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

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.

Imaginal cells within the caterpillar

See and create

The future butterfly

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
Seeing the invisible and doing the impossible
Where vision comes from
How to see the future and learn from it
What defines the Big Why of their lives
Imaginal thinking
What drives history makers
How to see the future and learn from it
What their personal drivers may be
Design thinking
What role spirituality plays as a designer
Imaginal Design Challenge (Sr. High)

Be bold and make a difference.

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?”

The Imaginal Creation Process

Vision

Vision of the future, the there and why it needs to be created is what drives the creation process.

Current Reality

Your honest assessment of your current reality creates the gap between your here and there.

Drive

Your drive is fuelled by the love you have for your creation.

Insight

Deep insight begins to emerge as you test your models of what you are hoping to create.

Design

Design is making visible what you envision through building models and rapid prototyping.

Build

This is when your vision is actualized.

Use

It is when the creation is put into use that you can truly evaluate the success of what you created.