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Example for 8 budget holders · 4 one-hour sessions

You have financial controls. Does every department read them differently?

Usually yes. The controls are written once and interpreted in every department, and the exceptions are decided by whoever is asked. This program aligns what your budget holders know, believe and do with the controls, in four one-hour team sessions.

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Execution readiness

37Today92/ 100After the 4 team sessions

Ready to execute

Example scores for a team like yours. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.

Where it usually breaks

Shared knowledgeHigh riskFive readings of the same control

Shared convictionMedium riskDepartments see the controls as Finance slowing them down

Shared practiceHigh riskEvery exception is granted locally, and becomes the rule

4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitator

The 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 control gets in the way of something my department needs this week, I…

MMira…apply it, and raise the exception through the route the control names.

JJonas…find a way round it. The control was not written for this.

AAylin…apply it, and the thing waits until next week.

TTomas…ask Finance for a one-off.

RRosa…honestly, I'm not sure which control applies.

What it costs you if nobody notices

Shared knowledgeOne control, five rulesWhen each department reads a control its own way, the audit finds five processes and Finance owns the finding.

Shared convictionControls read as frictionA department that sees the controls as Finance slowing it down applies them when watched, and the gap shows up in the numbers.

Shared practiceLocal exceptions become the ruleEvery exception granted in a department is the control for everyone who hears about it, and the control is gone within a quarter.

The program that closes the gap

Four one-hour sessions. Every one of your budget holders, the same controls, applied the same way, exceptions through one door.

Session

Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice

S1Know the controlsAgrees what each control requires, who it applies to and how an exception is raised.

Shared knowledge1Fill in the gaps together to agree how Acme's financial…2Quiz each other on what every financial control actually…Shared conviction3Decide an exception as the CFO wouldShared practice4Sort real budget situations into the correct control response5Rehearse how to respond in the moment a control gets in…

Demo

S2Stand behind themShows you whether departments believe the controls protect them, and what they say against them.

Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on what the financial controls actually…Shared conviction2Compare the team's reasons to back the controls against…3Decide as the CFO on an exception requestShared practice4Sort real budget situations into the one response each…5Rehearse the moment a control blocks your department

Demo

S3Apply them to real casesApplies the controls to the same real cases alone, compares decisions and aligns on one way.

Shared knowledge1Apply the financial controls to the same real casesShared conviction2Decide four real budget calls aloneShared practice3Sort real budget situations into the response every…4Agree the correct order of steps for handling a supplier…

Demo

S4Handle the exceptionPractises the request for a way round, the pushback and the answer every department gives.

Shared knowledge1Align on exactly how an exception request must be raisedShared conviction2Decide alone how to answer an exception requestShared practice3Match each exception request to the one correct response4Rehearse the exception request

Demo

Play 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. “Apply them to real cases” 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.

Apply them to real cases · Make the Call00:00MJLSYou

Decide four real budget calls alone, then align with the CFO's actual ruleOn screen: Decide what you would do in 4 real budget situations alone

On your ownWork on your own. Your answer stays private until everyone is done.

03:00

YStay muted

Decide what you would do in 4 real budget situations alone

Statement

Your feedback

01A supplier invoice arrives without a purchase order. The work is done, the supplier is trusted, and the team needs them again next week.

02A department head asks you to approve a spend above their threshold because the project will stall otherwise, and they promise to log it properly afterwards.

03A manager tells you their team has been handling a certain type of exception their own way for months, and it has never caused a problem.

04It is the last week of the quarter, a budget owner needs a fast answer on whether a cost qualifies under the plan, and the usual approver is unavailable.

Source: Acme Inc financial controls, worked example and principle from session 3 of the budget owner alignment program

0 of 4 written

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 budget holders would apply the controls the same way, and where you should step in, before the audit finds five processes.

Your company › Readiness intelligence › Financial controlsEvery one of your budget holders applies the controls the same way, and knows what an exception is8 budget holders enrolled · 3 of 4 sessions played · 7 plays · owner: you

Readiness index92%Ready+55 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80

Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80

Participation94%8 of 8 people played at least once

Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed

Alignment41% →78%25 of 32 points aligned

Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in

The invoice without an orderNot aligned in 13 of 38 playsShared knowledgeYour operations departments · 5 teams

Do the controls protect us, or slow us down?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour fastest-moving departments · 3 teams

Sample data. Before anyone plays, readiness is estimated from your material. Real numbers come only from live plays with your team.

Your budget holders could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.

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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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You have financial controls. Does every department read them differently?

What you'd typically hear if five of your budget owners answered alone.

Four one-hour sessions. Every one of your budget holders, the same controls, applied the same way, exceptions through one door.

Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.

Know which of your budget holders would apply the controls the same way, and where you should step in, before the audit finds five processes.

See how ready your team really is.

Your budget holders could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.