Ready to diagnose your organization's AI transformation challenges?
Take the 12-question AI Transformation Stall DiagnosticEvery tier applies the full Catalyst method. What differs is depth of engagement, number of field sessions, and the specificity of the organizational design work produced.
Every engagement concludes with a structured written output delivered within 7 to 10 days. The format and depth vary by tier. The four areas are consistent across all tiers.
A precise, written statement of the gap between your organization's current posture and the leadership capability the AI transition demands. Named, not generalized.
A structured read of the signals, assets, and constraints your operating environment is already producing. What your landscape is showing you, and what it is obscuring.
The specific capabilities, structural advantages, and resources available to close the identified gap. An honest accounting of what is present, what is absent, and what is misallocated.
A sequenced set of first moves with clear ownership and decision points. Built to act before the signal hardens. Delivered within 7 to 10 days via Google Drive as a flexible set of documents, slides, and frameworks tailored to your organization.
Every claim traceable. Every recommendation specific to the session.
A single engagement designed to name the specific adaptive challenge facing the organization and establish the gap to success. Applied through the full Signs Framework on the Pacifica headlands. Output is a concise, actionable written diagnostic.
The full methodology applied in one working day. Morning on the Pacifica headlands activates the Signs Framework. Afternoon at the Methuselah grove on Skyline Boulevard runs the four strategic frameworks and holds every decision against the long horizon. Output is a full written diagnostic with a priority action map.
A sustained thinking partnership during active transformation. Two field engagements anchor the arc. Virtual working sessions between them apply the frameworks to real in-flight decisions. Output is multiple written documents with the depth of organizational design work a board can act on.
Bespoke program for enterprise transformations requiring program-level accountability across a leadership cohort. Emerges from Immersive conversations that expand in scope. Scope, cadence, and structure are set with the client. Pricing is not published and is set with procurement.
Start with the Trail Diagnostic to evaluate the methodology or work a single near-term decision; choose the Catalyst Field Session for a full-arc diagnostic in one day when the challenge is clear; move to the Catalyst Immersive when the transformation will unfold over months and requires the depth of organizational design work a single engagement cannot produce.
Designed so a serious buyer can read it in a few minutes and have a clear, complete picture of what to expect.
| Stage | What happens | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1Initial Conversation | Thirty-minute call. You describe the adaptive challenge. I describe the methodology and the four tiers. We assess fit directly. If the methodology is not a good fit, you will be told so. | 30 minutes |
| Step 2Documents | If the conversation is productive, the Adaptability Framework and the Catalyst Method document follow. For serious prospects, a redacted diagnostic sample is available under NDA. | 60 to 90 minutes |
| Step 3Commitment | Tier, date range, and scope agreed. One-page engagement letter. 50 percent deposit, 50 percent on diagnostic delivery. | 15 minutes |
| Step 4Pre-Engagement | 15-minute intake questionnaire one week before the engagement, followed by a 30-minute prep call the same week. Surfaces the specific frame for the day. | 45 minutes total |
| Step 5Field Engagement | Half day, full day, or multiple engagements depending on tier. Pacifica coast (Mori Point, Pedro Point Headlands, or Pedro Point Valley), plus the Methuselah grove on Skyline for Full Day and Immersive. Precise meeting point confirmed on booking. No devices during field portions. | Per tier |
| Step 6Written Diagnostic | Diagnostic delivered within 7 to 10 days via Google Drive: interconnected documents, slides, and frameworks covering framework application, named adaptive challenge, leverage inventory, 90-day starting roadmap, and what the engagement did not resolve. | 60 to 90 minutes to read |
| Step 7Check-In | 30-day written check-in for Full Day and Immersive. Short note on progress, new signals, and whether the roadmap is holding. Optional but recommended. | 15 minutes |
Typical time from first conversation to field engagement is 3 to 4 weeks for Trail and Field Session, 4 to 6 weeks for Immersive. Sessions can be accelerated for time-sensitive decisions.
Engagements on the Pacifica coast take place at Mori Point, Pedro Point Headlands, or Pedro Point Valley depending on the engagement — all within Pacifica, approximately 25 minutes south of San Francisco International Airport. Precise meeting point confirmed at booking. For Full Day and Immersive, the afternoon portion is at the Methuselah grove on Skyline Boulevard, 25 minutes east of Pacifica.
A 15-minute intake questionnaire one week before, followed by a 30-minute prep call the same week. The questionnaire surfaces the specific adaptive challenge and the context the day will work inside. Preparation is light by design.
Walks are deliberately slow. Anyone comfortable with a 3-mile walk on varied terrain can complete the day. Phones and laptops remain in the car during field portions. Emergency reachability is arranged in advance. Engagements proceed in fog, light rain, and typical coastal conditions. Heavy rain or high-wind warnings trigger a reschedule at no fee.
Written diagnostic delivered within 7 to 10 days via shared Google Drive. A flexible set of interconnected documents, slides, and frameworks—shorter modular pieces filled with insights, models, and diagnostic specificity. Optional 45-minute review call for Full Day and Immersive to walk through the artifacts and discuss next moves.
The full sample is shared under NDA after the initial conversation.
Your organization is not failing to respond to AI. It is responding correctly to the wrong signal. The signal it is reading is efficiency pressure. The signal it is missing is a paradigm-level shift in customer expectations, a shift that is approximately 12 to 18 months ahead of the efficiency curve and will determine the competitive landscape for the next decade.
The central strategic question is not whether to deploy AI more aggressively. It is whether the three or four organizational features currently under pressure to be optimized away are in fact the capabilities that will define competitive advantage in the post-efficiency phase of the AI transition.
The engagement pathway begins with a thirty-minute conversation.
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