Strategic Thinking & AI
Training & Talks

Fred Pelard

French-British rocket-scientist with an INSEAD MBA, helping teams & organisations solve strategic problems — using GenAI & Agentic AI. He makes smart people smarter.

500+Training sessions delivered
100+Talks delivered
70+Happy clients
12,000+Alumni trained

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Speaker Overview

Based in London & Paris, working globally

Based in London & Paris and working globally, Fred Pelard is a strategy trainer, consultant & facilitator. He specialises in helping teams & organisations solve strategic problems — using GenAI & Agentic AI.

A French-British rocket-scientist with an INSEAD MBA degree, he's been lecturing on strategic thinking and complex problem solving to the CEOs and management teams of major corporations, consulting firms, and tech scaleups around the world for the best part of 20 years. He makes smart people smarter.

Fred has delivered 500+ training sessions and 100+ talks to a global portfolio of 70+ very happy clients and 12,000+ alumni.

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Talks ("Tell")

60 to 90 minutes · Audience of up to 500. Punchy entertainment with lots of laughter alongside the learning. No exercises involved.

60–90 minUp to 500 people
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Training ("Show")

Full days · Groups of up to 20. The most popular & effective sessions. 12–20 people over 2 consecutive days.

Full daysUp to 20 people
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Projects ("Do")

Workshops facilitation · Turnkey solutions. Facilitating strategic away-days for boards and management teams using GenAI & Agentic AI.

WorkshopsTurnkey solutions

Fred currently divides his time between three areas of equal interest & excitement:

  • Designing & delivering strategic thinking upskilling sessions (training, talks, etc)
  • Facilitating strategic away-days for boards and management teams (using GenAI & Agentic AI)
  • Conducting high-impact strategy projects & ideas generation challenges

Typical interventions include 2-hour talks for up to 500 people, 2-day senior-level training sessions for 20 executives, 1-day deep dive in AI for 40, and 5-day intensive sprint-venturing innovation sessions with participants from across the company. Footprint is truly global, from San Francisco to Shanghai, Stockholm to South Africa, and all points of the compass in between — both remotely and in-person.


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Happy Clients

Selected repeat clients include Allianz, BAE Systems, BBC, Barclays, Betfair, Booz Allen, Channel 4, Deloitte, Expedia, HSBC, IKEA, John Lewis, Johnson & Johnson, London Business School, Moneybox, OC&C Strategy, Sainsbury's, Sky, Thomson Reuters, etc.

"Sainsbury's have worked in partnership with Fred over many years, to develop 'The Strategic Mindset' at our brightest talent. His courses, lectures and talks are always hugely popular, delivered in his unique style, bringing the subject matter to life with great content, relevant case studies, challenging questions and that all-important humour! Don't miss an opportunity to turn your teams into budding entrepreneurs."
Stuart Comer, Group Head of Learning & Development · Sainsbury's
"Fred provided two days of strategy training to a cross-functional group. He covered a wide range of relevant topics, illuminated by insightful case-study material, all delivered in an engaging fun style that landed well with the whole group."
Mike Harford, Corporate Strategy Director · Diageo
"Fred's unique workshop on 'Refresh your Strategy at Speed' has been one of the most exciting and talked-about sessions at our Alumni Reunion, each year for the past 4 years. A combination of fast-paced learning, along with plenty of laughter, maximises audience engagement and inevitably ensures a full house!"
Liz Mason, Head of Alumni Career Centre · London Business School
"The combination of Fred's experience, presentation of ideas, and example-fuelled strategic thinking tools challenges established thinking. His workshops have been engaging and a practical and efficient way to learn and put ideas into practice on real issues for our business immediately."
Simon White, Head of Learning & Development, Janssen · Johnson & Johnson
"We asked Fred to deliver his content on 'How to Be Strategic' to 500+ people across the bank globally, through both traditional workshops and global masterclass webcasts. Fred's energy and expertise shine through irrespective of the delivery method, and learners comment on clear frameworks, engaging style, and relevant examples every time."
Tanya Dowling, Global Academy Manager · HSBC
"Fred facilitated a series of brainstorming meetings for the management boards of each of our three main business services, to help them devise a new 5 year strategy. Fred introduced very pertinent tools to unlock the thinking and imaginations of the various attendees. It has been a pleasure working with Fred and I am sure there will be more opportunities to introduce his skills to all our businesses in the future."
Sanjay Patel, Group Finance Director · Strutt & Parker
"Fred has brought valuable approaches to strategic analysis that have fast become go-to tools for our team. His sharp intellect, deep knowledge of the tools and gallic charm make for tough, yet engaging training, which leave the team well able to use the tools in practice immediately after the training."
Jon Page, Head of Technology Strategy · BBC
"I've learned more about strategic thinking from Fred than I did in my time at Harvard Business School."
John Smith, COO · Burberry
"Fred delivered 4 days of high quality strategy training to the BAE Systems Group Strategy team. The material was delivered with pace and high energy and Fred really brought it to life with insightful case-studies and anecdotes. I would have no hesitation in recommending his services. Personable, Expert, Good Value."
Liyr Jones, Head of Group Strategy · BAE Systems

