Conference for Global Transformation
2025 Workshop Schedule
The 2026 Workshop Schedule will be published in April 2026
Social Commons: The memory you forgot
Public Persona: Who do they think I am?
Measures: The art of comparison
Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Discourses: The building blocks of meaning
Contribution: Why busy people listen
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| Title | Description | Presenters |
| The Great Divorce An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Could the miracle of ecstasy have been overlooked? | Paolo Visentin and Susan Halim |
| Traversing the Void While Engaging With the Social Commons An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
What if seeing myself as a member of the social commons could foster collaboration, build trust, and harness wisdom, thereby enhancing preparedness for a life worth living. | George Finsrud and Barbara La Valleur |
| Playing at the Edges of Your Creativity: Estrangement in Families | Inquiry and discussion on estrangement and the significance of delineating the edges of our creativity. We listen, share, forgive, and create a clearing for love. | Anna Rosenberg |
| Stop Start: Start Stop | What if failure isn’t? An inquiry into starting and stopping. | Dave Hoon and Ray Stoddard |
| Was it a Fatal Error? | Moments of freezing up, not taking a planned action, or not initiating a plan – were these fatal errors or points of investigation? | Kathryn Lusby and David Lanfear |
| Accessing the Rocket Fuel for Your Commitments | What if we could shift our persona on a dime to instantly free us to take risks that previously we couldn’t imagine taking? | Heather Shapter |
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| Title | Description | Presenters |
| Realize: From Impossible to Possible An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Are you willing to transform an area of your life where an outcome seems impossible and have that outcome realized in this session? Let’s discover. | Saeed Seyed and Robyn Maitland |
| I Say, They Say, We Say — Pause An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Pausing is like a refresh. Participants attending this workshop will have the capacity to pause and look newly at anything no matter the situation. | Ariela Marshall, Gari Thompson, and Cherylle Garnes |
| Leadership: Futuring, Faltering, Forgiving. Repeat. | Thought leaders practice forgiveness and release missteps as they equip themselves with an access to velocity. Participants will have the opportunity to experience forgiving. | Eileen Epperson and Daniel Kamanga |
| Beyond Judgement: A Path to Compassion and Being Present | Judgements occur real to us, coloring thought, language, action, and shaping our lives, often to the detriment of our true intentions. What lies beyond? | Steve Cuvin and Brandos Erdos |
| Creating or Expanding Your Business Inside the Risk of Failure | If failure is part of business success, how do I embrace and build on failure without a loss of power? Where do I look? | Della Di Pietro |
| Bringing Clarity to the Expression of Your Word Core Curriculum |
What if there’s no actual risk in expressing your commitments? Would you let it be easy and fun? Would you share it everywhere and with everyone? | Eric Englart and True Shields |
| Forging Forward: Where “No” can be Access to Opportunity. | We will look at and explore various forms of “no” in society, a hard “no” internally, and where “no” takes you in other circumstances. | Corrina Sephora |
| The Unknown and the Status Quo | An inquiry into the nature of risk. | Erin Meyer |
| How High do we Set the Bar? | What if making a difference was like a track meet? If it were, how high would the bar be set? By whom? | David Novell |
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| Where Does Contribution Live? An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Participants will experience transforming a failure into an asset that ongoingly supports their growth and development, and their capacity to contribute and manifest their commitments. | Chris Kirtz and Selma Harwell |
| How Do We Keep Score for our Game? Core Curriculum |
State of the World Scorecard Team: How could a powerful relationship to measures support us in developing a “senior or executive relationship to failure?” | Dave Flattery, Angela Amado, et al. |
| Unfolding Riddles of Artistic Expression and Perceived Disasters | Exploring failures through riddles, origami, and creative self-expression. | Corrina Sephora, Lori Watkins, and Marget Ayer |
| Lifelines: Tools for Dealing Powerfully With Stormy Weather | Be ready! Life comes with failures. Learn personal tools and practices that will equip you to deal powerfully with the inevitable storms of life. | Rachel Barwell and Felicia Nagamatsu |
| Naked Being: Playing Beyond Seen and Unseen | Explore the world from being invisible as an access to the unlimited; how would you play and who would you be? | Danielle Del Cortivo and Frances Platt |
