TEAM OFFSITE

TUNING

Before your next off-site, strengthen the foundation. Add 1 day to surface hidden dynamics, sharpen decision-making, and build resilience under pressure.

Special Offer for Startup Teams inf 2026

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Why this matters

Startups don’t live in stable systems. Conditions shift with funding, product-market fit, and growth. If your team can’t adapt together, you become the limiting factor.

Most teams know their explicit culture—their values and aspirations. What holds them back is the implicit culture—the unspoken patterns that shape how decisions get made, how conflict is handled, and how power is held.

Our Playthrough methodology brings those hidden dynamics into awareness. By instigating them in a safe, pressurized setting, we help teams see their patterns, work through them, and establish new rituals that make them more resilient.

Fragile teams avoid the real conversations.


Anti-fragile teams can face tension directly, move through it, and come out stronger.

What you get

  • Design session to shape outcomes and measures of success

  • A secure container to surface and process patterns that block execution

  • Practical rituals to help the team navigate pressure points together that work for your team

  • Follow-up survey + debrief with distilled insights and next steps

Who it’s for

  • Series A and beyond

  • Leadership or cross-functional teams of 5–10

  • Already running off-sites as part of their cadence

  • Facing sticky dynamics around strategy, authority, or conflict

How it Works

Apply or be nominated

  1. Fit call to align on outcomes and timing

  2. Schedule alongside your existing off-site (Jan or June ideal)

  3. Deliver the tuning days on site with your team

  4. Follow-up to track impact and share insights

Cost

At-cost delivery of a 30K value. Travel and venue billed at actuals.

Confidentiality is the default. With consent, we may share anonymized insights or a testimonial—always on your terms.

We are experts in crafting transformative experiences that walk you through a developmental journey.

Over the course of three days, we will structure and shape the space to allow you to walk deeper into yourself and your participation in the collective.

WHAT TO EXPECT

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Held at the serene Topa Institute in Ojai, CA, this retreat offers a complete diversion from your day-to-day.

We limit attendees to an intimate group so you have space to breathe and time to deepen in.

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