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Content Overview

Design your perfect upskilling session by choosing from a menu of 40 modules

Design your perfect upskilling session (talk or training), by choosing from a menu of 40 modules. The 24 lecture modules are all around 1 hour in length, whilst the 16 exercises typically last 1½ hour (including participants presenting back their solutions).

Talks typically comprise 2–3 lectures, delivered as punchy entertainment over 2–3 hours, with lots of laughter alongside the learning. No exercises involved, and audience size can go up to hundreds.

The most popular & effective Strategic Thinking training (ST) sessions have proven to be for 12–20 people over 2 consecutive days. AI training (AI) works best over shorter bursts of 1 day for 10–30 people.

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Core Strategy · ST-201

The most versatile & universal of courses for improving strategic thinking. Suitable for anyone with 4+ years of professional experience, all the way to senior executives.

ST-2014+ years exp
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Advanced Strategy · ST-301

Only suitable to the strategic community (management team, head of functions, heads of BUs, strategy team, etc) across the company (8+ years of experience).

ST-3018+ years exp
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Strategy Foundations · ST-101

An introduction to analytical & strategic thinking, for junior strategists or analysts in consulting, with limited experience (from graduate recruit up to 3 years).

ST-1010–3 years exp
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Master GenAI · AI-101

All the tips & tricks on using GenAI tools for strategic thinking — from the basics of bossing LLMs, to research, persuasion, and overall strategy formulation. Open to all.

AI-101Open to all
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Build Agentic AI · AI-201

Aka how to automate away the boring parts of your job! The most hands-on course, open to anyone well versed in GenAI, and ready to build & manage AI Agents.

AI-201GenAI proficiency req.

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Strategic Thinking 201 · "Core Strategy"

ST-201

Core Strategy

Most popular
Target AudienceThe central teams (strategy, finance, product, marketing, etc), and future leaders across the company (4+ years of professional experience)
Duration & Content2 consecutive days (8 lectures, 4 exercises) of 8 hours each · Very aligned to the content of the "How to Be Strategic" book (Penguin)
Key BenefitsA very different mindset, seeing solutions much faster with greater clarity · A shared language & toolset, to crack a large variety of problems

Strategic Mindset

Introduces the markedly different ways in which people approach problem solving. Builds upon the 4 Routes to Completion model to put into perspective the relative importance of data, structure and logic. Explains the differences between the operational, analytical, creative, and strategic approaches, and illustrates how to become more strategic.

Beautiful Constraint

Shows participants how to answer the age-old question of "how to do more with less". This approach rests on an easily understood mind twist, and contains 9 practical tips to help tap into the less structured parts of one's brain for new creative solutions.

