Outthinker Scale Network
Where Growth Leaders Unlock Their Next Breakthroughs
A strategy network for CEOs and executive teams of $50M–$300M companies who’ve already achieved exceptional success – and are now ready to sharpen their growth strategy alongside ambitious peers who think at their level.
By joining Outthinker Networks, you join peers from successful companies who challenge each other’s thinking and expand strategic possibilities.
You’ve reached a milestone few companies ever achieve. That accomplishment opens new strategic options available only at your scale.
You’ve led your company through complexity and uncertainty and building something extraordinary. At this scale, new growth levers emerge– ones only accessible to organizations operating at your level.
But now the landscape is shifting. Its time to build on what got you here, seize your right to win, broaden your focus, and unlock enterprise-level opportunities.
The Outthinker Scale Network is a select community of CEOs and senior leaders who think differently, act boldly, and value engaging with peers who keep their thinking sharp.
This strategy-focused network goes deeper into the frameworks, tools, and thought patterns that distinguish great companies– bringing enterprise-level insights to leaders scaling fast.
If any of these challenges resonate, you're among peers who are finding real strategic unlocks together.
You’re still not capturing all the enterprise-level opportunities now within reach– and want to become the go-to partner for high-value opportunities.
You want strategy integrated into dailiy decisions, with agile strategy rhythms to pivot faster than competitors.
Your growth playbook is not fully aligned to the strategic levers now available at your scale.
Your executive team is stretched thin and you want to free capacity for forward-looking strategic thinking.
Your innovation occurs in sporadic bursts rather than through a coordinated process focused on revenue generation.
Your team is constantly distracted chasing new business while opportunities with true long-term value sit unrealized.
You can’t solve these alone – and at this level, you shouldn’t have to. Here, you’ll think alongside leaders who’ve already taken the next step.
The Outthinker Scale Network helps you sharpen strategic thinking, access curated insights, stay ahead of disruptive trends, and solve growth challenges with peers who think at your level.
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 – With Peers Who Match Your Ambitions
You may already belong to YPO, EO, or Vistage –exceptional communities focused on leadership. This network complements them by going deeper into strategy, the lever that amplifies everything else.
This community helps you go deeper into strategy—the lever that amplifies everything else.
Exclusively focused on growth and strategy. Not just HR and operations but also pricing, positioning, channels, marketing, sales, technology, purpose, and reinvestment.
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.
Enterprise-level thinking doesn’t develop in isolation. Scale unlocks new strategic levers – and here you’ll see how leaders of the world’s top companies activate them.
You’ve Found Your Strategic Peers If…
This program is for CEOs, Chiefs of Staff, Chief Growth Officers, and your ELT members who shape your company’s next moves.
Some companies enroll their CEO alone. Others include their CEO key associate or their 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 Guide and Facilitator
Kaihan Krippendorff is recognized by Thinkers50 and Global Gurus as one of the 20 most influential management thought-leaders in the world. A former McKinsey consultant, he is a best-selling author of seven strategy and innovation books. Kaihan is the Founder of Outthinker, the host of three popular podcasts – including Outthinkers, Strategy @ Scale (with Verne Harnish), and The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast – and a sought-after keynote speaker.
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, current challenges, and answer all your questions.