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Strategy Room Intake

Strategy Room Intake

Purpose of this instrument
The Strategy Room exists to protect signal. It is reserved for leaders ready to decide, not discuss.

This intake determines whether a Strategy Room should be opened, and if opened, what it must produce.

I. Admission Standard

A Strategy Room is scheduled only when all three conditions are true:

  1. Decision Integrity
There is a real decision to be made — not a vague desire for clarity.
  1. Authority Audit
The applicant has authority to execute (or can bring the actual authority-holder into the room).
  1. Cost of Delay
The price of indecision is visible, quantified, and already causing measurable drift.
Hard rule
If these conditions are not met, the room is not opened — and no “strategy theatre” is performed.

II. What This Environment Is Not

To maintain institutional quality, this environment is explicitly not:

  • Not coaching — we are not optimising your emotions; we are governing outcomes.
  • Not brainstorming — exploratory talk belongs elsewhere; this room produces a decision architecture.
  • Not therapy — emotional instability is handled directly, not disguised as “business complexity.”
  • Not opinion delivery — we do not sell vibes; we produce constraint-aware options with trade-offs.

III. What a Successful Strategy Room Produces

Every Strategy Room engagement is designed to output:

1) A Decision (or a disciplined deferral)

  • If a decision is made: the room produces the decision, rationale, and execution owner.
  • If deferred: the room produces criteria, a deadline, and measurable proof markers.

2) A Strategy (constraint-aware)

  • Built from current constraints: cash, capability, time, compliance, market truth.
  • Designed to survive scrutiny: board, investor, regulator, or operational reality.

3) Governance points (anti-drift control)

  • Decision rights (who owns what)
  • Cadence (weekly / monthly governance rhythm)
  • Control points (what gets reviewed, when, and by whom)

4) Explicit trade-offs

Every output must state:
  • what is being sacrificed,
  • what is being protected,
  • and what failure looks like.
Standard of evidence
If the “strategy” cannot be audited on paper, it is not ready to be executed.

IV. Intake Questions

Answer in bullet points. Precision beats prose.

A) Decision Gravity

  1. What decision are you making (one sentence)?
  2. Why is this decision irreversible or costly to reverse?
  3. What happens if you do nothing for 90 days?

B) Authority Audit

  1. Who is the final decision-maker (name + role)?
  2. Are they attending the Strategy Room? If not, why not?
  3. What decision rights do you personally hold?

C) Constraints (Reality Layer)

  1. What are the top 5 constraints (cash, time, people, compliance, market)?
  2. What is the current runway or operating margin reality?
  3. What cannot change in the next 90 days?

D) Options & Trade-offs

  1. What are the top 3 options you are considering?
  2. For each option: what is the primary trade-off?
  3. What option are you secretly hoping we approve — and why?

E) Risk & Narrative

  1. What risks increase if you choose Option A?
  2. What reputational or legal exposures exist today (even if minor)?
  3. What story must remain true after this decision?

F) Execution Readiness

  1. What are the first 3 actions after the decision?
  2. Who owns execution, and what cadence will prevent drift?
  3. What does success look like in 30 / 90 / 180 days?

V. Next Steps & Pre-Reads

If accepted, you will receive a pre-read pack. This is not optional.

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Institutional record
Resource ID: IA-SRI-001 • Status: Canonical
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