Centered

Live Workshop · Thursday, August 27

The Cost of Can't

Learn why your team says “we can't” without even thinking, and what you can do about it.

Bring one thing your company says it can't do. Leave knowing whether it's a can't, a won't, or a haven't, and what to do about it on Monday.

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Free · 60 minutes · live with JL Heather and Preston Chandler

JL Heather
JL Heather Co-founder of Centered
Preston Chandler
Preston Chandler Co-founder of Centered
Format
Live online
Length
60 minutes
When
Aug 27, 5:00pm ET
Open to
CEOs & exec teams

About this session

Most “we can't” isn't a limit. And it isn't your people.

It's an old decision nobody remembers making, still running on autopilot. Nobody said no. The idea died anyway, somewhere between the person who had it and the person who could have funded it.

This is a free, 60-minute working session on how that happens and how to reverse it. JL Heather and Preston Chandler of Centered walk through the three-way sort that tells a real constraint from a decision in disguise, and two audits you can run yourself next week. No budget, no consultant, nobody's permission.

Come with one thing your company says it can't do. Leave with one change, small enough to start this quarter.

An hour, three things

Discover why

Most “we can't” isn't a limit, and it isn't your people. It's an old decision nobody remembers making, still running on autopilot. We'll show you where to look for yours.

Learn how

The three-way sort, can't, won't, haven't, and two audits you can run yourself next week. No budget, no consultant, nobody's permission.

Leave with one move

Not a program. One change, sized to your organization, small enough to start this quarter and reversible enough that being wrong costs you nothing.

Thursday, August 27 at 5:00pm ET

Free, 60 minutes, live with JL Heather and Preston Chandler. Bring one thing your company says it can't do.

At Centered we care about your privacy. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise make your details available to third parties.

What you'll walk away with

01

What refusal actually costs you, and why it never shows up on a P&L.

02

A way to sort any “we can't” in five minutes. Real constraints get honored. Everything else gets reopened.

03

One change you can start before the quarter closes.

Two audits you can run yourself

You'll leave the session knowing how to run both. Neither needs a budget, a consultant, or anyone's permission.

One afternoon

The bonus-plan audit

Read your top twenty leaders' incentive formulas and count how many of them are better off if your most important new initiative quietly dies.

One week

The approval walk

Follow a live request through the building. At every stop, log how long it waited and the last time that person said no.

Who it's for

Leaders who keep hearing the same objection from different people, and have started to wonder whether it's true.

  • CEOs and founders
  • C-suite and exec teams
  • Division and business unit leaders
  • Anyone who owns the call, not just the work

Who's running it

JL Heather and Preston Chandler, co-founders of Centered

JL Heather

Co-founder of Centered

Author of The Cost of Can't and co-author of The Agile Code. Fifteen years consulting with Ford, Pfizer, HP, Sprint/T-Mobile and Wendy's. PCC-credentialed coach.

Preston Chandler

Co-founder of Centered

Co-author of The Agile Code. 20+ years helping organizations move faster by cutting waste, not corners. He leads the Breakthrough Lab Method™, integrating Lean and Agile with human-centered design.

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Register now

An hour to find out what your organization is refusing on autopilot, and to leave with something you can actually do about it.

Can't make the time? Register anyway and we'll send the recording and the can't / won't / haven't worksheet.

At Centered we care about your privacy. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise make your details available to third parties.

Previous workshop

Ship What Works

July's session with JL and Preston, on what separates the products that land from the ones that quietly disappear. The full 60 minutes is free to watch, whenever suits you.

Watch the replay