LIVING SYSTEMS LAB™️
Practice-Based Leadership Development : A 24-hour, five-week program designed for working leaders ready to practice transformative leadership in their own organization, on their own real challenges.
October 29 – November 26, 2026
In-person + virtual
*Offered in English. Group kept intentionally small for a deeper, richer experience.
REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 25 & SAVE 30%
REGISTRATION CLOSES WHEN COHORT IS FULL
An extension may be offered if the minimum cohort is confirmed— but seats are limited.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF Early bird pricing —30% OFF
AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25, 2026
PRICING
| Participant | Regular Price | Early Bird — 30% OFF |
| Professionals Government managers and leaders, mid-to-late career corporate professionals | $1,960$ Save $840 | |
| SPU Alumni & Community Former students and SPU Community members | $1,470$ Save $630 | |
| Students / Non-Profits / Low- Income | $280$ Save $120 |
Corporate pricing: Group discounts are available for multiple participants from the same organization. Please contact The Providence Institute of Transformation Leadership.
About the lab
The Living Systems Lab™️ is a container for applied leadership practice
You arrive with a real challenge from your organization. Over five weeks, spanning two in-person days and four online sessions, you design and implement a leadership experiment supported by expert facilitation and a small peer cohort.
The Living Systems Lab™️ draws on somatic practice, arts-based learning, systems thinking, and collective wisdom as working tools for leaders navigating mission-driven organizations, where technical expertise alone is no longer enough.
Offered by the Providence Institute of Transformative Leadership at Saint Paul University (SPU), extending SPU’s decade of transformative leadership education into professional practice.
Program format
designed for working leaders
Everything is built around your working life and your working challenges.
The Living Systems Lab™️ opens with two full in-person days and continues with four weekly online sessions. Co-facilitated by two expert practitioners for the full program.
IN-PERSON INTENSIVE
thursday, october 29 & friday, october 30
8 hours per day
The Atelier, Saint Paul University
ONLINE INTEGRATION SESSION
Thursdays, November 5, 12, 19 & 26
2 hours per session
Via Zoom
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Real work.
Real challenges.
Real change.
- Bring a real leadership challenge from your organization and work through it – with facilitation, peer support and integrated somatic and arts-based practice.
- Design and implement a leadership experiment in your organization, supported across both intesive days and the four online sessions.
- Develop your capacity to lead from self-awareness and inner coherence – not just technical expertise or role authority.
- Build collective wisdom with a small cohort of peers from across sectors, all navigating the same complexity you are.
- Leave with a leadership practice you can sustain and a community of practice to sustain it with.
who this is for?
Leaders who are ready to practice, not just learn
The Living Systems Lab™️ is designed for professionals working in or with mission-driven organizations who are navigating complexity and are ready to lead differently.
You might be a fit if you’re…
- A professional : Government manager or leader, or a mid-to-late career corporate professional, looking for practice-based leadership development.
- Saint-Paul Alumni and/or community : A former student deepening your application of transformative pedagogy in your professional life, and want to reconnect with SPU’s learning community.
- Exploring the School of Leadership, Ecology and Equity (SLEE) : Considering an SLEE degree program and want to experience the pedagogy firsthand before applying. The Living Systems Lab™️ is a natural first step.
- A current student : An MA, BA, or Diploma student at Saint Paul University is welcome to join at accessible pricing, as capacity allows. The Living Systems Lab™️ is professional development, not coursework.
NOT SURE IF THE LIVING SYSTEMS LAB™️ IS FOR YOU?
JOIN A FREE INTRODUCTORY WEBINAR TO FIND OUT.
Experience our approach firsthand, meet the facilitators, and ask your questions. No commitment required.
Co-facilitated by two expert practitioners
Avegaile Calzado
MA, Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University; MA, Professional Communication, Royal Roads University
SPU alumna, former public servant, and leadership development consultant specializing in somatic facilitation, systems change, and cultural identity work. Avegaile helps leaders read self-awareness as embodied intelligence that can guide real decisions.
eliza von baeyer
PhD, Organizational Development & Change, Fielding Graduate University; Fellow, Institute for Social Innovation
Organizational psychologist, consultant and former public servant. Eliza brings expertise in arts-based learning, systems thinking, change leadership, and coaching – connecting personal transformation to structural and organizational change.
Ready to join the lab?
Early bird pricing closes September 25, 2006.
Cohort size is limited to 12 participants
Not ready to commit? Join a free introductory webinar.
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