Closed-door working sessions for strategy and transformation officers in San Francisco, Boston, London, and Chicago, with an agenda our members set.
Join any single event, or become an Outthinker member for complimentary access to any or all four.
Strategy is the loneliest seat in the C-suite. Fewer peers share the remit than in finance or operations, and the decisions carry the most weight. Outthinker connects you with peers who sit in that same seat as you, facing the same challenges, so you can solve hard problems and find new opportunities together.
Our members meet online every month. In 2027 we are also meeting in person, in four cities. Each event is a small, closed-door, invitation-only working session, built so you can meet your peers and have deep, strategy-focused conversations with people who do the same job as you. Seats go to members first, and we review every request personally so the room stays peer-to-peer.
A small group of strategy and transformation officers from large organizations. Peer networking and community are at the center of the day, so you talk shop with people who have faced the same trade-offs, without explaining the basics first.
Members decide what we talk about. Topics and speakers are chosen by the group based on what matters most at the moment, so the day is about the problems on your desk this quarter.
A signature Outthinker Networks format: a member brings a live challenge from their own organization, and the group works on it together. These conversations don’t transfer knowledge. They create it.
An optional dinner the evening before or after deepens the conversations among the group. For members, the same people are in the monthly virtual roundtables afterward.
Pick one city, or come to all four. Each event is designed to make the most of the time you give it, so it fits around a strategy officer’s schedule.
Thu • March 18, 2027
San Francisco
Half-day roundtable
Hosted by Russell Reynolds Associates
Members: complimentary
Guests: $2,900
Tue • May 4, 2027
Boston
Full-day summit
Hosted by American Tower
Topic chosen by members
Members: complimentary
Guests: $2,900
Thu • July 1, 2027
London
Half-day roundtable
Hosted by Russell Reynolds Associates
Members: complimentary
Guests: $2,900
Thu • September 16, 2027
Chicago
Half-day roundtable
Hosted by Russell Reynolds Associates
Members: complimentary
Guests: $2,900
Topics and speakers are added to each event as members choose them.
Membership gives you complimentary access to all four in-person events, and to everything that happens between them.
Membership is by application. It starts with a 15-minute call with our program manager about your priorities and current challenges.
Coming to one event? Request a guest seat from that event’s card above. Choose an event ↑
Strategy and transformation officers at large organizations: CSOs, heads of strategy, and equivalent roles. We use the same criteria as the Outthinker Strategy Network.
Yes. Request a guest seat at any event ($2,900). Members are seated first, and we review every request personally. If you’d like to attend more than one, membership gives you complimentary access to all four.
Members decide. Topics and speakers are chosen by the group based on what matters most at the time, and everyone with a seat hears about them as they’re confirmed.
San Francisco, London, and Chicago are half-day roundtables. Boston is a full-day summit. We also host an optional dinner the evening before or after each event.
Each event opens with introductions, so you know who is around the table and what they are working on before the first session begins. The first session takes on a topic our members chose because it matters to them right now, and those conversations carry on in smaller groups over the networking lunch that follows.
After lunch come the Challenge Forums. A member puts a live challenge from their own organization in front of the group, and the room works through it together: asking questions, testing assumptions, and sharing what has worked elsewhere. A second member-chosen session follows, and the closing session draws together what the group surfaced over the day. We end with time to talk informally, and anyone who wants to keep the conversation going can join the optional dinner.
Apply online. Membership starts with a 15-minute call with our program manager about your priorities and current challenges.
Join a single event, or become a member for complimentary access to all four and every virtual session in between. Membership is by application.