| Diving Into the World of “Hello” | Play with getting into another’s culture or language through greeting and welcoming them from theirs, not yours. An inquiry into “hellos” from around the world. | Robin Kermode and Linda Carroll |
| At Play for a Sustainable Biodiverse Future | Inquire into bringing forth a sustainable biodiverse future. Strengthen collaboration where the past has been about conflict. Could play be a key to this future? | Amrit Kendrick and Gary Kendrick |
| Playing Passionately in the World No Matter What | In life, we try over and over to succeed and continue to fail. Do you stop playing or keep taking risks toward having dreams fulfilled? | Meryl Sher |
| Art: Diving Into the Odyssey of Living | When all the elements of trauma, in any form, collide and create a kaleidoscope of sensations, what becomes possible? How do you get to play? | Judy-Lee Chen Sang |
| Between Certainty and Uncertainty: Context for Taking Risks | How willing are you to risk failure when you experience absolute certainty? Come explore the relationship between risking failure and a sense of certainty and uncertainty. | Dolly Costello |
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| Commitment As An Access to Being Core Curriculum |
A Commitment for the World can provide power and fulfillment or force and diminishment. Come inquire into how your commitment can be an expression of who you authentically are. | Tobin White and Terry Kirtz |
| Leadership: From Oops! to Triumph Core Curriculum |
What if your mistakes, failures, and triumphs are hidden gems that unlock fulfillment and growth, allowing a new future of unleashed, empowered leadership? | Andy Monks, Angela Amado, and Jerry Fishman |
| Inquiry Explorations: What’s in it for the World? Core Curriculum |
Do you dare to take on a Commitment for the World? Come explore the impact this program is having and whether it is for you. | Julia Johnson |
| As we Ensure Humanity Flourishes, What if we Don’t? | We’re working to “save the world.” Can we be authentic, like with any project, and risk failure? | Peter Fiekowsky and Julia Dederer |
| The Power of Forgiveness in Everyday Life | Discover how forgiveness gives you space to take action and live consistent with your vision. Forgiveness is an access to completing failure. | Jane Grandbouche and John Corbiere |
| Turning Your Past Blunders Into Gold | What if mistakes, blunders, and missteps were the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Join us in search of the gold. | Cat Tews, Mary Icaza, and Judy-Lee Chen Sang |
| Stopped? Now What? An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Let’s investigate our responses to failure. How might we move on? | Rich Schuster and Susie Fraser |
| Stepping off the Edge Into the Unknown | What is it to fail forward? Is play the secret mojo in discovering how to win big in epic endeavors? | Susan Jones and Bob Mueller |
| An Inquiry Into Sharing Core Curriculum |
From failure to living life as a work of art. How does sharing contribute? | Owen Coffey |
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| Help, I’ve Fallen and I Can’t get Up! An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Who can you be in the face of failure? Join us for an inquiry into who you could be. | Chet Burgess and Nina Master |
| Hopscotch and Skipping Stones An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Drawing on childhood play and fresh-in-the-mind failure, we explore the power we have in generating a context. | Merilyn Fenn and Amrit Kendrick |
| Many Futures Exist: Transforming the “Impossible” Top Three Papers |
Chronic pain, caregiving crises, and catastrophes: inquiries to transform your relationship with failure and unleash unprecedented possibilities through play and being. | Katherine Wilcox, Mary Wells, and Rose Grant |
| How Will New Technologies Shape the Futures We’re Inventing? | Panelists will share eye-opening insights on how the convergence of emerging technologies is reshaping the world, potentially helping achieve our commitments. | Eroca Lowe, Kaer Soutthard, and Jim Hanson |
| Giving Up or Completing? | Do I give up on my commitment or let it go? Do I see completion as a failure or as something to celebrate? | Geoffrey Fenn |
| Dipping our Toes Into Artificial Intelligance: Fun, Simple Tools for Beginners | Haven’t dived into the artificial intelligence pool yet? Let’s splash about gently, with some simple tools that can really buoy up our lives and commitments. | Wendy Keilin |
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| Passion, Performance and Public Persona An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Inquire into new ways of being alive, being sought after and in demand, creating new possibilities – where we could risk failing with what matters most. | Sudha Kumar and Diane Dickey |
| Dancing With an Unpredictable Future More Top Papers |
Come explore uncertainty, resilience, and innovative learning; appreciating individual differences; and being open to creating miracles, adventure, and living freely in the unknown. | Agnes Oh, Neelam Bakshi, Mark Blumler, and Max Heppner |