Think with LLMs

Practically shows how to use LLMs to enhance strategic decision-making, including prompt engineering best practices (3 Hops, RCTSE, etc), using structured frameworks (Pyramid, Happy Line, etc) and recognising LLMs' thinking blind spots (Beautiful Constraint, etc).

Mutation Game

A powerful reminder that evolution starts with apparent mistakes. A great idea is a quirky idea that just can not be killed. Play the Mutation Game to have thousand such ideas!

Happy Line

Explains the theoretical premise behind this powerful stakeholder management framework, and shares practical ways to use it on a wide range of complex business problems — strategy formulation, business unit marketing plans, change programme implementation, etc.

Persuade with GenAI

Explores modern versions of multi-sensory storytelling with multiple frontier GenAI tools (or the in-house variants approved by the company). Image & video generation with Kling & VEO, avatars with HeyGen, data-viz best practices with Perplexity, etc.

Lean Startup

Discusses in details one of the most successful business technique of the 21st century so far. Invites participants to share their examples of using lean (or agile) successfully on business problems. Ensures that the common misconception ('test & learn', 'just do it') are shown to be wrong, and corrected with a few clear & applicable tips.

Magic Tree

Shows how to provide early structure in framing confusing problems, project roadblocks, etc. Introduces the often-overlooked Mind Maps, the robust OR Tree, the heavily quantitative Dupont tree, and the surprisingly insightful Magic Tree.

Exercises include:

  • Live Issues: participants volunteer real life current business issues at their firm, and we apply our newly seen technique to finding a way through
  • Universal Music: how to plan for success in a world of competing high-risk ventures?
  • Coca-Cola: what are the best ways to satisfy various stakeholders at the same time?
  • Uber: how to quickly increase revenues when a sudden shock has evaporated your business?
Group size
12–20 participants
Duration
2 consecutive days
Format
8 lectures + 4 exercises
Level
4+ years experience

This course works best with 12 to 20 participants, who all comment on how they acquire in a few days a radically different mindset, seeing solutions much faster with much greater clarity – including around new revenue streams generation, business resilience, and overall long-term strategic thinking using LLMs.


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Strategic Thinking 301 · "Advanced Strategy"

ST-301

Advanced Strategy

Senior leaders
Target AudienceThe strategic community (management team, head of functions, heads of BUs, strategy team, etc) across the company (8+ years of experience)
Duration & Content2 consecutive days (8 lectures, 4 exercises) of 8 hours each · Going in-depth into advanced strategic thinking techniques & Agentic AI
Key BenefitsA very different mindset, seeing solutions much faster with greater clarity · A shared language & toolset, to crack a large variety of problems

Core Taster

Goes quickly through the main elements of the Core Training (Strategic Mindset, Magic Tree, Happy Line, Beautiful Constraint, etc). Having attended another course with Fred (Core Training, s201, ST2, etc) is highly recommended ahead of this Advanced Level course.

Zeitgeist Inventory

Examines the most sought-after non-tech elements in any strategic answer right now (subscription, moats, purpose, etc) and how to deploy them for your business. Asks participants to volunteer other business successes that are worth deriving inspiration from.

Payoff Profiles

Shares a words-based technique for prioritising options, looking at the risk-reward profile of each option – one by one, and as a whole — and re-working them to create a 'new & improved' version of each idea with a better risk profile.

Hyperspeed Testing

Offers a comprehensive overview of all the popular action-based methods for fast testing of options (Agile, Scrum, Lean, Sprint, etc). Develops a unique "best of breed" suggestion for using them together for maximal impact in practice.

Innovator's Dilemma

Describes how successful companies can fail by ignoring disruptive technologies that initially serve smaller markets & don't look very impressive – until they eventually overtake established market-leading products.

Strategize with Agentic AI

Discusses integrating AI agents into strategic planning workflows, demonstrating how GenAI & Agentic AI tools can enhance strategic decision-making, improve foresight, and foster innovative approaches in corporate and competitive strategy development.

