Imaginal Leaders
At Master’s, cultivating our students to be Imaginal Leaders, those who can see and create the future, is as important as preparing them for post-secondary education. For in a world of massive change and complexity, it is those with the Imaginal abilities of seeing and creating who will be truly Future Ready.
Becoming
Imaginal Leaders
Imaginal cells within the caterpillar
See and create
The future butterfly
The miracle of metamorphosis; where a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly; is found within special imaginal cells. Imaginal cells have both the vision of becoming a butterfly as well as the ability to execute this amazing transformation.
Imaginal leaders have the ability to see beyond what most think is possible and are able to do the seemingly impossible.
5 Keys of Becoming an Imaginal Leader
The Five Keys of Becoming an Imaginal Leader enable students to pursue their personal vision without limitation. This is foundational for preparing students to be Future Ready.
Identity
Finding your big why
Drive
Activating personal drive
Vision
Seeing the invisible
Create
Making visible the invisible
Grow
Doing the impossible
Imaginal Design Program
The You Prep (Imaginal Design) Program in our Senior High has been designed to engage students in authentic design-based projects where they become designers and creators of the future.
In I.D. students
will explore
Their own personal purpose and vision for life
Where vision comes from
What defines the Big Why of their lives
What drives history makers
What their personal drivers may be
What role spirituality plays as a designer
Seeing the invisible and doing the impossible
How to see the future and learn from it
Imaginal thinking
How to see the future and learn from it
Design thinking
Sr. High
Be bold and make a difference.
Imaginal Design Challenge
The Imaginal Challenge is an authentic design experience that prepares students to be Future Ready. Students are given a challenge to become bold and to make a difference. In the words of Steve Jobs, “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?”
Watch Film
The Imaginal
Creation Process
Vision
Vision of the future, the there and why it needs to be created is what drives the creation process.
Drive
Your drive is fuelled by the love you have for your creation.
Design
Design is making visible what you envision through building models and rapid prototyping.
Use
It is when the creation is put into use that you can truly evaluate the success of what you created.
Current Reality
Your honest assessment of your current reality creates the gap between your here and there.
Insight
Deep insight begins to emerge as you test your models of what you are hoping to create.
Build
This is when your vision is actualized.