Oct 2025 BOOK ON Culture Blueprint for Boards and Top Teams

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English edition

From Self-Diagnosis to Strategic Renewal

What if your board culture could be systematically measured, critiqued, and transformed?

This groundbreaking book offers an interactive, research-based roadmap for understanding and improving the hidden cultural forces shaping your board and top management team (TMT). With three dynamic parts, the Culture Blueprint for Boards and Top Teams, "From Knot to Dot," invites you into a new era of leadership development—blending diagnostics, real-time development, and hands-on research collaboration. This book is an integral part of the process.

PART I: Diagnose Your Culture
Begin with the Board Culture Self-Assessment Toolkit, a gamified resource that allows you to score your own board and TMT across three research-based board climates:

1) Facilitation Quality
2) Groupthink Dysfunction
3) Storytelling Tendencies

By combining reflective exercises with QR-enabled media, you'll receive personalized feedback and benchmarking insights—and uncover the blind spots holding your leadership team back.

PART II: Enter the Development and Assessment Center
Ready to level up? Gain access to an exclusive Development and Assessment Center, where you and your board can: Test real cases and challenges with curated external board advisors. Engage in high-stakes dialog, and explore how people really behave under pressure. Discover new potential board members—not just based on their CV, but on how they think, listen, and contribute to your most curent challenges. All discussions are secure, confidential, and structured for deep learning.

PART III: Collaborate with Research
For the most ambitious teams, the book offers an invitation to join a live research collaboration. Here, expert observers attend board or TMT meetings—virtually or in person—and offer anonymized feedback based on structured behavioral analysis.

In return, your team receives:
Tailored insights on communication patterns, silent tensions, and leadership dynamics.
Coaching and support for meaningful, evidence-based change.
A chance to contribute to cutting-edge governance research.

This is not just a book. It’s a journey.

Whether you're a board chair, CEO, or aspiring director, The Board Culture Optimizer, "From Knot to Dot," is your guide to creating a culture that enables trust, sharp thinking, and lasting impact. With immersive content, digital integration, and a live network of contributors, you’re invited not just to read—but to participate. Welcome to the future of governance!

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The authors have trained and facilitated boards and top management teams for three decades. Their roles as consultants for many of the Fortune100 has taken them to 28 countries across the world. Together, they have many inspiring stories to share.