Blue Ocean

Advocates creating new, uncontested market spaces (Blue Oceans) rather than competing in existing, saturated markets (Red Oceans), focusing on innovation to make competition irrelevant. Shows tips on how to do so.

Run AI+Human Teams

Trains leaders to treat LLMs as team members, design hybrid workflows, and balance human-AI collaboration effectively. Learn to supervise AI, build quality-controlled systems, and address cultural resistance.

Exercises include:

  • Marriott: what are the best ways to complement one's traditional business with new revenue streams, when customers stay away?
  • BBC: which of these 10 options is the best one to ensure long-term success?
  • Deloitte: how to reinvent products, services, and experiences using brand new technologies?
  • GuestReady: how to create a sustainable competitive advantage in an industry that is getting ever more commoditised?
Group size
8–16 participants
Duration
2 consecutive days
Format
8 lectures + 4 exercises
Level
8+ years experience

This course works best with 8 to 16 participants, who each lead their business towards a successful future, including in an Agentic AI world. The content builds on the Core "How to Be Strategic" training, and adds complexity & sophistication.


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Strategic Thinking 101 · "Strategy Foundations"

ST-101

Strategy Foundations

Junior strategists
Target AudienceAn introduction to analytical & strategic thinking, for junior strategists or analysts with limited experience (from graduate recruit up to 3 years)
Duration & Content2 consecutive days (7 lectures, 3 exercises) of 8 hours each · The basis of good strategic thinking: structure, story-telling & analytical tools
Key BenefitsA very different mindset, seeing solutions much faster with greater clarity · A shared language & toolset, to crack a large variety of problems

Analytical Consulting

Offers an overview of management consulting & analytical consulting, i.e. experts and finders. Sets the context for the responsibilities of junior consultants in the team, contrasting the importance of ideas & structure (i.e. clarity) with data & insights (i.e. certainty).

Business Story-Telling

Introduces the core of any business activity; telling stories. Covers the 6 different 'promises' exchanged between the 4 key parties of business: management, employees, customers and shareholders. Introduces the best way to structure any story (Minto's Pyramid Principle) and explains how to bring this forward in time for problem solving.

Landscape Analysis I

Shows participants how and when to use the main analytical tools, and more importantly, how to extract the maximum insight from each analysis. Tools covered are Mekkos, Size Growth Matrix, GPS Chart, Competitor Skyline, Share Gain Line, and 2D Benchmarking.

Research like a Machine

Delves into using AI to execute landscape analysis for strategy formulation. Demonstrate how to implement end-to-end research workflows, multi-modal models, verification tactics, etc, to aid decision-makers in developing robust, data-driven strategies.

Styles & Formats Preferences

Gives a simple introduction to the representational channels (visual auditory, kinaesthetic, digital). Contrasts the effectiveness of stories told with and without data, with and without pictures, etc. Helps participant identify their strong suit when communicating strategically with others (team, client, manager, etc), and gives specific tips on how to delight them!

10 Ways to Convince

Makes participants aware of the bias they bring to interpersonal interactions, and provides simple clues for identifying & acting on other person's sweet spots when trying to argue for change (aka consulting). Covers the 5 cerebral ways to convince (reason, ask, authority, force, expertise) and the 5 emotional ones (inspire, silent allies, feel good, deal, favour).

So What Factory

So much great analytical work is wasted with an unclear, or worse, incorrect strapline. This section could also be called "Strapline Clinic". We go through 10 data-rich slides from which the original straplines have been erased. Generating our own straplines, and then comparing what was there in the first place offers many a guffaw … and creates lasting learning.

