Leadership+Design is driven by the unmet human needs in education.

We are a non-profit collaborative that exists to positively impact schools and other learning communities.

Purpose shapes everything we do — the projects we take on, the direction of our organization, the schools and organizations with which we choose to work, the way we design experiences, and our interactions with clients, partners, co-workers, and friends.

Why We Exist

Leadership + Design is a collaborative of educators, strategists, and experience designers committed to transforming the work of school leaders through intentionally designed professional development experiences. Through our work, we seek to build capacity, create conversations that lead to action, and make deep connections between and among school leaders and schools.

Our Mission

We build the capacity of leaders to be reflective change makers, optimistic futurists, and human-centered design thinkers. 

Our Values

 

People: We are human-centered and relationship-oriented. Our work enhances relationships and builds and deepens connections between colleagues, peers, teams, and self.

Action: We inspire people to act by modeling experiential learning and helping leaders develop the habits, skills, and mindsets of effective designers, innovators, and collaborative problem-solvers.

Collaboration: The work of effective leaders is highly collaborative, as is our work with individuals, schools, and organizations,  We partner with others, build on ideas and model and teach exemplary collaboration.

 

Transformation: Our work supports growth in individuals and organizations.  Each experience we design promotes transformation in the form of human, cultural, or strategic evolution and development.

Joy: We bring laughter, humor, and fun to our work with school leaders and communities.  Reconnecting with fun and sustaining joy and passion for the work we do leads to health, happiness, and longevity.