Sage on the stage
Lectures deliver roughly 10% retention. Leaders struggle to turn even the best off-site into changed behavior.
Executive education
Executive Programs
Know more. Decide. Act, and commit to results. Every program is built to help your organization find new business models, earn new revenue, and create new jobs.
Why most executive education doesn’t stick
The industry’s own research is blunt about it. Only 25% of managers say training measurably improved business results (McKinsey). Most providers admit they cannot even quantify the ROI.
Theory over action
Concepts, frameworks, a certificate. No forced decision, no owner, no follow-through once everyone goes home.
No accountability
Almost no program contracts on business outcomes: new business models, new revenue, or new jobs created.
Others send you home with a certificate. KDA sends you home with a commitment: a new business model, a revenue target, and jobs to create.
Eight programs, one promise
Each program leads with the outcome and the commitment, then the Know-Decide-Act® structure. Pick the format that fits your team.
AI Immersion
Teams & High-PotentialsKnow what AI really changes in your industry, decide where it creates value, and act on one AI-enabled business model that earns new revenue.
KnowSee what agentic AI actually does in your operations.
DecidePick the highest-value use case to pursue.
ActLeave with a costed deployment plan.
Commit to one AI-enabled business model with a revenue target.
Includes
KDA Certification
Senior LeadersThe credential you earn by committing to a plan for new revenue and new jobs, not for seat time.
KnowMaster the Know-Decide-Act framework.
DecideApply it to a real opportunity in your business.
ActCertify on a committed, measured plan.
Commit to a measured plan for new revenue and new jobs.
Includes
Board Retreat
Boards & C-SuiteMove your board from oversight to ownership. Know the landscape, decide the bets, commit to the growth and governance results.
KnowGround the board in the strategic landscape.
DecideChoose the growth bets and the guardrails.
ActLog decisions with owners and dates.
Commit to the growth bets and governance guardrails, with owners named.
Hands-on Workshop
Teams & High-PotentialsMore than notes. A validated prototype and a decision your team acts on Monday.
KnowFrame one real business problem.
DecideChoose the solution worth building.
ActBuild and validate a working prototype.
Commit to a prototype your team ships, with a next step and an owner.
Includes
Ideaathon for Senior Leaders
Senior LeadersTurn your senior team’s best thinking into ranked, fundable new-business-model bets in days, not quarters.
KnowSurface the opportunities hiding in plain sight.
DecideRank the bets by value and feasibility.
ActPitch a fundable shortlist to the sponsor.
Commit to a ranked shortlist of fundable new-business-model bets.
Includes
Executive Presence
Senior LeadersKnow your narrative, decide your message, act to win the room and the mandate.
KnowFind the story only you can tell.
DecideSharpen the message that moves decisions.
ActPractice live, with feedback, until it lands.
Commit to the narrative that wins your next mandate.
Growth Mindset
Senior LeadersMeasured before and after, so the organization keeps finding new revenue instead of defending old ground.
KnowAssess how your leaders meet change today.
DecideChoose the behaviors worth rewiring.
ActEmbed them, then measure the shift.
Commit to a culture that keeps finding new revenue, measured before and after.
Includes
Keynotes: Future of Work and Strategic Tech Governance
Boards & C-SuiteA keynote that ends in a decision. Leave knowing what is coming, having decided your first move, committed to act.
KnowSee what is coming for work and for governance.
DecideChoose your first move on the spot.
ActWalk out with a commitment, not just applause.
Commit to a first move before the room leaves.
Includes
Become a Certified KDA Faculty Member
Join our Faculty Certification Program to become an authorized facilitator of KDA methodology. Master the frameworks, earn your certification, and gain access to exclusive resources to deliver these programs.
Earn FIP (Faculty Improvement Points) Self-paced learning pillars Join the faculty community
What every program delivers
Not knowledge for its own sake. Results your business can bank.
New business models
Leave with a concrete model to test, not a slide deck. Know the opportunity, decide the bet, commit to build it.
New revenue
Every commitment carries a target and an owner, reviewed after the program. Accountability is the product.
New jobs
Augment, don't outsource. We use Know-Decide-Act to grow capability and create roles, not cut them.