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Strategy Sprints

Intensive facilitated workshops that turn strategic ambiguity into clear, actionable deliverables. Your team walks in with questions. Your team walks out with a roadmap.

90% Build / 10% Teach

Why Sprints Work

Compressed Timelines

Traditional strategy consulting takes weeks. Sprints deliver working drafts in hours. Your team builds momentum instead of waiting for a deliverable.

Cohort Pressure Testing

Every strategy gets challenged by peers in real time. Blind spots surface fast. Weak assumptions get exposed before they cost you money, time, or credibility.

Real Deliverables, Not Lectures

These are not seminars. Participants build their own Strategy on a Page, their own TPP draft, their own execution priorities. The learning happens through doing.

EPD-01Strategy Sprint

Strategic Clarity in Early-Stage Drug or Platform Development

A facilitated sprint grounded in the Strategic Choice Cascade framework from Roger Martin and A.G. Lafley's Playing to Win. Teams define their strategic choices, build a Strategy on a Page, and pressure-test it with the full cohort.

~3 hours
Up to 15 participants
Virtual or Face-to-Face

Sprint Components

Warm-Up: "The Three Questions"

An opening exercise that gets the room thinking strategically from minute one.

Strategy Fundamentals (15 min)

The core principle: strategy is choices. What you choose not to do matters as much as what you choose to do.

The Strategic Choice Cascade

Walk through the framework that has shaped strategy at Procter & Gamble, Olay, and hundreds of organizations worldwide.

Exercise: Build Your Strategy on a Page (30 min)

Hands-on. Each team builds their strategy using the cascade. Choices get made. Trade-offs get surfaced.

Strategy Sounding Board

Small-group feedback sessions where peers challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and sharpen the strategy.

Plenum Pressure-Test

Live cohort critique. Every strategy faces the full room. The strongest ideas survive. The weak ones get rebuilt.

Follow-up included: Every team receives a dedicated 45-minute individual discussion with Dr. Rodriguez to refine their Strategy on a Page after the sprint.

EPD-02TPP/PTP Sprint

The Power of the Target Product Profile (TPP) / Platform Target Profile (PTP)

Your TPP defines what success looks like before you run a single study. This sprint teaches the principles, then puts teams to work building their own profile from scratch.

~2.5 hours
Up to 15 participants
Virtual or Face-to-Face

Sprint Components

Warm-Up: "The Circle of Similarities"

A fast exercise that builds cohort connection and surfaces shared challenges across teams.

TPP/PTP Principles (30 min)

What makes a strong Target Product Profile. How to define success criteria, identify evidence gaps, and prioritize attributes.

Exercise: 1st Draft TPP/PTP Build (15 min)

Teams draft their own profile in real time. No theory. Just execution.

Sounding Board + Plenum Pressure-Test

Peer feedback in small groups followed by full-cohort critique. Gaps get identified. Priorities get sharpened.

Follow-up included: Every team receives a dedicated 45-minute individual discussion to refine their TPP/PTP draft and clarify next steps.

What You Leave With

These are not hypothetical exercises. Every participant walks out with tangible, refined deliverables ready for immediate use.

A Strategy on a Page v1, pressure-tested by your peers
A TPP/PTP v1 or detailed outline with prioritized evidence gaps
Six top execution priorities for the next 90 days
Clear understanding of strategy in your specific development context
A 45-minute individual follow-up session with Dr. Rodriguez

Who This Is For

Strategy Sprints serve teams navigating the earliest and most uncertain stages of drug or platform development. If you are making choices that shape the next three to five years, this is for you.

Biotech Startup R&D Teams

Small teams with big science and limited runway. Every strategic choice matters. Sprints help you make the right ones early.

PIs, Postdocs, and Early-Career Scientists

Researchers transitioning from bench to translational development. Build the strategic foundation your science deserves.

Non-Profits, Accelerators, and Coalitions

Organizations funding or supporting multiple programs. Give your portfolio teams a shared strategic language and proven framework.

Researchers Driving Early-Stage Development

Anyone leading a drug or platform from discovery toward the clinic. Strategy clarity now prevents costly pivots later.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Tell us about your team, your stage, and your goals. We will design a sprint program that fits your needs.

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