Most strategies solve for the wrong X.
Walk in with a question about the future. Walk out with a strategy, the research to back it up, and FFAST to keep it current.
Everything is volatile and vulnerable: elections, wars, prices, and AI advancing at lightning speed. And in the middle of it, you’re carrying a new venture, a pivot, an initiative your organization is counting on.
Get the question underneath it wrong, and you can spend six months, a million dollars, and enormous organizational energy solving the wrong problem.
Before you lock in your 2027 plan, commit the resources, or take the idea upstairs, spend half a day with Cecily making sure you’re solving for the right X: anchored in what doesn’t change, pressure-tested against what does.
The thinking Google built a school on, focused entirely on you.
Cecily usually does this work inside multi-year engagements with organizations like Google, Salesforce, and JPMorgan Chase.
This half-day brings it to you and your team. If you’ve heard her speak, this is where you put it to work.
How it works
The Algebra of Strategy
Name your X. Then solve for it.
The Algebra of Strategy anchors your strategy in what doesn’t change: human needs, your purpose, and the forces that drive change.
Four Forces Scan (FFAST)
Pressure-test it.
FFAST, the Four Forces AI Scanning Tool, shows what’s changing, what it means for you, and how your strategy holds up. Weeks of research, done in an hour.
Built for the person
who has to make the call.
You’ll Leave With
A strategy grounded in foresight, built on the right question
The research and insight to make your case
FFAST, set up for your initiative, with 30 days of supported access
The skill to read change and anticipate opportunities in real time.
TECHsurf Attendee Offer
Before your 2027 plan locks in, make sure it’s solving for the
right X.
Request a session by December 31 and get a second month of FFAST free! Plus a check-in with Cecily before it ends.
Mention TECHsurf in your request.
About Cecily
Cecily Sommers is a futurist, keynote speaker, and strategic advisor. She has led “Future of ___” projects for Google, Salesforce, JPMorgan Chase, and other global brands since 2000. Her eight-year Future of Leadership engagement with Google’s Executive Development team became the foundation for the Google School for Leaders. She was named one of the world’s “Top 50 Female Futurists” by Forbes and is the author of Think Like a Futurist.
Also available as a workshop for
leadership teams.
Your strategy has an expiration date. It’s already passed.
Bring the same tools to your whole team. In a 90-minute, half-day, or full-day session, your leaders learn to read change through a strategic lens, test their assumptions, and decide together where attention and investment belong.
Everyone leaves with The Algebra of Strategy and FFAST, ready for your next planning cycle.
Never be out of date.
Global keynote speaker, business futurist, and strategic advisor guiding executive teams in their most consequential work. One of Forbes’ Top 50 Female Futurists.
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