
Big ideas for leaders playing a bigger game
Here’s where you’ll find the tools and ideas to help you lead your next 10X with clarity, courage, and conviction.
Read the books
The 10X Reckoning
The manifesto for elite founders & CEOs who feel restless despite their success.

Making TIME For Strategy
The international bestseller that helps busy executives free up time for what matters most.

Signature ideas & frameworks
Here are just a few of the big ideas that underpin the Xquadrant way.
The 10X Reckoning™

At some point, every leader faces the 10X Reckoning, and must choose between two futures.
Your Default Future is safe, respectable, and predictable, but no longer excites you.
Your Preferred Future both excites and terrifies you, and demands reinvention and bold moves.
The 10X Reckoning is where you stop settling for what you can achieve and start creating the future you were born to lead.
The Infinity Trap™

In a world of infinite opportunities, it’s easy for leaders to get stuck in infinite activity.
Leaders lean into ‘superhero mode’ – running harder and harder, but falling into the Infinity Trap: tunnel vision, missed opportunities, and no time to shift gears into more strategic work.
It feels productive, but ultimately leaders to incrementalism.
Conviction Compass™

When you’ve outgrown the game you’re winning, it’s not more hustle you need. It’s fire.
The Conviction Compass helps you rediscover the mission that excites you, define the Quantum Leap you actually care about, and lock in the identity shift required to lead at that level.
You’ll stop coasting, start creating, and wake up energised by a future that’s worth playing for.
The Freedom Calendar™

Your calendar is the most honest reflection of your priorities — and most CEOs are trapped by it.
The Freedom Calendar reclaims 10+ hours a week for strategic thinking and bold moves by shifting what’s on your plate, how you use your time, and where you say yes.
You’ll finally lead from altitude instead of firefighting in the weeds.
The Accountability Covenant™

If you feel like you’re dragging the business forward, your team isn’t broken – your accountability is.
The Accountability Covenant aligns your executive team, raises performance standards, and installs a culture of follow-through.
The result: a team that owns the vision, delivers at pace, and frees you to focus on the moves only you can make.
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