Exercises include:

  • Football Super Powers: how to tell a convincing business story, before the facts as well as after the facts?
  • Tesla & BYD: how to identify new features that will delight your customers?
  • Caffè Nero (Double): how to root around through lots of data to identify the emerging implications, and structure the final answer for maximum impact and congruence — with the data supporting the words & vice versa
Group size
15–24 participants
Duration
2 consecutive days
Format
7 lectures + 3 exercises
Level
Graduate – 3 years exp

The course can work for up to 24 participants (if required), but is best for 15 to 20, with at least 4 proficient Excel users (1 per team). The exercises involve virtual collaboration on Miro and some data manipulation in Excel.


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AI Training 101 · "Master GenAI"

AI-101

Master GenAI

Open to all
Target AudienceEveryone in the company who has to solve complex problems using GenAI (from junior specialists, to middle managers, to board directors)
Duration & Content1 intense day (4 lectures, 12 nano exercices) · Delegates progress from novice to proficient in GenAI
Key BenefitsMaster GenAI for executive functions · Understand the business impact of the GenAI revolution

Discover Executive AI

Beginner-friendly module to help professionals overcome hesitation, gain confidence using ChatGPT and 3 other LLMs for work tasks, and understand AI's limitations. Ideal for those new to hands-on GenAI due to scepticism or lack of time. No prior experience required — just a willingness to get started and build practical AI fluency. For everyone else, we also cover at speed 40+ essential tools for Executive AI work (wrappers, agents, etc).

Think with LLMs

Practically shows how to use LLMs to enhance strategic decision-making, including prompt engineering best practices (3 Hops, RoCoTaFo, etc), using structured frameworks (Pyramid, Happy Line, etc) and recognising LLMs' thinking blind spots (Propelling Questions, etc). Participants learn to move beyond basic queries to sophisticated multi-step reasoning that dramatically improves output quality and reliability.

Research like a Machine

Uses AI to execute landscape analysis for strategy formulation. Demonstrates how to implement end-to-end research workflows, multi-modal models, verification tactics, etc, to aid decision-makers in developing robust, data-driven strategies. Covers the critical skill of cross-referencing multiple AI sources to eliminate hallucinations and ensure accuracy.

Persuade with GenAI

Explores modern versions of multi-sensory storytelling with multiple frontier GenAI tools (or the in-house variants approved by the company). Image & video generation with Kling and Veo, avatars with HeyGen, data-viz best practices with Genspark, etc. Shows how to create compelling, professional presentations that capture attention and drive action.

Exercises include:

  • GenAI Exercises (Discover & Think): 6 exercises interspersed through the morning. Practising structured prompting, crowd-sourcing, triple hopping, LLM voice mode, image generation, and prompting your own prompts!
  • GenAI Exercises (Research & Persuade): 6 exercises weaved through the afternoon. Practising multi-variable prompting, dynamic prompting, LLM output verification, LLM results validation, storytelling, and multi-modal slides making.
Group size
10–30 participants
Duration
1 intense day
Format
4 lectures + 12 nano exercises
Prerequisites
None

Works best for 10 to 30 participants. Zero prerequisite knowledge required. Delegates progress from novice to advanced GenAI proficiency in a day. Primary chatbot(s) aligned to client preference (e.g. ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, mix, etc).


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AI Training 201 · "Build Agentic AI"

AI-201

Build Agentic AI

AI proficiency req.
Target AudienceStrategic thinkers who want to build AI agents (strategists, executives, owners, consultants, PMs, etc, who've completed AI-101 or have good AI proficiency)
Duration & Content1 intense day (4 lectures, 4 hands-on exercises) · Participants build actual agents using broad, freely accessible tools
Key BenefitsBuild AI agents that amplify strategic thinking (not just automate tasks) · AI Agent-building for strategists (NO tech skills or GenAI skills required)

Strategize with Agentic AI

Introduces the step change in capabilities that Agentic AI represents. Discusses integrating AI agents into strategic planning workflows. We focus on AI's role in data analysis, trend prediction, decision support, and scenario planning, demonstrating how Agentic AI tools can enhance strategic decision-making, improve foresight, and foster innovative approaches in corporate and competitive strategy development.

