The Course
The Session Rhythm
Two hours, the same arc every time — most of it hands-on.
10′
Check-in
10′
Framing
25′
Teach a model
35′
Break-out groups
25′
Harvest
10′
Wise action
5′
Close
Bar widths are proportional to minutes — 120 in total.
How We Learn
The Learning Triangle
Theory
models
Practice
methods
Praxis
we learn HSD
by using it
by using it
Resilience is the goal: the capacity to adapt to change and thrive.
The Engine
Adaptive Action
One iterative inquiry cycle sits at the center of HSD. When you don't know what to do, ask the three questions — and find your next wise action.
Each action shifts the pattern, which feeds the next What? — the loop never ends.
What?
notice the facts
So What?
make meaning
Now What?
next wise action
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Container
Conditions That Shape Patterns
The CDE Model
C
Containers
hold the system — structural, social, conceptual
D
Differences
the potential for change — in kind and in degree
E
Exchanges
the flows that generate change — content, media, frequency
The three are entangled: shift one condition and the others move. You anticipate — you don't control.
The Course
The Twelve-Session Journey
Foundations
1Why HSD? A living system
2Patterns & Adaptive Action
3Pattern logic & inquiry
Conditions — the CDE
4The CDE Model
5Containers — who are we together?
6Differences — what matters most?
7Exchanges — how do we connect?
People
8Social & emotional resilience
9Generative Engagement
Sustaining
10Adaptive capacity together
11Simple Rules that stick
12Now what? For me, us, our school
Between Sessions
Four Adaptive Action Experiments
Each person picks a real sticky issue and runs it through the loop.
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
AAE #1 · first sticky issue
AAE #2 · a CDE shift
AAE #3 · people-centered
AAE #4 · both-and
Every session closes with the same homework rhythm: a reading, a reflection post, and one step of the current experiment.