You Don't Need Another
Leadership Theory
Not a course. Not a cohort of twenty.
Most leadership development was designed for people who are still figuring out how to lead. You figured that out a long time ago.
Master Labs is a working session. Three to four leaders. Three sessions. You come in with a real problem — not a hypothetical, not a case study. The problem that's actually on your desk. You leave with something you built.
The frameworks come from design thinking, forward-looking strategy, and 20 years of operational experience in complex organizations. They're not adapted for senior leaders. They're built for them.
Choose your lab.
Which Lab Is Right for You?
Lean Innovation
For leaders designing something new inside an organization.
Most innovation inside organizations fizzes the same way. Not because the idea was wrong. Because the leaders running it applied the decision-making approach that made them successful — gather the data, build the full picture, then move to a context where that data doesn't exist yet, and that picture can't be built until something is tested.
Lean Innovation is how organizations shift from intuition-based decisions to evidence-based discovery. It is not a startup methodology. It is how serious organizations validate new directions and allocate resources with confidence before they're committed.
Two sessions. Your initiative. We work through the riskiest assumptions underneath it, design experiments that generate real learning, and build the system that lets your team keep moving without requiring full certainty first.
The methodology is grounded in frameworks from research, lean innovation, and Six Sigma. The facilitation brings it into the room where you're working.
Futures Thinking
For leaders facing two simultaneous demands: deliver now, and prepare for what's changing.
Most senior leaders are oriented almost entirely toward what's working today. That's not a failure of strategy; it's how organizations measure performance. The harder practice is maintaining real strategic attention across all three horizons: the core you're running, the adjacent possibilities you're not yet funding, and the transformative shifts at the edges of your industry that aren't obvious yet but will be.
Two sessions applying frameworks to your strategic context: signal scanning, scenario mapping, and positioning across multiple futures, not just the one you're planning for. You leave with a personal scanning practice, clarity on what your leadership team should be tracking right now, and a 90-day orientation plan you can activate.
Mission and Design
For leaders building organizations where purpose and sustainability have to coexist.
Running a social impact organization requires every business skill a for-profit demands, and a few it doesn't. The financial model has to be real. The board has to understand the strategy. And someone has to hold both the mission and the margin without flinching.
Two sessions grounded in strategy applied to the specific constraints of mission-driven work: what the model is, where the resources come from and why, and how to lead a board through a strategy alignment.
How the labs
work
You can take one lab, two, or all three
Format:
90-minute live sessions (virtual via Zoom)
Cohort size is deliberate. At 3–4 leaders, the room is small enough for real work and real conversation. Sessions are virtual and 90 minutes long, enough to go deep, short enough to protect your calendar. Three sessions per lab.
Between Sessions:
Apply one framework/tool in your leadership
Complete brief reflection/prep for next session
Access resources and frameworks
Engage with cohort in private forum
Lab Perks:
30-day check-in call
90-day progress review
Lab alumni community access
Priority enrollment for future offerings
Who Leads the Labs
Ricka' Berry, MBA
Founder + Chief
20+ years as COO, executive leader, and organizational strategist across business + social impact sectors. Her work is with leaders who are building things that don't yet have a precedent and doing it inside organizations that weren't always designed with them in mind.
Her forthcoming book examines why legacy leadership design shapes who leads, how they lead, and at what cost. The labs are where that research meets real work.
WHAT COMES NEXT
The lab is the beginning, not the end.
Most people who do a lab come back for the 1:1 advisory work. That's not by design, it's just what tends to happen. The lab surfaces the real opportunity. The advisory engagement goes deeper.
Details + FAQ's
What if I can't make a session?
One missed session: You get the recording + async catch-up work
Two+ missed sessions: We recommend rescheduling to the next cohort (full credit applied)
How does registration work?
1. Join Priority List (6 weeks before cohort starts)
2. Get Early Access Email with registration link
3. Select Your Cohort (time/date that works)
4. Complete Brief Intake (ensures good fit)
5. Confirm Seat with payment
6. Receive Welcome Packet 2 weeks before start
Can my organization pay?
Yes. We provide invoices and can work with L&D/professional development budgets. Many participants expense this as leadership development.
What methods of payment are accepted?
We accept major credit cards, ACH transfers, Apple Pay, and EFT.
What is the refund and cancellation policy?
We get it — plans change. Here's how we handle it:
45+ days before start: Full refund
30-44 days before start: 50% refund
Within 30 days: No refund, but you can transfer your seat or apply credit to a future cohort within 12 months
After Week 1: If it's not the right fit, full refund