Workshops Overview

foundationS WORKSHOP

STL Sandbox is based on a practice that can be used by any person, in any place, for any problem. It illustrates the HOW to move forward and make change. When presented with a problem people often start with a place they want to go, an action they want to take or an outcome they want to see happen. While the itch for action is understandable, it can also cause us to skip over important grounding and framing techniques that are critical for illuminating the most effective path forward. In this initial workshop session you will learn the three steps of the STL Sandbox approach and have the opportunity to practice some of the key elements. It will equip you to more deeply engage in the Topic-Based Workshops.

topic-BASED workshops

We find that there are three major areas where both problems and solutions regularly show up.

They are:

1. Information and Data;

2. Narratives and Storytelling;

3. People, Process, and Power

These three fields of play offer insight into the places we collectively most often get stuck and also provide the greatest opportunities for intervention, shift, and change.

In these workshops we do a deep dive on one of these domains, giving you opportunities to be reflective about your relationship with it and creative about its transformational potential! You will leave inspired and equipped to examine each of these fields of play in the contexts and communities of your own life.

GROUP grapple sessions

This is your opportunity to practice together, workshop some of your own challenges, and grapple about what’s hard and what’s necessary together. Whether you bring your own grapple fodder or work your muscles on someone else’s or everybody’s challenges you’ll leave with a more rooted appreciation for complexity and a more expansive perspective on what’s possible.