Capita Learning Sprints

Our learning sprints are short online courses offering a comprehensive exploration of a key policy issue influencing the lives of young children and families. Whether it be private equity in child care or building better policy conversations, our learning sprints are an opportunity to spend some dedicated time on a policy issue. 

The learning sprints seek to create space alongside your busy working life for social imagination. They are an opportunity to meet and learn from peers, experts, and other leaders working on a similar policy issue, but who may be working in a different sector or context. To complement theory and analysis, our learning sprints share tools to test out during the sprint, to help overcome the challenges surrounding the focus policy issue. 

About the design

Each learning sprint is delivered in four two-hour sessions over two months. A thematic expert joins each session. Sessions are divided into presentation, exchange, and co-working blocks, where participants can engage in a complete learning experience with both learning and sharing spaces. 

Who are the learning sprints for

Considering each learning sprint focuses on a specific policy issue, audiences will vary. However, most sprints will be of interest to social sector leaders driving transformation in the systems that serve young children and their families, policy and system leaders, foundation leaders and private donors. You can be based anywhere in the world.

To safeguard the quality of the cohort learning experience, we limit participation to 25 people.

Past Learning Sprints

Our first learning sprint (October - November 2023), focused on private equity and child care. The sprint was led by Capita Senior Fellow Elliot Haspel, along with guest faculty members including Brendan Ballou, Elias Crim, Azani Creeks, Pooja Mehta, and Rixa Evershed.

If you want to learn more about our learning sprints please email (hello@capita.org).