Resources

Put the Framework
Into Practice

Practical tools built directly from twenty years of practice. Download, use immediately, share with your team.

All-in-One
Workbook · DOCX

The IEMF™ Field Guide

The working companion to The 5A's of Economic Mobility™ — built for every edition of the curriculum, not just one: 6-Hour, 10-Hour, or 29-Hour. Every core exercise, both full Pitch Event Judging Rubrics, and the complete FAIL Forward™ Framework, in one purchase. Works with a facilitated course or on its own.

✓ Works with all 3 curriculum tiers
✓ Both Pitch Event Judging Rubrics
✓ Full FAIL Forward™ Framework included
Get the Field Guide — $49
Also Available Separately

The FAIL Forward™ Workbook is included in full inside the Field Guide. Meeting Students Where They Are is a separate educator's guide, not included — for programs and staff, not participants.

$37
Workbook · PDF
F A I L

Forward Workbook

A practical workbook for turning failure into data, action into learning, and your environment into an asset. Four principles, real stories, reflection questions, and a one-page action plan.

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✓ Instant download
✓ Printable PDF
✓ Writing space included
$17
Guide · PDF

Meeting Students
Where They Are

An Educator's Guide

Six specific, practiced behaviors that distinguish educators who change trajectories from educators who merely deliver content. Built from twenty years of practice. Includes a weekly self-audit.

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✓ Instant download
✓ Printable PDF
✓ Weekly self-audit
Free Resources

The Toolkit

Eleven free tools built from twenty years of practice. For educators, entrepreneurs, and program designers who want to start using the framework immediately — no purchase required.

FAIL Forward™ Framework
1
FAIL Forward Self-Assessment
Discover which of the four FAIL principles you need most right now
2
What Your FAIL Forward Score Means Across Every Room You're In
Your lowest score, read across management, leadership, culture, entrepreneurship, and education
3
The One-Page Business Idea Validator
Five questions that tell you if your idea is worth pursuing
Planning & Action
4
From Big Picture to Day-by-Day™
Start with your vision — 1 year, 5 years, your call — then work backward to the action you take this week
5
The 30-Day Action Plan™
One goal. Three actions. One accountability partner. Start here.
6
The 90-Day Action Plan™
Foundation to first results — three phases, built-in SWOT, weekly check-ins
7
The 180-Day Action Plan™
Six months, two phases — nests your 90-Day milestones inside a bigger arc
8
The 360-Day Action Plan™
One year, four quarters — the full operating system
9
Creating Culture with Intention™
On leadership, management, vision, and the cultures we build or inherit
For Educators & Program Staff
10
Community Agreement Template
Co-create the conditions for a cohort that actually works
11
5 Mistakes Educators Make With At-Risk Students
What the research says — and what to do instead
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