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The Design Studio
The Art of Real Change in Real Time
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Cultivate a deeper trust in yourself so you can help others to consciously learn and improvise in a rapidly changing landscape.
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Watch this personal message from David and click on the links above to register for the program or one of our upcoming Q&A sessions.
Join the Design Studio that blends personal and professional development in a soulful and collaborative space. It offers you a chance to refine your craft, engage real challenges, and shape offerings that serve what is needed now.
Introducing The Design Studio
The Design Studio draws on the tools from Integrative Development, the 'field' from Narrative Coaching, and the philosophy of The Five Maturities to enable practitioners to evolve as craftspeople. The Design Studio is the next step in the evolution of The ID Way.Â
The Studio is ideal for NC and ID graduates who want to integrate what they learned into their practice or invent new practices. We also welcome experienced practitioners seeking a community in which to create what is next.
It is a open and generative space to integrate what you offer, learn how to engage clients in creating real change in real time, and connect with other enlightened pragmatists as part of a movement.
The Design Studio will serve as your muse — challenging and informing you as it unfolds. We are putting David's life work in your hands to see what it wants to become in service of the human spirit.
Christopher, an ID and NC alumni, joins as faculty and representing those who will take this work forward.
Each Cycle follows the same flow:
Live Session (David)
These Immersions will enable you to explore how the material speaks to you and relates to your project. Â
Peer Practice Pod
These small group sessions are for you to explore the techniques and tools to make them your own.
Field Experiments
These opportunities are for you to test what you learned — guided by pod feedback, reflections, Studio resources.Â
Live Session (Faculty)
These Integrations offer a space to share what you've done, what happened, and what you learned.
The Design Studio also offers You:Â
- Orientation to get you started and a Showcase/Celebration at the end.
- Recordings and writings on The ID Way from David and other resources.
- Experiences to increase your trust, perception, 'palette', and ease at the 'canvas'.
- Forum in which you can connect with peers around your journey and project.
Take a Peek Inside the Sessions
Every session is held on Wednesday at 10:00am ET and 5:00pm ET (New York).
You can attend either session, and every session will be recorded.
Live Sessions
Cycle 1 – Immersion: Engaging others with a new mindset
Cycle 1 – Integration: Activating the Muse as a guide
Cycle 2 – Immersion: Clarifying what matters and is at stake
Cycle 2 – Integration: Working in Developmental Threshold ZonesÂ
Cycle 3 – Immersion: Using iBEAM to support structured emergence
Cycle 3 – Integration: Prototyping and learning from new options
Cycle 4 – Immersion: Anchoring and integrating with others
Cycle 4 – Integration: Applying and embedding what works
Cycle 5 – Immersion: Reflecting on what is different now
Cycle 5 – Integration: Enriching the ecosystem, sharing the stories
Showcase and Celebration:Â Honoring your journey and each other
Dates
August 6
August 27
September 3
September 24
October 1
October 22
October 29
November 19
November 26
December 10
December 17
What makes the Design Studio unique?Â
The Design Studio fosters reflection, collaboration, and iterative design. We invite you to bring your own project or challenge — and work with it in real time. You will experiment with a wide range of frames and tools to discover what makes a difference. You will gain more refined skills as you advance what you bring to the Studio.
The Design Studio is for experienced practitioners who are willing to show up, share, contribute, and do the work. No quick fixes or shortcuts here. Your open mind and heart, your willingness to support your peers, and your compassion and courage are the essential ingredients. The Design Studio itself will become your teacher.
We recognize the urgency to win work and deliver results. The Design Studio honors that urgency without sacrificing depth. Rather than meeting clients with preset tools, we meet complexity with radical presence. Being and doing come together here. The Studio offers a space to pause, engage, and create what is needed next.
It is a safe place to engage, experience, experiment, and express in service of what the world needs now. Step into our global community of like-minded peers. Show up with what you have. The Studio will meet you there. ~ Christopher
Who Is This For?
The Studio is ideal for our NC and ID graduates who want to more fully integrate what they learned into their practice and/or invent new practices. We also welcome experienced practitioners seeking a community in which to create what is next.
The Design Studio is perfect for you If…
✅ You’re familiar with NC or ID principles, ready to move from learning theory to living it in your client work.
✅ You’re looking to refine, test, or launch a new offering, framework, or way of working.
âś… You want to practice conscious improvisation and deepen your capacity to work amid complexity.
✅ You’re ready to show up fully, share your process, and engage in a community that values collaboration.
The Design Studio is not for you If…
❌ You prefer to passively consume information rather than actively experiment and contribute.
❌ You’re looking for a step-by-step blueprint instead of a space to explore and iterate.
❌ You’re not open to giving and receiving feedback in a supportive, collaborative environment.
❌ You are unfamiliar with NC or ID principles and prefer structured content over co-creative learning.
What You Will Walk Away With
The Design Studio is a living, collaborative space where you’ll turn your ideas into tangible practices and offers, and transform how you show up in your work. Here’s what you can expect:
- A refined offering or approach. Use the Studio to develop, test, and refine a new role, offer, or project.
- A way to stand out in a changing market. Develop a way of working that aligns with your values while differentiating your practice.
- An embodied approach to growth. Move from theory to practice, actively learning to improvise consciously in real-time with your clients.
- A practice of reflection and iteration. Be willing to show your work, gather feedback, and learn from peers in community.
- Greater trust in your presence. Show up with more ease, clarity, and responsiveness in complex client spaces.
- A community of co-creators. Connect with experienced peers who are also committed to creating the next chapter of their work to meet the world where it IS right now.
What To Bring With You to Work On
You don’t need a polished piece of work to join The Design Studio. You simply need to an opportunity for growth that is important for you. This can be a personal or professional question, a challenge in light of changing circumstances, or project at any stage in its development. Here are a few examples:
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- Navigating a personal life transition while maintaining your client work
- Testing a new framework or approach in your practice
- Deepening your presence and experimenting with an existing offer
- Exploring how to bring more creativity and spaciousness into your client work
- Learning to meet clients in complexity with greater ease
Whatever you bring, you will be supported to work on both your internal growth edges and your external elements in a safe and generative space with colleagues.
Our Guarantee
We stand behind The Design Studio. We are confident that you will benefit in meaningful ways from this experience.Â
However, if for any reason you find that it’s not the right fit for you, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee up to September 10th.
Ready to Join The Design Studio?
The gap between what our clients truly need and what they know how to ask for is growing. In The Design Studio, you can work with others who also want to meet the deeply human needs of our time.
It is a creative space which draws on David's work with The ID Way and more. Bring your project — whether personal or professional — and join with other pioneers to bring it to life.
Join The Design Studio