Deadline: 26-Feb-23
The Acumen Academy has announced its Fellowship program to bring together 20 emerging leaders who are committed to tackling issues of injustice in Pakistan – and equips them with the knowledge, skills and community to accelerate and sustain their impact.
The Fellowship begins with a fully-funded year-long leadership program, where Fellows maintain their role while taking part in a series of immersive residentials, virtual workshops, and group practice. This is where practical skills meet moral imagination. The program is designed to increase a Fellow’s capacity to tackle problems of injustice and inequity.
Objectives
- Amplify new voices
- Support diverse role models who have a deep understanding of the problems.
- Tackle complex challenges
- Build a community that drives change across sectors, disciplines and geographies.
- Bridge the divides
- Develop leaders with the capacity to work across lines of difference and build trust.
What will you learn?
Fellowship curriculum is centered around the principles of moral leadership:
- Adaptive Leadership: Based on Ron Heifetz’s work, Adaptive Leadership is a practical leadership framework that supports Fellows’ ability to catalyse and embrace the gradual and meaningful process of creating change.
- Authentic Voice: Grounded in Marshall Ganz’s life’s work, the Authentic Voice curriculum allows the Fellows to develop the capacity to articulate a hopeful vision, speak across lines of difference, and move others into action.
- Good Society Readings: Modeled off The Aspen Institute, the Good Society Readings explore the meaning of a just society, and the moral and historical foundation of social change through text based dialogue.
- Managing Polarities: Based on Barry Johnson’s work, Polarities aims to cultivate an individual’s ability to lead effectively when opposing but interdependent and equally important values are in tension.
- Systems Thinking: Fellows explore the concept of Systems Thinking by working collaboratively on live challenges—enabling them to better understand larger, systemic problems and design more effective interventions.
What to Expect from the Fellowship?
The Fellowship begins with a year-long leadership program – where practical skills meet moral imagination. After the first year, Fellows become part of Acumen’s global community of social innovators who are committed to lifelong learning, collaboration and accompaniment as they build a world based on dignity.
The first year of the program is grounded in:
- Learning that is immediately applied to your work.
- Diverse cohorts from across sectors and backgrounds.
- Peer coaching that challenges and accompanies you in your practice.
- Learnings from Acumen’s global community social innovators.
For more information, visit Acumen Academy.