The age of AI is the opportunity for the creative to lead the rational. To survive, thrive, and lead in uncertainty and unpredictability, you need a breakthrough, not a plan. This course brings to the innovator what is relevant from being a Jazz musician.

If you’ve never been on stage in front of hundreds or thousands of people, then you haven't experienced stage fright. I have since I was 10 years old.

If you’ve never participated in transformative innovation sessions, then most likely you have not experienced breakthrough mind shifts. I have several times throughout my career in high tech research and development.

It takes decades to hone your craft, but it takes a few seconds when your breakthrough happens.

Do you know what that means?

This means you could be three seconds away from a breakthrough to happen in your brain.

And I know that some of you feel it. But somehow, you are unable to reach and grab it.

This breakthrough matter is not something you can control. It is something that happens to you. It pops like popcorn.

But for that to happen, you need to be in a different “zone” than the one you might be accustomed to.

See, we were schooled and told to conform to standard thinking and comply with standard behavior. And we are afraid to be judged if we don’t. So, we are trapped, despite our “creativity” and intellect.

At work, we think by template and act according to “best practices.” And we are afraid to lose credibility if we don’t. So, we are in the grip of standards instead of responding swiftly to unexpected circumstances where true leadership trumps adhering to the process.

Conforming and complying will never get your breakthrough to pop. Ever. No popcorn for you.

No popcorn, no innovation.

I can confirm to you that you get transformed as soon as you step on that stage and past the stage fright. But you must be ready to improvise. Like a Jazz musician or standup comedian.

They step on stage prepared, of course. That’s their craft. But a Jazz musician will get kicked out of the band if all they know is to conform to sheet music. Their admission ticket is their ability to improvise comfortably and with confidence. It is their conversational style on stage that matters–a skill that does not bode well with accomplished classical musicians.

I have been a Jazz performer for a long time and I can transmit to you precisely that skill, whether you are a startup entrepreneur, a business professional, or a CIO facing the “digital transformation” boogieman. But it will be in the office or the boardroom, not behind a piano or telling jokes.

But we need to get you on that stage first.

You need to get into that conversational style.

I will help you adopt this conversational style for your next high tech innovation. I will get you in that zone where popping becomes possible.

I will teach you concepts that are not meant for the “conforming” mind.

I will transmit to you practices that are not meant for the “compliant” professional.

Once you are done with this executive cohort course, 9 days over 9 weeks, 90 minutes each day, you will be able to lead conversations for possibilities within your leadership team, and watch breakthroughs pop like popcorn. Yours or theirs.

This is not something you can do alone. You need a team and you need an audience. And you will be practicing with them.

In this marketplace, you really can no longer afford to lean on standard practices and ordinary behavior. Leave that to the rational, analytical, non-creative types. Unless you are not looking to cause a breakthrough.

Learning this conversational style will create an enormous asymmetry in favor of your team. It is your vehicle for landing that highly compensated leadership role that comes with fame, acclaim, and bonuses.

Here is the breakdown for the course: one ounce of philosophy to get you geared up for innovating on your feet; two pounds of new concepts and fun conversations; and three tons of practices that you can take to the office and start applying immediately.

Lots of love,

This course will be lots of fun too, I can promise that.