Our courses are built on a foundation of Curiosity, Authenticity, Gratitude, and Service. These four elements are indispensible in leadership and essential in leading a fulfilling life. Throughout every course, instructors engage in Socratic dialogue, employing what Educator Jack Mezirow calls “Transformative Learning.” This stands in contradistinction to “Informative Learning,” which uses what educational theorist Paulo Freire called a “banking” theory of learning — students add to their knowledge, skills, and competencies, and can later draw on what they have “banked.” Transformative Education, on the other hand, aims to develop a consciousness that has the power to transform reality through inquiry: examining what we think and know, our interpretations, and our perspectives. In our courses, participants grapple with owning themselves and their narratives, and learn to see themselves as what Master Coach Julio Olalla calls “the observers we are.”