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Micro-Courses

These micro-courses are designed for boards and C-suite leaders of growth-stage and PE-backed companies who need practical, board-level and C-Suite insight on AI, strategy, and value creation. Each session runs 30–60 minutes, making it ideal for a board meeting slot or an executive off-site briefing. Remote delivery is recommended for flexibility and speed, but in-person sessions are available on request. The fee is $250 per course, and we also offer customized courses tailored to your organization’s specific challenges.

Systems Thinking for the Boardroom and Executive Teams

Length: 30-45 minutes

Purpose: Companies need a lens for anticipating unintended consequences of AI and strategic choices. This session provides that lens.

Overview:
  • Explains how to view the business as a live system of constraints, dependencies, and feedback loops.

  • Uses ATC-inspired examples to show how local optimizations can trigger system-wide issues.

  • Highlights case studies where systems thinking avoided costly missteps.

  • Equips boards to ask better questions about second-order effects.

Key Takeaways:
  • A mental model for anticipating ripple effects of decisions.

  • Practical prompts to guide board oversight of complex transformations.

  • A better balance between speed and system health.