Run AI+Human Teams

Trains leaders to treat LLMs as team members, design hybrid workflows, and balance human-AI collaboration effectively. Learn to supervise AI, build quality-controlled systems, and address cultural resistance. Ideal for managers and strategists integrating GenAI and Agentic AI into organizations seeking scalable, human-centric AI adoption. Explores the broader implication of creating enterprise value in a world of abundant & near-free cognition.

Build Creative AI Agents

Designs AI agents for ideation & innovation in a business context. Starts with multi-modal workflows (text, image, video), and progresses to full AI agents for content creation (presentations, reports, visuals). Combines agentic capabilities of universal models (ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini Gems, etc) with broad-capability agents (Manus, Relay, NotebookLM, etc).

Build Productive AI Agents

Design AI agents for research & analysis automation. Focuses on the most common enterprise platforms (Microsoft Power Apps, Claude Cowork, etc) and combines them with the best orchestrators (Make, Flowise, etc). Shows how to integrate quality control and verification protocols, and leverage hyper-specialist tools (Motherduck, Hex, Lindy, Pinecone, etc) to achieve autonomous productivity improvements.

Exercises include:

  • Agentic AI Exercises (AI Workflows): 2 exercises through the morning. First creating a full-blown AI workflow for strategy formulation — changing a discrete, one-off project into an ongoing, continuous flow. Next, turning any irritating work process into an automated task run via an AI agent (each delegate picks their irritant!)
  • Agentic AI Exercises (AI Agents): 2 stand-alone exercises, after each lecture in the afternoon. First building a presentation generation AI agent from scratch. Next, building a 'Jarvis-like' voice interface to talk to the company's own data. Mind blowing! Completely transform your relationship with AI, data, and voice.
Group size
10–30 participants
Duration
1 intense day
Format
4 lectures + 4 exercises
Prerequisites
AI-101 or good AI proficiency

Works best for 10 to 30 participants. Delegates progress from novice to advanced Agentic AI proficiency in a day. Primary chatbot(s) aligned to client preference (e.g. ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, mix, etc). NO tech skills or GenAI skills required.


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Participants Feedback — AI Training

"While I've been a regular user of LLMs to support my work, the sessions with Fred were a game changer. They were not only engaging, but also helped me rethink how I apply these tools, broadening my use cases and driving a step change in the value I get from them on a day-to-day basis."
Adam Gottlieb, SMB Senior Manager Strategy & Operations · Paypal, UK (June 2025)
"I've been somewhat sceptical of using GenAI, and it's been a revelation to me that it doesn't need to be factually correct to be helpful! Fred's point on using multiple tools to weed out hallucinations was eye-opening, and using it as an idea generator has proved very useful."
Ariane Kislanski, SAP Manager · Deloitte, Belgium (April 2025)
"I knew that I needed to go deeper into AI, but couldn't work out how. Fred's innovative course was the game changer I needed. It turned me into a daily multiple AI tool user, massively helping my productivity and strategic thinking. It takes you through everything that AI can do to help senior leaders thrive in a constantly shifting technological world."
Neil Campbell, Chief Growth Officer · Smol, UK (Aug 2025)
"This training course is an absolute must-take for any corporate strategist looking to effectively integrate AI into their workflow. As someone focused on strategic planning, business development, and operational execution, I found the content immediately applicable and incredibly insightful."
Carrie Ferman Smith, EVP and Head of Operations & Strategy · Sony Pictures, USA (Nov 2025)
"The Executive AI Day genuinely shifted how I work with AI. The real use cases made it immediately practical, and I left with tools I could apply from day one. It has noticeably sharpened my strategic thinking and accelerated how I get to insight. Clear, engaging, and hugely valuable for senior leaders."
Pascale Morillon, VP Global Brand & Product Marketing (Sneakers) · Bata, Switzerland (Nov 2025)
"As a newbie in LLMs and AI, Fred's course offered a great overview of the different models out there and their specific uses & strengths as well as limitations. The course's combination of well-structured insights into different strategy methods and practical cases in which we actively used LLMs/AI helped in turning me from hesitant to eager in using AI."
Joris Kil, Investment Director · Port of Rotterdam Fund, Netherlands (May 2025)
"The Executive AI Day was a sharp, practical masterclass in how to think, work, & lead with AI. I walked away with a new mental model for using AI, practical workflows I could apply immediately, a fresh sense of what AI can unlock for productivity, and — unexpectedly — the urge to sign up for more. Highly recommend!"
Pascale Balze, Director Digital@INSEAD · INSEAD, UAE (Nov 2025)
"Fred's strategy training has been a reference for my own thinking and the guidance of my teams for over a decade. Combining it with the 'AI Savvy' approach is a whole new level: I'm thinking faster and better and having much more fun with strategy in general and with the robots in particular."
Niels Knudsen, Partner · Implement, Denmark (Oct 2025)
"Fred has built a course that takes AI out of the abstract and into day-to-day practice. The emphasis is on real use cases and strategy scenarios that executives face right now. It focuses less on tricks and more on building confidence and competence by getting hands dirty with the tools. Highly recommended."
Rahim Hirji, Author & Edtech executive · Quizlet, UK (Jan 2026)
"Fantastic training. Moves along at pace, but it's great as plenty to go back to later. Good material on validating outputs. Blown away by Manus and what Agentic AI can do. Great insights into how to make the tools work harder & smarter."
Jeremy Millar, Head of Corporate Strategy · ABC, Australia (Oct 2025)

