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Ignite strategy.
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What you'll gain
Most strategies die in the boardroom. Yours won’t.
Every year, leadership teams walk into strategy rooms with big plans. They walk out with hockey-stick projections that never materialize. Same song, different year.
The problem isn’t the frameworks. It’s the people. Egos hijack the conversation. Politics win. Biases run wild. And companies stuck in the middle convince themselves that small improvements will somehow lead to breakout results.
They won’t. Never have. Never will.
We studied 2,393 of the world’s largest companies. The brutal truth: only 8% climb from the middle to the top over a decade. But here’s what changes everything—companies that make bold moves, pulled hard enough, shift those odds dramatically.
This course hands you the playbook. See your real position. Understand the plays that matter. Build strategy that beats the odds.
No fluff. Just clarity, courage, and capability.
Every year, leadership teams walk into strategy rooms with big plans. They walk out with hockey-stick projections that never materialize. Same song, different year.
The problem isn’t the frameworks. It’s the people. Egos hijack the conversation. Politics win. Biases run wild. And companies stuck in the middle convince themselves that small improvements will somehow lead to breakout results.
They won’t. Never have. Never will.
We studied 2,393 of the world’s largest companies. The brutal truth: only 8% climb from the middle to the top over a decade. But here’s what changes everything—companies that make bold moves, pulled hard enough, shift those odds dramatically.
This course hands you the playbook. See your real position. Understand the plays that matter. Build strategy that beats the odds.
No fluff. Just clarity, courage, and capability.
Enrolment
| Format | Online, self paced with optional peer learning circles |
| Duration | 5 weeks |
| Start date | 1 March 2026 |
| TIme | 4 hours / week |
| Price | AUS $ 1,250.00 |
Download a copy of the course syllabus.
If you want to enroll a full cohort or bring your business group in, don’t wait—contact us directly and make your move while the competition is still deciding!
Whats included
- 20 video lessons - Sharp, focused, 3-5 minutes each
- 5 applied assignments - Real work, not theory
- 12 frameworks and tools - Ready to deploy
- Expert facilitation - Practitioners who’ve done it, not just taught it
- Peer learning circles - Weekly sessions with leaders like you
- Complete toolkit - Workbook, templates, frameworks
Learning outcomes
After this course, you will:
- Know exactly where you sit on the power curve—and what it means
- Spot the biases and politics sabotaging your strategy process
- Assess your starting position with brutal honesty
- Execute the five plays that actually shift odds
- Build a strategy process that beats politics and generates real moves
SKILLS GAINED
Learning to learn.
See
Short videos. Real case studies. Practitioners who’ve done the work explain the why, what, and how.
Try
Assignments that hit your actual challenges. Not hypotheticals. Not case studies about companies you’ll never run.
Share
Expert facilitators. Global peer network. Real conversations about real strategy.
Reflect
Structured activities that connect every concept to your specific situation.
Course calendar
Week 1: The Social Side of Strategy
The room is rigged before you walk in. Time to fix that.
Cognitive biases. Agency problems. Corporate politics. They combine to produce hockey-stick projections that never deliver. This week strips away the illusions.
Assignment: Hockey Stick Autopsy — Dissect a past strategic plan. Find where politics and bias corrupted it. Document the gap between promise and reality.
Time: 4 hours
Week 2: The Power Curve Reality
See where value actually goes. Spoiler: not to the middle.
The top 20% capture 90% of economic profit. The middle three quintiles? Almost nothing. This week shows you the map everyone ignores.
Assignment: Power Curve Positioning — Calculate your economic profit. Plot your position. Face the truth about where you stand.
Time: 4 hours
Week 3: Endowment and Trends
Know your hand before you play it.
Your size. Your balance sheet. Your R&D history. Your industry winds. Together, they explain 55% of your trajectory. This week teaches you to see your starting position without flinching.
Assignment: Strategic Starting Point Assessment — Score your foundations and trends. Identify your advantages. Name your gaps.
Time: 4 hours
Week 4: The five big moves
These levers work. But only if you pull hard enough.
Programmatic M&A. Dynamic reallocation. Strong capex. Productivity at scale. Differentiation that commands margin. Five plays. Specific thresholds. This is where strategy gets real.
Assignment: Big Moves Scorecard — Rate your current position on each play. Identify your 2-3 priority levers. Build your action plan.
Time: 4 hours
Week 5: Building Your Odds
Lock in your moves. Change your trajectory.
Transform annual planning theater into continuous strategy. Replace wishful thinking with momentum cases. Concentrate bets on what can actually move you. This week, you commit.
Assignment: Playmaker Strategy Brief — One page. Your position. Your plays. Your thresholds. Your timeline. Your commitment.
Time: 4 hours
The shit.
”fucking awesome, I should have done this a year ago.”
D. Cheney
CEO Halliburton

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