The Cohort Experiment: Theory in practice

Based on some feedback from our readers, Nicole and I are going to change tack a little. We have had conversations on and offline about the value of our blog series, and it seems as though we are becoming a little too didactic (fair argument). So as a result, we have decided to take your advice and focus on something a little more practical. For the next series of posts, we are going to conduct interviews of participants from top leadership development programs, including: Coro, Henry Crown, Ashoka, the White House Fellows, GE’s leadership development program and others. During these conversations, we will discuss the variables in which each program excels.

The reason for the new approach are threefold. First, we want to move from theory to practice and allow you all to get a sense of what is working and more importantly who is making it work. Second, we want to begin a conversation with practitioners of leadership development programs so that we can learn from others’ best practices and methodologies. And finally, we want all of you to learn more about the fantastic leadership development programs out there so you can apply to them and strengthen your leadership skills.

Also, if you think you have an amazing program that should appear on the blog, please reach out to Nicole (norillac@acumenfund.org) or myself (bmiller@acumenfund.org) with the reason you think your program is unique - we would love to interview you..

So with that, here we go…This week we are going to interview someone from Ashoka, so stay tuned! We look forward to your comments!