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You agreed on cost savings. Why do departments keep spending like before?
Because the target was agreed in the room and read differently outside it. Every department believes the cut is for someone else. This program aligns what your department heads know, believe and do with the savings plan, in four one-hour team sessions.
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Execution readinessExample scores for a team like yours. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.
Where it usually breaks26Today82/ 100After the 4 team sessions
Ready to executeShared knowledgeHigh riskFive different readings of what the target means for each department
Shared convictionHigh riskEvery department believes the cut is for someone else
Shared practiceHigh riskThe same spending request gets five different answers
4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitatorThe gap
What you'd typically hear if five of your budget owners answered alone.
SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone
Finish the sentence: when a request lands that was already in my budget but not in the savings plan, I…MMira…approve it. It was in my budget.
JJonas…check it against the target first, and say no if it does not fit.
AAylin…approve it and find the saving somewhere else later.
TTomas…send it to Finance to decide.
RRosa…honestly, I'm not sure the target applies to that.
What it costs you if nobody notices
Shared knowledgeThe target means five thingsWhen every department reads the target its own way, the savings plan is the only document nobody is following.
Shared convictionThe cut is always for someone elseA budget owner who believes their area is protected spends like before, and the saving is made by whoever believed you.
Shared practiceThe plan is missed by a thousand approvalsNo single request breaks the target. The habit of approving what was already budgeted does.
The program that closes the gap
Four one-hour sessions. Every one of your department heads, the same target, the same answer to the next request.
Session
Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice
S1Know the targetAgrees what the savings target means per department, what is protected and what is not.
Shared knowledge1Quiz yourselves, then agree together2Fill in the shared definition of the savings targetShared conviction3Decide the in-budget but off-plan request like the CFO wouldShared practice4Sort real spending requests into the right response for…5Agree the calm, on target response the team gives when a…
DemoS2Own the savingShows you whether budget owners believe the target is theirs, and what they fear it costs.
Shared knowledge1Decide what owning the savings target really means when a…Shared conviction2Agree the five real costs of departments treating the…3Decide an unbudgeted request as the CFO wouldShared practice4Align budget owners on how the savings target should be…5Rehearse the moment a pre-budgeted request breaks the…
DemoS3Decide the same requestDecides the same spending requests alone, compares and aligns on what changes.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on the one rule for already budgeted…Shared conviction2Decide the already budgeted request aloneShared practice3Align on one call for each of the same spending requests4Rank the deciding factors for an already-budgeted request
DemoS4Hold the linePractises saying no to a request, the pushback and the escalation that is actually allowed.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on what counts as in scopeShared conviction2Decide a real escalation call as the CFOShared practice3Rehearse saying no, handling pushback4Rehearse saying no to a spending request
DemoPlay it yourself · a short demo · one exercise from session 3 · Make the Call
Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.
This is a taste, not the whole session. “Decide the same request” runs 4 exercises with your own team, on a call or in a room. Here is one of them, on the real screens, played with four AI teammates, so you can feel how a session works.
Decide the same request · Make the Call00:00MJLSYouDecide the already budgeted request alone, then align on the call and hear the CFO's ruleOn screen: Reframe how you would decide the team lead's contractor request alone
You are playing with 4 AI teammates. Every screen opens on its briefing: read it, then tap I’m ready.
Readiness intelligence · what you'll see as teams play
Know which of your department heads would decide the next request to the plan, and where you should step in, before the quarter closes short.
Your company › Readiness intelligence › Cost savingsEvery one of your department heads spends to the plan they agreed, and knows what the target means for them
Readiness index82%Ready+56 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80
Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80
Participation94%9 of 10 people played at least once
Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed
Alignment41% →78%31 of 40 points aligned
Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in
The already-budgeted requestNot aligned in 14 of 36 playsShared knowledgeYour engineering budget owners · 6 people
Is the cut really meant for my area?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour sales and marketing budget owners · 4 people
Your department heads could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.
- 01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
- 02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
- 03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.
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