| That’s Not Funny | How can Laughter Yoga Reduce our Significance Around Failure? | Ben Gabin |
| Magical Listening: Transformation Through a Conversation | Can our failures be transformed in the listening of another? | David Ritscher |
| Creating Context: Access to Boosting Your Power Play | Let’s assume that failure is an inherent aspect of play. How could we use it to empower the players? | Dominic Scales |
| Bringing Play to Failure | A look at the significance we attach to failure, introducing play in its place. Leave excited to explore, discover, and play with commitments in previously unimaginable ways. | Hilary Burns |
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San Francisco Sunday |
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| A World That Works for Everyone? Really? An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Sometimes what we’re up to includes an unbreachable dilemma. Regardless of that, we still are committed. What are measures worth failing at? | Mark Krauss and Peg Miller |
| Why Measure Your Commitment (or What’s Important to You)? An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
This workshop is designed to leave you empowered in creating and dealing powerfully with measures you create for your commitments. | Carey Gister and Linda Russell |
| Untether Your Commitment: The Art of Swinging Out | What if unprecedented breakthroughs exist in a context of being at risk? What if you became untethered ongoingly? What could you accomplish? | Rose Grant and Rachel Barwell |
| Let’s Take A Stand! | Have you taken a stand for something? Are you in the stands about your stand? Are you willing to risk failing at it? | Tracy Hunt, Judy Flattery, and Neal Abramson |
| Dancing to Discovery: Building Trust in Your Commitment | What if you could be guided by failure instead of resisting it? Move your body while gaining trust with each step around your commitment. | Kristen Mangione |
| Drawing Failure: Using Art to Visually Transform Failure | Explore failure visually through a series of drawing exercises, each exercise revealing different aspects about failure to explore and inquire into. | Lynnie Sterba |
| Linger in the Fallow | Is there a time to fail? Could seeking failure allow for new levels of creative accomplishment? Join us in aninquiry of the fallow season. | Robyn Maitland and Sean Potter |
| Using Artificial Intelligence to Forward Your Commitment | How could you use artificial intelligence to forward your promise/commitment most effectively? What tools would aid you the most in accomplishing your objectives? | Paul Freyermuth and Leslie Carruthers |
| Glitter, Luxury, Abundance…and Risk!! | How do glitter, luxury and/or abundance provide access to move through risk and failure with velocity? Can they provide access for building greater resilience? | Sel Hwahng |
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San Francisco Sunday |
New York Sunday |
London Monday |
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| Title | Description | Presenters |
| Sharing: Access to Engaging the World Core Curriculum |
Come inquire with us into the theme of the 2026 Conference for Global Transformation | Owen Coffey and Gary Kendrick |
| Inquiry Explorations: What’s in it for the World? Core Curriculum |
Do you dare to take on a Commitment for the World? Come explore the impact this program is having and whether it is for you. | Julia Johnson |
| Exploring Bold New Horizons – Living Life From an Invented Future | What if the key to your success and powerfully dealing with failures was in your hands this whole time? Let’s play in your invented future! | Andrea Parker-Swenson, Allyn Silver, and Susan Harrington |
| Leadership: From Oops! to Triumph Core Curriculum |
What if your mistakes, failures, and triumphs are hidden gems that unlock fulfillment and growth, allowing a new future of unleashed, empowered leadership? | Andy Monks, Angela Amado, and Jerry Fishman |
| A Special Introduction to the Wisdom Unlimited Course | Explore the possibilities of untold joy available for the living of your whole life, and that maybe anything else is just a mistake, an oversight, that’s easily corrected. | Peri Steffenhagen |
| Have Something Bigger Than Yourself Realized An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Come to this session with the intention of realizing something that is really important to you, and you don’t know how to have it. | Saeed Seyed, Rich Schuster, and Reza Razeghi |
| Wrestling With Public Persona: Oppressive? Resilient? Playful? An Inquiry of the Social Commons |
Explore a new relationship with what we think of ourselves, what others think of us, and the opportunity for growing and developing like tumbling toddlers. | Stan Carpenter, Dolly Costello, and Shirley Loo |
| Free Fall | What if being free of your stuckness and your attachments was simply a capacity? | Joan Bordow and Barry Pogorel |