Capacity Building Resources
Introduction
Explore a curated collection of cutting-edge resources designed to deepen your understanding of capacity building and empower transformative action. From the SYP Emerging Leaders Interview Series, which reimagines leadership as a practice of love and interdependence, to the Acosta Institute’s Capacity Building Show, which examines holistic growth and resilience, these tools offer diverse perspectives and actionable insights. Engage with frameworks like the Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit to spark creativity and collaboration, and dive into thought-provoking discussions such as Exploring Neuroscience, Social Justice & Tech for Collective Healing, where healing-centered innovation meets social equity. These resources will inspire you to envision new possibilities and take meaningful steps toward collective flourishing.
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SYP Emerging Leaders Interview Series
Hosted by Jessica Orkin, CEO of SYPartners, this series delves into emergent ideas about how we work and lead together in a time of profound change. Through conversations with pioneering leaders like Dr. Angel Acosta, Tina Roth Eisenberg, and Keith Yamashita, the series explores themes of love, power, and leadership within the context of community, individuality, and integrity. Each discussion invites you to rethink leadership as a practice of wonder, interdependence, and bold possibility, offering insights into designing a brighter, more connected future.
Capacity Building with Acosta Institute Episode #1
In this debut episode, Angel, Drisana, and Maria reflect on the Acosta Institute’s journey, sharing how their work— from healing-centered education conferences to workshops on resilience and collective flourishing—has continually centered on "building capacity." But what does that truly mean? They explore capacity building as more than just developing skills. For them, it’s a holistic process that helps individuals and communities grow in resilience, adaptability, and hope.
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Capacity Building with Acosta Institute Episode #2
Building on the first episode, this conversation focuses on the counterintuitive aspects of capacity building—how slowing down, creating space, and addressing needs can unlock new possibilities for growth and resilience. They discuss the challenges of navigating uncertainty, the importance of embodied practices, and how rethinking productivity can lead to more meaningful outcomes.
Collective Imagination Tool Kit
The Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit aims to collate and platform the wisdom of Collective Imagination practitioners around the world, creating an accessible set of tools for anyone who wants to build the capacity to explore and learn a spectrum of practices related to Collective Imagination (as well as unlearn those practices that might block their inquiry).
Across six thematic sections, this toolkit shares frameworks, infrastructures and guided visioning, reflection, mediation and reorientation practices for individuals, groups and organisations to experiment with seeing, feeling and thinking differently, in order to act differently. The content has been developed by a wide range of brilliant thinkers, practitioners, and artists who have practised in this space for many years.
Exploring Neuroscience, Social Justice & Tech for Collective Healing | Part 1
In this first part of a two-part interview, Dr. Angel Acosta sits down with the remarkable Dr. Sará King for an in-depth conversation about her life's work and the groundbreaking intersections between neuroscience, social justice, mindfulness, and healing. Dr. King is an internationally recognized thought leader and social entrepreneur whose revolutionary "Science of Social Justice" framework has transformed how we understand the relationship between well-being and equity.
Principles of Transformational Facilitation from Mobius Institute
Explore this insightful guide by Amy Elizabeth Fox, which outlines the core principles for fostering profound personal and collective transformation. From embracing self-transformation to cultivating group wisdom and holding space with intention, this resource offers practical frameworks and practices for facilitators, leaders, and educators. Whether you're navigating complexity, supporting healing, or leading with authenticity, these principles provide a roadmap to deepen connection, resilience, and impact in transformational work.
