Acton Academy Launchpadders know it takes a cohesive culture to power a world changing organization.   But there’s a big difference between “knowing” about leadership and executing as a leader in the real world.

In the first two weeks of Session One, Launchpadders drafted contracts,  forged their tribe, delivered Next Great Adventure Boards, wrote a pitch to a magazine editor for their “My Life at 30” story and created music videos to celebrate the question: Does the past determine the future?

For the last three weeks, Launchpadders experimented with leadership tools and frameworks to see which best fit their personalities and the opportunities they want to pursue.   Last Thursday, at the Leadership Quest Exhibition, Launchpadders:

• Presented the leadership skills they acquired and tested to strengthen the ES or MS studios, inlcluding Mission and Vision Statements; Hiring Funnels; 360 Peer Reviews; Gamification, Rituals and a dozen other tools.

• Described a super-culture they had explored, like Google or the Navy SEALS, and how its main archetypal features fit (or did not fit) with their own vision, goals and aptitudes as a leader;

• Delivered their Next Great Adventure plans after Launchpad, with a focus on the mentors, heroes and industry peers they will seek out for Stars and Steppingstone interviews; and

• Presented How My Past Determined My Future at Age Thirty argumentative essays.

Which Launchpadder will lead a company culture fashioned after a pirate ship?  Who will build a non-profit with a culture that nurtures like a family?   Whose organization will hum like a well-honed machine?  Only time will tell.

But now our future leaders know how their personalities, actions and decisions can help determine the future, one world changing organization at a time.