Outthinker Growth Network
Where Driven Growth Leaders Design Their Next Level
A strategy network for CEOs and leadership teams of $50M–$500M companies ready to elevate their thinking, sharpen their growth strategy, and compete at an enterprise level.
By joining Outthinker Networks, you stand next to strategy leaders from top companies
You’ve achieved what few entrepreneurs ever do.
Now it’s time for what’s next.
You’ve led your company through complexity, uncertainty, and countless decisions, building something remarkable.
But now the landscape is different. What got you here won’t get you there. The next stage of growth demands a new dimension of thinking—enterprise-level thinking—while preserving what made you successful and building on top.
The Outthinker Growth Network is an exclusive community of CEOs and senior strategic leaders who are ready to think and compete at an enterprise level.
This is a dedicated strategy-focused network that goes deeper into the frameworks, tools, insights, and thought patterns that separate good companies from great ones. You’ll access the same methodologies and expertise that guide Fortune 500 strategy leaders—adapted for your growth stage and competitive context.
If any of these sound like issues you’re facing, you’re in the right place:
You’re still not positioned to take advantage of enterprise-level opportunities and don’t know how to become the go-to choice for high-value contracts.
You haven’t fully integrated strategy into your daily decision-making and need agile strategy rhythms to pivot faster than competitors.
You don’t have a clear sales playbook aligned with your core growth levers and future positioning.
Your executive team is stretched thin with fixing daily issues and needs time freed up for strategic forward thinking.
You’re only engaging in sporadic innovation blips with no structured process or integration into revenue processes.
You’re constantly chasing new business while existing accounts are far from fulfilling their potential.
You can’t solve these on your own – and in this journey, you need partners who’ve already made the next step. This is what the Outthinker Growth Network is all about.
The Outthinker Growth Network can help you:
Develop Enterprise-Level Strategic Thinking
Elevate your decision-making with proven frameworks that show you the right strategic moves, preserving your entrepreneurial edge while competing at a whole new level.
Get Curated Strategic Intelligence
Access cutting-edge insights from Harvard, Wharton. LBS, Oxford and Columbia, and world-class thought leaders—so you’re never blindsided by new trends.
Join a Growth-Focused Peer Network
Connect with ambitious CEOs and strategic leaders who think boldly and challenge you to think bigger, all operating at the level you aspire to reach.
Member Benefits and Resources
Curated virtual sessions with strategy practitioners from leading companies from Microsoft to Costco and elite thought leaders from premier business schools and institutions, where we address critical growth topics.
Exclusive in-person gatherings with optional access to premier strategy events like Thinkers50, creating deeper connections and strategic insights.
Members-only portal containing comprehensive insights, proprietary frameworks, and specialized tools from our ongoing strategic discussions.
Ongoing dialogue and collaboration with growth-minded leaders, bringing you real-time insights and solutions from peers facing similar strategic challenges.
Go Deeper Into Strategy
You may already belong to YPO, EO, or Vistage. Those are incredible communities. But they’re broad, focused on overall leadership and management.
This community helps you go deeper into strategy—the lever that amplifies everything else.
Exclusively focused on growth and strategy. Not HR. Not operations. Not generic leadership.
Access to the world’s top thinkers in strategy and innovation. From elite business schools, best-selling authors, and cutting-edge research.
Engage with CSOs from the Outthinkers community who will present their approaches—including Starbucks, Microsoft, Costco, Google, and Zoetis.
Global peer access. Go beyond your local chapter—tap into a worldwide network of growth-minded leaders.
Lightweight, high-impact format, mixing together structured sessions and materials with easy access to peers for real-time ideas and solutions.
Access to Kaihan Krippendorff’s IP and frameworks—used by 300+ of the world’s most admired companies, generating over $3 billion in new annual revenue.
Developing enterprise-level thinking can’t happen in a vacuum. Simply put, you can’t know what you don’t know. But through our work with Fortune 500 companies, we do. And we’re curating the strategy-focused community to share it with you.
You’ve Found Your Peers If…
This program is for CEOs, Chief Strategy Officers, Chief Growth Officers, Chief Operating Officers, and the strategic leaders who shape your growth strategy — your #2, your head of strategy, your transformation lead.
Some companies enroll their CEO alone. Others bring their CEO and a key lieutenant. A few sign up their entire leadership team. The choice is yours.
If you:
- Need to take your team from $50M thinking to $1 billion moves
- Have bold growth ambitions and refuse to settle
- Want to accelerate growth without avoidable mistakes
- Have strong execution in place and know strategy can unlock even more
- Believe that learning from the best is the fastest way forward
Then this is for you.
The Impact
Companies applying Outthinker methodologies have achieved:
Your Facilitator
Kaihan Krippendorff is a former McKinsey consultant, best-selling author of five strategy and innovation books, and a globally recognized expert on growth and strategic innovation. He has helped over 300 of the world’s most admired companies outthink their competition and unlock transformative growth. Recognized by Thinkers50 and Global Gurus as one of the 20 most influential thought leaders on strategy and innovation in the world, Kaihan is the founder of Outthinker Networks and a keynote speaker sought after by Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
Join the Network. Design Your Next Level.
To apply, schedule a 15-minute call with our program manager. We’d love to hear about your background and current challenges and we’ll answer all your questions.