Category Archives: Online Live Class

The Homegoing Practice: How to Develop Cultural Intelligence and Lead Across Difference draws on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and a nine-step framework built around the kinds of questions cultural intelligence and perspective-taking ask of us in working life. Not in major conflicts alone. In the everyday conversations, assumptions, and misunderstandings where the invisible frameworks people carry start to matter — and where learning to see them changes everything.

The Essun Practice: How to Stay Effective Through Change and Ongoing Uncertainty draws on N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season and a five-step framework built around the kinds of questions endurance and adaptive leadership ask of us in working life. Not when change is temporary. In the periods when instability becomes ongoing — and where learning to function within it, rather than waiting for it to end, makes all the difference.

The Evelyn Practice: How to Develop Systems Thinking and Solve Complex WorkLife Problems draws on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and a six-step framework built around the kinds of questions systems thinking asks of us in working life. Not when problems are obviously connected. In the moments when they keep returning, keep complicating each other — and where seeing the hidden architecture beneath them changes everything.

The Remains Practice: How to Strengthen Professional Judgement and Develop Discernment at Work draws on Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and a seven-step framework built around the kinds of questions professional judgement and discernment ask of us in working life. Not in situations of obvious deception. In the ordinary moments where something doesn’t quite add up — and where learning to look more carefully changes what we can see.

The Life of Pi Practice: How to Build Resilience and Lead Through Uncertainty draws on Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and an eight-step framework built around the kinds of questions resilience and adaptive leadership ask of us in working life. Not in stable situations. In the moments when plans stop working — and where the ability to adapt, recover, and continue forward makes the difference.

The Liesel Practice: How to Navigate Ethical Complexity in Working Life draws on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and a six-step framework built around the kinds of questions ethical leadership asks of us in working life. Not in moments of obvious wrongdoing. In the situations that are not clearly right or wrong — and where judgement, responsibility, and courage are required regardless.

School of WorkLife Online Live Story Classes Are Here. Each class begins with a story. Through structured reflection, a practical framework, and small group learning, the class explores what the story reveals — and how to apply that thinking to your own WorkLife. The first classes available are from the Book Club Books collection, beginning with The Atticus Practice — drawn from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

The Kite Practice: How Fiction Develops Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership draws on Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and a four-step framework built around the kinds of questions empathy and emotional intelligence ask of us in working life. Not in moments of obvious difficulty. In the everyday moments where something beneath the surface is shaping what you see — and where understanding more changes what you can do next.

The Atticus Practice: How to Navigate Difficult WorkLife Situations with Integrity and Courage draws on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and a seven-step framework built around the kinds of questions integrity and moral courage ask of us in working life. Not in extreme situations. In the small moments where something doesn’t sit right — and where you have to decide what to do next.