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A strategy program forteams facing
Example for 400 team leads · 4 one-hour sessions

Will your teams cut the right costs, or just the easy ones?

Usually the easy ones: travel, training, the things that hurt later. This program aligns what to protect, what to cut and how to talk about it, in four one-hour team sessions.

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Execution readiness
38Today81/ 100After the 4 team sessions
Ready to execute
Example scores for a sample company. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.
Where it usually breaks
Shared knowledgeHigh riskDifferent ideas of what is protected
Shared convictionHigh riskTeams fear the program is a first step to layoffs
Shared practiceMedium riskNo agreed answer when customers feel the cuts
4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitator
The gap

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

SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone
Finish the sentence: in the cost program, the one thing my team must not cut is…
MMira…headcount.
JJonas…anything a customer would notice.
AAylin…training. It is the first thing to go and the last to come back.
TTomas…our own budget. Others should go first.
RRosa…I don't know what is protected.
What it costs you if nobody notices
Shared knowledgeThe wrong costs go firstWithout a shared list of what is protected, teams cut what is easiest, not what is cheapest to lose.
Shared convictionFear does the cuttingIf teams think layoffs are next, the best people leave before any saving is made.
Shared practiceCustomers feel it firstWithout an agreed message, every team explains the cuts differently, and customers hear all of them.
The program that closes the gap

Four one-hour sessions. Every team, the same savings and the same message, this quarter.

Session
Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice
S1Know what is protectedAgrees what is protected, what is cut and who decides.
Shared knowledge1Agree the facts on what the cost program protects2Apply the cut or protect rule to four real budget situationsShared conviction3Decide as a team whether you back the CEO's call on what…Shared practice4Sort real cost call scenarios into the right response5Rehearse the budget cut call
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S2Trust the reasonsShows you how strong the layoff fear is, and what would answer it.
Shared knowledge1Agree what the cost program truly protectsShared conviction2Face the layoff fear by naming what cost cuts could…3Decide the cost cuts as the CEO wouldShared practice4Sort real budget situations into protect5Rehearse the budget cut call before it happens for real
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S3Make the cutsSorts real spending into keep, reduce and stop.
Shared knowledge1Agree what gets protectedShared conviction2Align on which costs to protectShared practice3Sort real spending situations into keep4Put the budget cut steps in the right order
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S4Talk about itPractises explaining the cuts to your team and to customers.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on what's protected from cuts and whyShared conviction2Decide what you'd protect from the cutsShared practice3Practice explaining your team's cost cuts clearly to your…4Rehearse explaining a budget cut to your team and a customer
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. “Make the cuts” 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.

Make the cuts · Make the Call00:00MJLSYou
Align on which costs to protect, which to trim, and how to explain itOn screen: Reframe each of the 4 budget situations as the call you would make alone
On your ownWork on your own. Your answer stays private until everyone is done.
02:00
YStay muted
Reframe each of the 4 budget situations as the call you would make alone
Statement
Your feedback
01Your team must cut 10% from this quarter's budget. Training is the fastest line to cut. What do you decide?
02A customer notices a service cut before you've announced it and asks your team directly why it happened. What do you decide to tell them?
03Your team lead asks for an exception so their own budget goes last. What do you decide?
04Two lines cost the same to cut: one is easy to remove from the budget sheet, the other is harder to cut but barely used by customers. What do you decide to cut first?
Source: Acme Inc FY27 cost program, Session 3: Make the cuts
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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 teams are cutting the right costs, and where you should step in, before the savings cost you more than they save.

Acme Inc › Readiness intelligence › Cost programEvery team saves in the same places, without cutting what matters400 team leads enrolled · 3 of 4 sessions played · 11 plays · owner: you
Readiness index81%Ready+43 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80
Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80
Participation94%376 of 400 people played at least once
Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed
Alignment41% →78%1248 of 1600 points aligned
Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in
What is protected from cutsNot aligned in 8 of 30 playsShared knowledgeYour sales and service teams · 7 teams
Is this program a first step to layoffs?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour operations teams · 6 teams
Sample data. Before anyone plays, readiness is estimated from your material. Real numbers come only from live plays with your team.
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About 10 minutes · nothing is sent to your team

Your team leads could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.

  1. 01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
  2. 02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
  3. 03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.
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