2027 WORKSHOP SERIES · RIVERWALK AT ARCHITECTING EXCELLENCE, GRANT, MICHIGAN

The Architecture Lab

Don't come to listen. Come to build.

Fridays, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM · 16 seats per Lab

Bring one real challenge from your work, build a working tool with a small group of peers, and leave with a plan you can use on Tuesday. Breakfast, lunch and a workbook are included. $95 per Lab.

Reserve your seat

HOW IT WORKS

Bring a challenge. Leave with a tool.

Pick your Friday, bring one real challenge, then build the tool with peers and leave with an action commitment.

1. PICK YOUR FRIDAY

Choose one of twelve Labs, one Friday a month in 2027, at RiverWalk at Architecting Excellence, Grant, Michigan.

2. BRING ONE REAL CHALLENGE

Bring something you're working on right now, not a case study.

3. BUILD WITH PEERS

Build the tool with a small group of peers and leave with an action commitment.

INCLUDED

Breakfast, lunch and a workbook. 16 seats per Lab.

TWELVE FRIDAY LABS

The 2027 Labs

Twelve Fridays, each built around one recurring problem. You'll leave every Lab with a working tool.

OPERATING ARCHITECTURE

January to April

Jan 15: Design Your Tuesday (a redesigned recurring workflow)
Feb 5: Who Decides? Who Owns It? (a decision-rights map)
Mar 5: Everyone Is Busy. Nothing Is Moving. (a workload and priority map)
Apr 2: Another Meeting. Same Problems. (a meeting design that decides)

FEEDBACK ARCHITECTURE

May to August

May 7: Why Nobody Said Anything (an escalation pathway)
Jun 4: We Thought We Were Clear (a clarity-check protocol)
Jul 2: The Conversation Everyone Avoids (a hard-conversation plan)
Aug 6: We Had the Conversation. Nothing Changed. (a follow-through loop)

CHANGE CAPACITY

Sep to Dec, plus Measurement

Sep 3: One More Initiative Might Break Us (an initiative capacity screen)
Oct 1: Why Good Changes Don't Stick (a sustainment plan)
Nov 5: Stop Starting. Start Finishing. (a finish-first priority list)
Dec 3, Measurement: But Did It Work? (an evidence-of-impact plan)

THE ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE INSTITUTE

Step one of a bigger path

Every Lab you attend counts toward tuition for the Organizational Architecture Institute, a 12-week founding cohort starting spring 2027 (by application)

Reserve your seat

GOOD TO KNOW

Full refund up to 7 days before your Lab

Inside 7 days, we'll credit a future Lab, or you can send a colleague

Call Tennille: (616) 402-2259

Questions? [email protected]

"A better Tuesday doesn't happen by working harder.

It happens by designing better systems."

2027 WORKSHOP SERIES · RIVERWALK AT ARCHITECTING EXCELLENCE, GRANT, MICHIGAN

The Architecture Lab

Don't come to listen. Come to build.

Fridays, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM · 16 seats per Lab

Bring one real challenge from your work, build a working tool with a small group of peers, and leave with a plan you can use on Tuesday. Breakfast, lunch and a workbook are included. $95 per Lab.

HOW IT WORKS

Bring a challenge. Leave with a tool.

Pick your Friday, bring one real challenge, then build the tool with peers and leave with an action commitment.

1. PICK YOUR FRIDAY

Choose one of twelve Labs, one Friday a month in 2027, at RiverWalk at Architecting Excellence, Grant, Michigan.

2. BRING ONE REAL CHALLENGE

Bring something you're working on right now, not a case study.

3. BUILD WITH PEERS

Build the tool with a small group of peers and leave with an action commitment.

INCLUDED

Breakfast, lunch and a workbook. 16 seats per Lab.

TWELVE FRIDAY LABS

The 2027 Labs

Twelve Fridays, each built around one recurring problem. You'll leave every Lab with a working tool.

OPERATING ARCHITECTURE

January to April

FEEDBACK ARCHITECTURE

May to August

CHANGE CAPACITY

Sep to Dec, plus Measurement

THE ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE INSTITUTE

Step one of a bigger path

Every Lab you attend counts toward tuition for the Organizational Architecture Institute, a 12-week founding cohort starting spring 2027 (by application)

"A better Tuesday doesn't happen by working harder.

It happens by designing better systems."

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