Cultivate Schedule
Please plan to attend the full conference in its duration extending from Thursday at 9:45 am - Friday at 4:45 pm. Sessions are designed to be active and immersive, so come ready to engage.
Pre-Event
Complete your free DiSC assessment
Thursday, November 5
Understand Yourself & How to Lead Others
9:45 AM
Transportation
Catch the bus to begin your Cultivate experience. Departing from both hotels. Don't be late!
10:00 AM
Cultivate Circle Formation & Connection
Using your DiSC communication style, seek out peers who think differently; form a small group that becomes your learning community and accountability network throughout Cultivate.
10:30 AM
Opening Leadership Experience
Explore leadership lessons through growth, resilience, and entrepreneurship with Jason Burke, founder of The New Primal. Then begin connecting those lessons to your own leadership journey.
11:30 AM
Leadership Roundtable
Continue the conversation with your Cultivate Circle as you reflect on Jason's experiences, exchange perspectives, and connect leadership lessons to your own career.
12:30 PM
Lunch
Recharge, connect with fellow participants, and continue conversations before the afternoon leadership labs.
1:30 PM
Lab: Leadership Under Pressure
Experience a fast-paced leadership simulation where evolving scenarios challenge you to communicate, collaborate, and make decisions under pressure using DiSC-informed communication insights.
2:30 PM
Lab: Difficult Conversations
Build confidence navigating feedback, accountability, and challenging workplace conversations through practical discussion and applied exercises.
3:30 PM
Lab: Leading Without Authority
Discover how to build credibility, gain buy-in, and influence others even when leadership isn't defined by title.
4:45 PM
Cultivate Circle Reflections & Leadership Commitments
Solidify the day's learning by identifying key leadership insights and committing to actions you'll continue practicing throughout Cultivate and beyond.
6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Reflect on the days learnings, create new connections, explore RD1's distillery forest, wood finishing lab and research and development center.
Friday, November 6
Lead through Complexity
10:00 AM
Travel + Leadership Observation Briefing
Prepare to experience leadership through a new lens as your Cultivate Circle receives observation prompts before visiting a working food production facility.
11:00 AM
Challenge: Leadership Observation
Go beyond the production process and observe operations through the lens of leadership, teamwork, decision-making, quality, and continuous improvement. Capture observations to fuel the afternoon challenge.
1:00 PM
Lunch on the Go
Use the return trip and lunch to gather your thoughts before transforming observations into leadership insights.
1:30 PM
Circle Debrief & Leadership Insight Exchange
Compare observations, challenge assumptions, and discover how different perspectives can lead to different leadership insights.
2:30 PM
Challenge: Operational Leadership
Put everything you've learned into practice as your Cultivate Circle works through evolving operational challenges requiring communication, collaboration, adaptability, and leadership
4:00 PM
Final Reflection & Leadership Action Planning
Transform insights into action by creating a personal leadership plan and identifying the commitments you'll take back to your organization.
4:30 PM
Program Conclusion
Celebrate your Cultivate journey and leave with greater confidence, practical leadership tools, and a network of peers committed to your continued growth.

