Core Concept Expansion

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Activity 1 – Accelerating Knowledge Sharing

Each Catalytic Thinking Lab is supported by a WindTunneling project. WindTunneling is a systemic methodology to accelerate learning and knowledge sharing. Share what you learned from the lab transparently and anonymously. Compare your thinking and respond to the ideas of others. Everyone gets to see every idea; no one knows who shared which idea.

Go to WindTunneling. Use Project Code 23ACAC  to record your insights.

Activity 2 – Core Concept Expansion

Find a colleague at work who wasn’t in the lab with you. Prepare a short presentation to teach them about the Core Concept Expansion. Tell them why this matters and how it works. As part of your presentation, tell them about your personal experience from the lab and refining two of your statements. What elements of the expansion technique made the most significant impact on how you refined your statements?

Activity 3 – Refining Higher Purpose with Core Concepts

Building on the activity from the lab, refine your three higher purpose statements from your map. Create a new knowledge map with three columns. At the top of each column write your current higher purpose statement. Circle all of the core concepts. In the column below, work through the concepts of each higher purpose one at a time taking them through the Core Concept Expansion. Refine your higher purpose statements.

Supplementary PDFs

• Core Concept Expansion Sheet This is a reference you can use while you are learning the technique. Eventually, you will be able to use this methodology easily and adapt it for various situations.

Other References, Articles, and Books

• Share references, articles, or books in the WindTunneling Project that you think will be good supplemental content for future participants.