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Technological Change: Evolution or Revolution

Unless you are enjoying life “off the grid,” chances are you deal with technological change almost every day. Whether it’s new settings on your mobile phone or a new work software, the constancy of change is the only thing that doesn’t ...

Scaffolding Technology for Your Participants

When considering digital tools and online platforms for housing educational and other content, there are certainly many factors at play. How do you choose what technology to use to deliver your content? What is your responsibility as a learning d...

What is Adaptive Leadership? 10 Characteristics

Adaptive leadership—it’s a term that gets thrown around a lot these days. Everyone seems to be discussing the need to be "adaptive," especially in our fast-changing world. But what does it take to be an adaptive leader? At Learning Forte, w...

Maintaining Confidence When Tech Moves Faster Than We Do

It’s more than fair to feel unstable amidst the constant arrival of new tools and products, especially with the ongoing explosion of AI. Every other tool or technique is marketed as crucial to making you more effective in less time — helpin...

Embracing Constraints as Catalysts for Creativity and Innovation

As we reach the middle of August, many of us transition from the relaxed pace of summer vacations to the bustling onset of a new program year. When I served as a full-time, parish-based formational professional, I remember feeling on a constant...

Unlock Constraints: Transforming Limitation Into Opportunities

Over the years, Learning Forte has observed that mission-driven leaders and organizations can become easily bogged down by the limitations of their contextual realities. Scarce resources of money or time, a lack of volunteers, an aging building, ...

10 Tips for Leaders Who Get Lost: Finding Magic On the Way

By definition, a leader is someone other people follow. We trust leaders to make good decisions. They have the knowledge, vision, and integrity to move people and situations to a new place. We measure our leaders by their success. But what if we ...

Constraints Within Digital Transformation

We are creatures of habit, and change can be hard to embrace, especially when moving the dial means expending time, money, and emotional heartache. Inevitably, the digital age pushes us to return to systems and processes that we’re rooted in t...

Making Sabbath a Reality in Theory and Practice

At Learning Forte, we’ve integrated a unique approach to ensure that rest is not just an ideal but a priority. Personally, the discipline of observing sabbath has been a challenge. Despite understanding its importance, I often made excuses t...

Eureka! Sabbatical and the Shower Effect

Archimedes famously had his “Eureka!” moment regarding volume displacement while lounging in the bath. Granted, the phenomenon was on display as Archimedes descended into the tub and the water rose in proportion to his submersion, but countl...

Sabbath and Sabbatical: Understanding the Assignment

When I joined the Learning Forte team early in 2022 I was delighted to be part of an organization with articulated values such as “embodied spirituality” - something that has long been a personal pursuit for me. I was further pleased to fin...

Can an Organization Take a Digital Sabbath?

On vacation, I accidentally dropped my phone in the ocean. It turned out to be a gift, as it forced me to engage in an unplanned yet liberating digital sabbath. While much has been written about digital sabbath for individuals , how does an ...

There’s No Automation without Intentions

The alarm rings and I’m already behind. I fumble around getting showered, dressed, and ready for another day. I lock the front door and realize that my lunch is still on the countertop. By the time I've reached my desk, I'm already feeling toda...

Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice

When was the last time you bookmarked a new approach to leadership from something you read online or heard a great new idea about being a more agile or creative leader in a podcast only to get frustrated when you attempted to incorporate that app...

Adapting Instructional Design to Enrich Engagement

In what context do you find yourself leading and instructing others? Congregational ministry? Non-profit work? An academic classroom? Depending on your environment, you may or may not think of yourself as a “teacher” in the traditional sense ...

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