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Participants Feedback — Strategic Thinking

Remote Delivery

"I really like Fred's ability to explain with real life examples. His approach to the topics is far from being 'classic academic'; one could say that his is rather the perspective of a 'literate entrepreneur', which makes the sessions anchored in everyday reality. Fred is a very good story teller, and the way he presents the various topics gathers the attention and the interest of the audience, even over 2 days in the solely digital world of a course over Zoom."
Federico Bonatti, CFO Switzerland · IKEA
"Fred's Core Training course on Zoom offers bitesize approaches to strategy, that you can easily apply to business and customer problems in order to create sizeable, and delegable work plans."
Hannah Mason, Product Manager · Lululemon
"I loved the pace, the challenge, the simplicity of it all! Fred used some well-practised examples that really helped to bring things alive. Story-telling was great. Kept everyone engaged despite being spread over the world. Hardest I've worked for some time! Challenging, entertaining, insightful and needed — in equal measure. Fred brought alive many strategic tools and he re-energised my thinking in a way that makes me want to crack on with my work straight away!"
Andy Course, COO · Eversholt UK Rails Group
"I like the approach of learn the model, then practice it. How to Be Strategic is a great investment to acquire a powerful strategic toolkit that can be applied anywhere, immediately."
Heather Walker, General Manager, Emerging Accounts — Tax & Accounting Professionals · Thomson Reuters
"In other business courses I've taken, the professor would simply explain a strategic model in an academic way without getting to the 'so what?' or 'how does this apply to me' issues. Fred's training, instead, does a fantastic job of breaking down complex strategic business frameworks in the simplest of terms, and then showing participants how to apply it in their everyday work. This should be mandatory training for any current or aspiring business executives!"
Justin Painter, Strategic Innovation Senior Consultant · City of Tallahassee
"Easily one of the best courses I have attended in a long, long time. A great mix, full of interesting business theories and very practical tips & approaches."
Dave Merrick, Head of Motor Insurance · Moneysupermarket
"Fred's 2-day Core Training provides useful techniques on how to arrive at solutions for business problems. With many examples, it demonstrates that this needs not be a big McKinsey exercise for a million dollars, but can be achieved in-house instead."
Nikhil Gokhale, Strategic Marketing Director / Global Commercial Strategy Director · Janssen Inc.

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