn how to optimize this. Attend.

What kinds of leaders succeed in your organization? Find out how leadership style can be decomposed and described, and why leadership style has such a huge impact on outcomes. Attend.


Rapid iteration of the SpaceX “Starship” rocket system second stage.

Iterating rapidly is essential for the ability to develop new products rapidly. But is more rapid iteration always better? Find out about the factors that influence outcomes with rapid iteration. Attend.


A manager or team lead who involves themself in the work might be a micromanager, or not. Find out the difference, and why it matters — why being a participatory leader is so important for effectiveness. Attend.


Any complex program needs many kinds of leader. Find out what kinds of leadership are crucial, and how leadership relates to roles. Attend.