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CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK®

CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK® CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK® CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK®

STRENGTHENING LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION  

the precision and focus of science/the insights and skills of art 

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CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK®

CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK® CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK® CREATING FUTURES THAT WORK®

STRENGTHENING LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION  

the precision and focus of science/the insights and skills of art 

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OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP FUTURE READY LEADERS

Explorers who discover opportunities.

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

Igniters who inspire possibilities. Innovators who create solutions.  

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

 Powerful communicators who connect with many different types of people.  

Lifelong learners - curious, active and engaged.

Emotionally intelligent ensemble players.

Lifelong learners - curious, active and engaged.

  Role models for empathy, authenticity and resilience.

LEADERS PREPARED TO NAVIGATE CHANGE AND DISRUPTION

Open to a wide range of people and ideas.

Identifying and targeting the right problems.

Open to a wide range of people and ideas.

Able to tolerate unknowns and uncertainties.  

Bringing empathy to action.

Identifying and targeting the right problems.

Open to a wide range of people and ideas.

 Powerful and authentic two way communication.  

Identifying and targeting the right problems.

Identifying and targeting the right problems.

Identifying and targeting the right problems.

  Embodying win-win resilience.

Introducing the ABEL System for Leaders and Teams

Dynamic learning for leaders and teams-the ABEL (Arts-Based Experiential Learning) System.

Built on a decade of NSF-funded research, the ABEL System is used in leading companies worldwide.

Dynamic learning for leaders and teams-the ABEL (Arts-Based Experiential Learning) System.

The ABEL System uses a powerful and field-proven mix of arts-based experiential learning and precision measurement to develop skilled and future ready leaders.

ABEL strengthens agility, collaboration, innovation, empathy and resilience.

Built on a decade of NSF-funded research, the ABEL System is used in leading companies worldwide.

Dynamic learning for leaders and teams-the ABEL (Arts-Based Experiential Learning) System.

  It improves business performance by preparing leaders and their teams to thrive in an increasingly volatile, complex, demanding and rapidly changing world.  

Built on a decade of NSF-funded research, the ABEL System is used in leading companies worldwide.

Built on a decade of NSF-funded research, the ABEL System is used in leading companies worldwide.

Built on a decade of NSF-funded research, the ABEL System is used in leading companies worldwide.

 ABEL uses our precision assessment instrument, the CFTW Leadership and Innovation Skill Assessment®, to design targeted learning solutions. 

The Art of Future Ready Leadership

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We support leadership and innovation coaches

Over the past decade, our team has developed powerful arts-based experiential learning that inspires leaders and builds skills, along with unique assessment instruments that target learning needs, measure impact and track progress. 


The CFTW Learning Portfolio® and the CFTW Leadership and Innovation Skill Assessment® have been been field tested with more than 15,000 leaders and validated through use in hundreds of global corporations, entrepreneurial startups, educational institutions, non-profits and public sector organizations.


In 2021, we began to make our treasure trove of content and practical expertise available to executive coaches through our CFTW Coach Certification Program, which is accredited by the International Coach Federation. 


Over the past two years, we have developed a dynamic community of 30 Certified Innovation Coaches located across the North America, Europe and the Middle East.  We invite you to join us on a unique learning journey designed especially for Executive and Leadership coaches. 


For more information

please contact Fred Mandell at:

fred.mandell@futuresthatwork.com

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We measure leadership and innovation skills

The CFTW Leadership and Innovation Skill Assessment (LISA) ®

Our unique, proprietary assessment instrument measures the ability to apply leadership and innovation skills to the types of real world challenges your organization faces every day.  


The CFTW Innovation Skills Assessment® is the only instrument on the market that does not use neither self-reporting or arbitrary personality/psychological profiles. Instead, it provides 91 performance measures and scores the development of 15 skills by relying entirely on direct and objective skill measurement.  


For more information contact Harvey Seifter at hseifter@futuresthatwork.com

WHO WE ARE

Harvey Seifter, Founder/Managing Director

In addition to Creating Futures that Work, Harvey also founded and leads The Art of Science Learning, a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that uses the arts to spark innovation in science, technology, engineering and education. Since 2012, he’s taught collaboration and innovation to thousands of business leaders at GE’s Crotonville Global Leadership Development Center. Harvey is also a classically trained musician who spent 20 years at the helm of arts organizations garnering 5 Grammys and the Kennedy Center Award.  

hseifter@futuresthatwork.com 

Fred Mandell PhD, Founder

Fred is a former award winning senior executive and business model innovator, visual artist, writer, teacher, social entrepreneur and transformation provocateur. He has developed emotionally resonant ways to teach individual and team skills, techniques and processes which accelerate innovative outcomes through arts based learning. His series The Leader as Artist has earned the number one rated course at MIT’s Sloan Innovation Period program.

fred.mandell@futuresthatwork.com


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