This inquiry-based professional development series helps teams break free from habitual thinking, strengthen collaboration across silos, and build the creative confidence needed to navigate complexity with clarity and momentum. 

Grounded in the Reynolds Center’s long-standing work at the intersection of creativity, learning, and human connection, the series creates the conditions for teams to imagine better paths forward and act on them together.

Through highly structured and deeply engaging sessions, participants work in intentionally mixed small groups, tackle real challenges, and reflect collectively. Teams practice scenario-thinking, adaptive problem-solving, and constructive feedback, while building trust and shared ownership across the organization.

Our programs are customized to meet the particular needs of your organization, whether you are seeking to host a full day off-site or you have three hours each quarter for professional development.

Based on a needs assessment, we will customize a program for your organization. Here’s what to expect…

• Customizable number of sessions per organization (4 sessions recommended)

• Each session: 2–3 hours (standard schedule 10am-1pm); full-day experiences are also available

• Engaging, multimedia program

• Delivered in person or live virtual

• Cohort size: ~ 15-20 participants (standard max)

• Inquiry-based, highly facilitated, small-group centered

This format balances depth with accessibility and positions the series as a meaningful investment rather than a one-off workshop.

Drawing upon Erica’s certifications, potential methodologies include, but are not limited to:

• LEGO® Serious Play® is used to engage groups in hands-on, highly structured exploration of topics ranging from identity and leadership to strategy, collaboration, and problem solving.
  

• Structured storytelling is supported through the Who You Are Matters! conversation experience and the Online Storyteller by OneLifeTools. This facilitated approach strengthens communication and feedback skills while providing a clear structure for reflecting on lived experience, extracting insight, and identifying meaningful possibilities for action.
  

• CliftonStrengths® by Gallup helps individual contributors and managers identify and intentionally use their strengths to improve effectiveness, collaboration, and long-term growth.
  

• Everything DiSC® by Wiley is a research-based, validated assessment that helps individuals and teams understand their communication styles, work preferences, and behavioral tendencies. It creates a shared language that strengthens self-awareness, improves collaboration, and supports more productive, respectful working relationships.
  

• The Five Behaviors® is a team development framework, developed by Wiley and based on the work of Patrick Lencioni, a business author and consultant known for his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. It helps teams strengthen trust, engage in productive conflict, build commitment, hold one another accountable, and stay focused on collective results.

• Creative Kaizen Company Retreats - use a Kaizen approach (‘small steps”) to harvest creative innovations across your organization, to celebrate what is working, identify area for improvements, and imagine solutions. We have been using this framework for 30 years.
  
  Each methodology may be enhanced when paired with small-group (six or fewer) or individual executive coaching, creating space for deeper learning, personalized application, and meaningful behavior change.

• Erica Mattison, MPA, JD is an executive coach and facilitator who partners with leaders and teams to strengthen adaptability, collaboration, and human-centered performance. Her pragmatic, engaging approach helps people think more expansively together and translate insight into action.
  

• Peter H. Reynolds is New York Times #1 best-selling author/illustrator of over 80 “picture books for all ages,” including The Dot. This book was the inspiration for International Dot Day, which encourages positive, purposeful creativity across the age span.  Since its launch, more than 34 million children and adults have participated in over 190 countries. 
  

• Paul Reynolds is co-founder/CEO of FableVision Studios and helped found the nonprofit the Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning & Creativity. He also teaches digital media production at Boston College, where he has served as adjunct faculty for over three decades. Paul is also an award-winning children's book author (Going Places, STEAM-Powered Adventures of Sydney & Simon, Full STEAM Ahead!, Go Green!, To the Moon!) - and Our Treasures Within, which he co-authored with Pope Francis.