Transform Strategy from Ideas to Measurable Results



Align your organization's
aspirations, strategies, and tactics
using the powerful X-Matrix framework.


See Strategy 
Share Strategy  Realize Strategy

  • Are your transformation efforts failing to deliver expected results?
  • Do your teams struggle to stay aligned to strategic goals?
  • Is your organization creating plans and taking action without clear strategic direction?

Get Aligned and Stay Aligned

The X-Matrix is an A3 template - a powerful single-page visualization tool that helps you connect and align your organization. Based on the TASTE framework, it brings together True North, Aspirations, Strategies, Tactics, and Evidence of success. Unlike traditional strategic planning tools, it reveals the many-to-many relationships between these elements, enabling teams closest to the work to discover and define meaningful solutions while maintaining strategic coherence.

Coherent Transformation Plans

  • Visualize your entire strategy on a single page
  • Align teams, tactics, and outcomes in a clear, structured format
  • Move beyond "deterministic" and "static" transformation approaches

Bottom-Up Innovation

  • Empower teams closer to the actual problems to develop solutions 
  • Learn how to let propositions emerge from people closest to the context
  • Balance strategic direction with tactical execution

Make Strategic Choices
With Impact 

  • Understand how to make intentional choices about priorities
  • Learn to identify not just what to do, but what to stop doing
  • Develop focused strategies that drive real change

Join an Exclusive
Community of Practice

  • Get direct access to Karl and Jim through monthly calls
  • Connect with a community of fellow strategists implementing the X-Matrix
  • Get feedback on your specific organizational challenges 

Want to Scale? Want Strong Teams?
You Need Strategy and Tactics. 

Focused Results | Immediate Implementation 

Let’s make progress together

This was exactly what I needed.

~ Chris C.
I am going back and using this right now.

~ Eddie
 This is exactly the course I was looking for.

~ Joe C.
Meet the instructorS

Karl Scotland

I help businesses become Learning Organisations, through outcome-oriented, continuous transformations, with everyone, everywhere.
Over the last 20+ years I have been an advocate of Lean and Agile approaches to achieve this, working with companies including the BBC, Yahoo!, EMC Consulting, Rally Software, Cisco, Legal & General, HSBC and Sky.

During this time, I have been an early adopter of XP and Scrum, a key contributor to Agendashift, and a pioneer in using Kanban Systems and Strategy Deployment for product development.

I am a founding member of both the Lean Systems Society and Limited WIP Society, as well as being active in the community and a regular conference speaker. As a result, I was awarded the honorary Brickell Key Community Contribution Award at the 2013 Lean Kanban North America conference.

Jim Benson

Jim Benson is a renowned productivity expert and co-creator of Personal Kanban, an influential time management and workflow visualization method. With a passion for optimizing individual and team productivity, Jim's innovative approach to organizing tasks has empowered countless professionals to achieve greater efficiency, clarity, and work-life balance. Through his writings, workshops, and speaking engagements, he has become a leading voice in the realm of personal and collaborative productivity. Jim's profound impact on the way we approach work and manage our daily lives has earned him widespread recognition as a pioneer in the field of productivity and time management.
Patrick Jones - Course author