Lab · 10X Strategy
Your leadership rhythm, run for you.
Workshops, Matrix and a BIAMI team that keep your plan moving every month, so the strategy you agree is the strategy you run.
Lab · Monthly · CEO and leadership team · Advise, Accelerate or Operate
Plans don't fail in the workshop. They fail in the months after.
The offsite ends, everyone goes back to their day job, and the plan drifts. By the next review, the numbers have moved and nobody knows why.
The 10X Strategy Lab runs the rhythm for you, so the plan keeps moving between workshops.
Who it's for
This is for you if…
Your strategy offsites don't stick.
This is for you if…
The board wants better reporting.
This is for you if…
Leadership meetings are spent on status, not decisions.
This is for you if…
You need board-level advice at Unicorn or Decacorn scale.
Best for CEOs, founders and boards, at any stage.
What the lab delivers
Leadership rhythm
Vision every year (Vision → Strategy → Execution), Strategy every 6 months (Lead → Align → Execute), Execution every month (Target → Achieve → More), plus leadership QBRs.
Learn more →Board & Performance Intelligence
Plan vs actual across Value, Operations and Growth in Matrix, with leadership QBRs and board-ready numbers.
Board Advisory
Board-level advisory across Strategy, Value, Operations and Growth, for Unicorn and Decacorn.
How a month runs
Execution session
- What happens
- The leadership team works through the plan against actuals.
- You get
- Decisions and owners.
Matrix tracks it
- What happens
- Plan vs actual updates, and agents follow up on actions.
- You get
- One set of numbers.
Monday brief
- What happens
- Matrix sends a weekly brief.
- You get
- What needs you this week.
QBR
- What happens
- Every quarter, a leadership review.
- You get
- A board-ready pack.
Runs on the 10X leadership rhythm: Vision every year, Strategy every 6 months, Execution every month.
The leadership rhythm
Vision
Every year. Define the next step for the business and commit to a 10X higher valuation.
Vision → Strategy → Execution
Strategy
Every 6 months. Align the leadership team and reset priorities across Value, Operations and Growth.
Lead → Align → Execute
Execution
Every month. Working sessions and working groups on execution against plan.
Target → Achieve → More
Includes executive roundtables and leadership QBRs.
Each workshop is usually one hour, and some run up to four hours.
What you get every month
Decisions turned into work
Every session ends in decisions, with owners.
One set of numbers
In Matrix, always on.
Board-ready reporting
Every quarter.
Choose how we work together
Three ways to run the lab, depending on how much you want to hand over.
Advise
Your leadership, advised.
- Who does the work
- The founder, CEO and board, with us
- What we do
- Work directly with the founder, CEO and board on vision, strategy and the plan
- Rhythm
- Planning, plus fortnightly status meetings with Q&A
- Best when
- You want a senior sparring partner for the founder, CEO and board
Accelerate
We run the rhythm with you.
- Who does the work
- Your leadership team, with our team
- What we do
- Run your leadership rhythm (Vision, Strategy, Execution) and Matrix reporting with the whole leadership team
- Rhythm
- 30+ or 80+ hours per month
- Best when
- Your leadership team needs the rhythm run for them
Operate
We run your strategy office.
- Who does the work
- Our team, with fractional CxOs filling the gaps
- What we do
- Run your strategy office: planning, board reporting and QBRs
- Rhythm
- At least half-time, full-time or a team
- Best when
- You want the strategy office run for you
- Who does the work, from you to BIAMI: Advise is mostly you, Accelerate is shared, Operate is mostly BIAMI.
On Operate, fractional resources fill the gaps.
| Feature | Advise | Accelerate | Operate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Advisory: your team works in self-service mode | Managed delivery | Outsourced delivery |
| Who does the work | The founder, CEO and board, with us | Your leadership team, with our team | Our team, with fractional CxOs filling the gaps |
| Our time | Planning, plus fortnightly status meetings with Q&A | 30+ or 80+ hours per month | At least a half-time person (4 hours a day), a full-time person or a team |
| Best practices | Q&A in the fortnightly status meetings | 5 hours (with 30+) or 10 hours (with 80+) included, per month | Included |
| Tools | Self-service | Included | Included |
| Gaps covered by | Your team | Your team | Our fractional resources |
Start with one flavour and change as you grow.
Our experience
200+
clients (since 2017)
26 → 6 months
idea to product-market fit
30 days
to first value
Matrix keeps one set of numbers across the whole business.
What comes next
Ready for your next stage
Programmes sized to where you are, from Business Idea → Proficorn to Unicorn → Decacorn.
Learn more →Client spotlight
Strategy
SaaS startup
Challenge: Idea to market is too slow.
Approach: Ran Business Idea → Proficorn, built the MVP in 10X Factory in 3 months, then 6 months to product-market fit.
26 → 6 months, new product idea to delivery and product-market fit.
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Frequently asked questions
What happens between workshops?
Monthly Execution sessions and working groups, tracked in Matrix.
Can it run across regions?
Yes. Unicorn-stage programmes run a strategy for each region with leadership QBRs.
Which flavour is right for us?
Advise if you want to work directly with us as founder, CEO or board. Accelerate if your leadership team needs the rhythm run with them. Operate if you want us to run your strategy office.
How much of the CEO's time does it take?
Set workshops are one hour each. The BIAMI team runs everything else between sessions.
What does it cost?
It depends on your stage and scope. See how pricing works.