Resources
Programming is what EMERGE does in a room. Resources are what lets the work continue in rooms EMERGE staff are not standing in.
Discussion Card Decks
2
Videos
6
Readings
8
Curriculum
6
Discussion Card Decks
Examples of cards provided in the EMERGE discussion card decks.
High Minded
A deck of dilemmas and provocations built from the EMERGE reflection sequence. High-Minded is designed for the moment a discussion has gone comfortable — every card forces a position, and most of them cost something to answer honestly.
For high school, college, and graduate cohorts
Beloved & Believed
Every card belongs to one of two halves. Beloved cards ask whether people feel valued in your presence. Believed cards ask whether they leave more capable than they arrived. Drawn as a pair, they become an audit of any relationship, classroom, team, or institution.
For middle school cohorts.
Videos
What Leadership Is Not
Session opener · 6 min
The distinction every EMERGE cohort starts with: a title is not leadership, and leadership does not require a title.
What Leadership Is Not
Session opener · 6 min
The distinction every EMERGE cohort starts with: a title is not leadership, and leadership does not require a title.
The Remote Control
Activity walkthrough · 9 min
A facilitator demonstration of the control / influence / cannot-control sort, including how to handle the answers students are reluctant to say out loud.
The Remote Control
Activity walkthrough · 9 min
A facilitator demonstration of the control / influence / cannot-control sort, including how to handle the answers students are reluctant to say out loud.
Beloved & Believed, Explained
Core concept · 12 min
Ebony Wortham on the signature EMERGE concept and how the same two questions scale from a sixth grader to a cabinet secretary.
Beloved & Believed, Explained
Core concept · 12 min
Ebony Wortham on the signature EMERGE concept and how the same two questions scale from a sixth grader to a cabinet secretary.
Running the Ethical Decision Framework
Facilitator training · 18 min
Working a live dilemma through facts, stakeholders, values, risks, options, consequences, and decision — with the two places discussions usually stall.
Running the Ethical Decision Framework
Facilitator training · 18 min
Working a live dilemma through facts, stakeholders, values, risks, options, consequences, and decision — with the two places discussions usually stall.
Influence Without Authority
Graduate seminar excerpt · 22 min
Stakeholder mapping applied to a municipal initiative, recorded with the Fels cohort.
Influence Without Authority
Graduate seminar excerpt · 22 min
Stakeholder mapping applied to a municipal initiative, recorded with the Fels cohort.
The Person Behind You
Closing session · 8 min
The question that ends every EMERGE program, and why the answer is a name rather than an idea.
The Person Behind You
Closing session · 8 min
The question that ends every EMERGE program, and why the answer is a name rather than an idea.
Readings
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
Paired with Leading With Other People. Inclusion, empathy, and what it costs to be the person who says something.
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
Paired with Leading With Other People. Inclusion, empathy, and what it costs to be the person who says something.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
Paired with My Impact. Initiative under constraint — identify a problem, develop an idea, take a first step.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
Paired with My Impact. Initiative under constraint — identify a problem, develop an idea, take a first step.
Mindset
by Carol S. Dweck
Paired with Leading Me. The research behind believed — capability as something built rather than issued.
Mindset
by Carol S. Dweck
Paired with Leading Me. The research behind believed — capability as something built rather than issued.
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
by Bryan Stevenson
Paired with Leading Through Complexity. Proximity, mercy, and the ethics of systems that were built by someone.
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
by Bryan Stevenson
Paired with Leading Through Complexity. Proximity, mercy, and the ethics of systems that were built by someone.
Dare to Lead
by Brené Brown
Paired with Leading Yourself. Vulnerability, feedback, and the difference between confidence and armor.
Dare to Lead
by Brené Brown
Paired with Leading Yourself. Vulnerability, feedback, and the difference between confidence and armor.
Give and Take
by Adam Grant
Paired with Leading Peers. Reciprocity styles and why credit is a leadership instrument.
Give and Take
by Adam Grant
Paired with Leading Peers. Reciprocity styles and why credit is a leadership instrument.
Leadership on the Line
by Ronald A. Heifetz & Marty Linsky
Paired with Influence Without Authority. Adaptive challenge, and staying alive through the dangers of leading change.
Leadership on the Line
by Ronald A. Heifetz & Marty Linsky
Paired with Influence Without Authority. Adaptive challenge, and staying alive through the dangers of leading change.
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Paired with Transition, Reputation & Legacy. Four presidencies read as a study in what remains.
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Paired with Transition, Reputation & Legacy. Four presidencies read as a study in what remains.
Curriculum
EMERGE Developmental Leadership Framework
Foundational document · DOCX
The complete pipeline architecture: philosophy, the four developmental levels, module-by-module content for middle and high school, design principles, and the shared EMERGE vocabulary.
EMERGE Developmental Leadership Framework
Foundational document · DOCX
The complete pipeline architecture: philosophy, the four developmental levels, module-by-module content for middle and high school, design principles, and the shared EMERGE vocabulary.
Middle School Facilitator Guide
Six sessions · Facilitator edition
Session plans for This Is Me through My Impact, with icebreakers, timing, materials lists, and the reflection prompts that close each session.
Middle School Facilitator Guide
Six sessions · Facilitator edition
Session plans for This Is Me through My Impact, with icebreakers, timing, materials lists, and the reflection prompts that close each session.
High School Fellowship Guide
Six sessions · Facilitator edition
Case-driven session plans, the Opportunity Filter worksheet, the Personal Operating Manual template, and the leadership portfolio rubric.
High School Fellowship Guide
Six sessions · Facilitator edition
Case-driven session plans, the Opportunity Filter worksheet, the Personal Operating Manual template, and the leadership portfolio rubric.
The Ethical Decision Framework
Worksheet · One page
Facts, stakeholders, values, risks, options, consequences, decision. Used in high school, college, and graduate sessions without modification.
The Ethical Decision Framework
Worksheet · One page
Facts, stakeholders, values, risks, options, consequences, decision. Used in high school, college, and graduate sessions without modification.
Personal Compass Worksheet
Worksheet · One page
The five-values exercise, in both the middle school and high school editions.
Personal Compass Worksheet
Worksheet · One page
The five-values exercise, in both the middle school and high school editions.
MPA Seminar Companion
Graduate edition
Stakeholder mapping, the culture audit, and succession planning materials for the Fels graduate seminar.
MPA Seminar Companion
Graduate edition
Stakeholder mapping, the culture audit, and succession planning materials for the Fels graduate seminar.
How Do I Lead?
Emerge Philadelphia · Founded by Ebony Wortham, Esq. · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania