ABSTRACT
Reflecting pragmatic inquiry as developed by Charles Sanders Peirce, formulated by John Dewey, and practiced by Ira Progoff, the 11 exercises are divided into five parts: Begin — establish a baseline question and answer to be tested; Explore; Interpret; Decide–Hypothesize; and Act—the path ahead—test the hypothesis. When an organization embarks on the Pathfinder process, it starts with a problem it is facing, which may be as broad as defining a corporate mission or as focused as mapping out a new marketing strategy. Progoff, over the course of 25 years, had developed his Intensive Journal Process into a powerful method of self-discovery used by over 250,000 people. People look at the experiences, facts, trends, and so on, from five different points of view: the personal, the organization, the market, society, and the environment. For each of the five perspectives, leaders make the distinction between the "now"— Bearings—and the "past and future"—the Path.
