Executive Education

More than 15 years of executive teaching for more than 30 client organizations in more than 20 countries. Every custom engagement begins with structured discovery; no generic curricula.

Executive education programDoctoral / short course / summer teachingInvited research seminar
Executive programs, doctoral training, and invited research seminars, by location.
15+Years teaching
30+Client organizations
20+Countries
100+Program sessions

“I bring original empirical research on competitive strategy, human capital, and organizational equity into every executive classroom.”

Two tracks
TRACK 1

Strategy execution and evaluation

Strategy as a testable theory: the four-part architecture below, the signature exercises, and most custom programs on this page.

TRACK 2

Talent, opportunity, and equity

Equity Analytics applied to hiring, assignment, pay, promotion, and restructuring decisions, and HR strategy at the CHRO level — including AHREP, Axis Bank, and Stellantis.

The framework →
The architecture

Narrative · Execution · Experimentation · Evaluation

Strategy is a testable theory of great performance — a claim about cause and effect specific enough to be wrong. An invariant four-part architecture with client-specific content, run through with empirical evidence, logical rigor, and clarity. The centre of gravity is the back half — execution, experimentation, and evaluation — where senior teams most often locate their unmet need.

01 · NARRATIVE

If we [actions]… then [outcomes]

Every assumption named and testable before execution begins.

02 · EXECUTION

Closing the gap between intent and practice

The Integrated Strategy Exercise surfaces and quantifies the intent-execution gap between hierarchy levels, live in the room.

03 · EXPERIMENTATION

Treating an intervention as a testable claim

A randomized trial of a compositional directive, and five design principles distinguishing policies that move representation from ones that produce symbolic compliance.

04 · EVALUATION

Reading feedback as evidence

Signposts and signals set in advance; execution quality separated from strategy effectiveness; pivot, persist, or abandon.

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Directorships
Advanced HR Executive Program (AHREP)Michigan Ross · Faculty Director
Diageo Academy of Beverage LeadershipFaculty Director · 500+ participants per wave
Leading the Sustainability TransformationFaculty Co-Director, with Stuart Hart
Ethics in ActionCourse Lead · WashU @ Brookings
Subject areas

Competitive strategy — formulation, execution, evaluation · Equity analytics — diagnosing disparities and evidence-based fairness · HR strategy at CHRO level · Ethical leadership · AI and data strategy · Strategic entrepreneurship · Sustainability.

Clients

By sector

Energy & Industrials

  • ExxonMobil — Strategic Leaders Program
  • Qatar Petroleum — Leadership Program
  • PTT Thailand — Strategic Entrepreneurship
  • PPG Industries — ELEVATE
  • Larsen & Toubro — Global LDP

Automotive & Manufacturing

  • Toyota — Next Gen Executive Program
  • Toyoda Gosei — Global EDP, Strategic Thinking
  • TVS Motor — GPMD, Competitive Advantage
  • Tata Group — TGELS
  • Stellantis — HR Leaders as Strategic Consultants

Technology & Telecom

  • Applied Materials India — Strategic Leadership
  • stc (Saudi Telecom) — HIPO and Project Chimera
  • Chief Data & AI Officer Program — AI Strategy, Ross

Consumer & Healthcare

  • Diageo — Academy of Beverage Leadership
  • Cochlear Americas — Translating Strategy to Action
  • UPS — CSR Strategy

Financial & Professional Services

  • Axis Bank — Equity Analytics Workshop; CHRO-in-Finance keynote
  • Deloitte Canada & Chile — SPC Learning Week

Sport

  • National Football League — Strategy for Competitive Advantage

Government & Nonprofit

  • Office of Naval Intelligence — Ethics in Action
  • U.S. Social Security Administration — Ethics in Action
  • Nigeria Customs Service — TILT Leadership Program
  • WashU @ Brookings — Ethics in Action, nine consecutive years
  • Ceres — Building Board Expertise on Sustainability

Higher Education & Regional Development

  • Nanyang Technological University — Advanced Management Programme
  • Georgetown EML — Executive Master of Leadership
  • Chulalongkorn University — Deans & Senior Leadership
  • Sardinia Economic Development — TALENT UP
  • WDI Vietnam — Global Mini-MBA
  • INCAE — Management Consulting, Data Analytics
  • Human Capital Singapore — International Business & Global Strategy
  • University of Michigan — Annual Planning Support (Office of University Development); Big Picture Strategy (Division of Student Life)
Signature exercises

Integrated Strategy Exercise

Surfaces and quantifies the intent–execution gap between hierarchy levels, live in the room.

Project Chimera

Strategic agility under market disruption; a live-actor simulation run over six days.

Live Competitive Canvas

Real-time competitive positioning built from the room.

Field Experiment / EBM Module

Evidence-based management; randomized and A/B designs, applied to a live organizational question.

Signposts & Signals

Pre-specify when and how to evaluate, before execution starts.

The Charter Brief

One page: statement, narrative, and evaluation plan.

Cascade Exercise Set

Three 30-day exercises participants run with their own direct reports.

Post-Session Leadership Memo

C-suite advisory feedback with a 30-day cascade.

Methodology

How program learning is coded

Four-phase adversarial double-coding at two time points, with intercoder reliability at Cohen’s κ ≥ 0.85. Learning objectives documented from primary sources.

Advisory

Pro bono equity analytics

Advisory work with the leadership of major sport and social organizations, where the research informed policy and practice.

Fritz Pollard AllianceNFLCustom analysis for Rooney Rule advocacy
NBCANational Basketball Coaches AssociationInterview-denial study; informs the Commissioner’s Office
USA GymnasticsUnited StatesJudging-equity analysis; recommendations to the CEO and board
Black Footballers PartnershipUnited KingdomReport informing the football regulator
Availability

Open-enrollment modules · Custom corporate programs from design through delivery and post-session advisory · Faculty directorships · Multi-level simulations. Email me to discuss a program.