22 September 2026
Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand
From R3,900 until 30 June
Executive Awake Session
The Exponential Enterprise
Rapid change needs a shared executive response.
Technology, competition, customer expectations and business models are changing faster than ever before — and faster than most organisations are designed to respond.
AI is accelerating the pressure. The bigger risk is fragmented response: teams may be active, but not aligned on priorities, ownership or what should happen next. This session helps senior leaders step back, see where the business may be exposed, and leave with a clearer view of the decisions that need to follow.
Rapid-change leadership
Shared executive response
Decision clarity
No technical workshop
B-BBEE Level 1 organisation
Booking paths
Reserve one seat or bring the leaders who need to move in the same direction.
For enterprise teams, the value increases when the right leaders hear the same context, discuss the same questions and leave with a shared view of what should happen next.
Individual executive seat
Best for one senior leader who wants to join the executive conversation and reserve directly through Quicket.
Executive Priority Access: R3,900 until 30 June 2026.
Leadership team / invoice booking
Why bring a leadership team? One executive may leave with insight. A leadership team can leave with a shared view.
Use this route for an invoice, purchase order, internal approval or multi-seat reservation.
Team offer: Book 5 executive seats and pay for 4.
Executive alignment diagnostic
Before adding more activity, check whether your leadership team is aligned.
Take the 5–7 minute Executive Alignment Diagnostic to reflect on whether your organisation has the shared context, decision clarity and response readiness needed to move in the same direction.
Use the diagnostic as a strategic mirror
It helps senior leaders test whether the organisation is aligned around the external pressures, priorities, ownership and decisions that matter most now.
When teams are busy but leaders are not aligned, activity can look like progress while the organisation drifts in different directions.
Reveal alignment gapsSee where leaders may be working from different assumptions about change, risk, urgency and value.
Clarify decision readinessReflect on whether priorities, ownership and next steps are clear enough to support faster movement.
Check response readinessConsider whether the organisation can respond coherently when technology, competition, customers and business models shift at speed.
Choose the right next stepDecide whether the leadership team needs deeper alignment, a shared executive conversation or a clearer response pathway.
What the diagnostic checks
A short executive check before the bigger conversation
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1Shared context
Are leaders seeing the same external pressures, risks and opportunities?
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2Decision clarity
Is it clear what the organisation should prioritise, protect, explore or accelerate?
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3Leadership alignment
Would different leaders give the same answer when asked what matters most now?
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4Ownership and momentum
Do teams know who owns the key decisions and how progress will move forward?
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5Response readiness
Can the organisation move from scattered activity to a clearer and more coordinated executive response?
Recommended use
Ask key leaders to complete the diagnostic individually, then compare the results. If answers differ, priorities are unclear or ownership is uncertain, that is a strong signal to bring the right leaders into the same executive conversation.
The hidden risk
Fragmented response can look like progress until the organisation needs to adapt and scale.
Many organisations are not short of activity. Projects, initiatives, transformation priorities and AI conversations may already be underway. The risk is that effort becomes scattered when leaders are not working from the same context, the same priorities or the same view of what should happen next.
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Different assumptions
Leaders may be solving different versions of the same problem without realising it.
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Unclear priorities
Teams can stay busy while the organisation remains unclear about what matters most now.
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Slow decisions
Ownership, governance and approval paths can slow the response when speed matters.
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Scattered effort
Initiatives can multiply without becoming a coherent enterprise response.
The difference
Not a technical AI event.
A focused executive session for shared leadership response.
This is not a product demo, tool-training session, vendor pitch or generic inspiration event.
Shared contextHelp leaders hear the same signals and work from the same view of what is changing.
Leadership alignmentBuild shared language across strategy, technology, operations, people and transformation.
Clearer movementClarify what to prioritise, protect, explore or accelerate without destabilising the core business.
What you leave with
A clearer view of the decisions that need to follow.
The session is designed to help leaders move from scattered activity to a more confident shared response.
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Exposure clarity
See where rapid change may be putting pressure on the business, operating model or future growth.
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Priority clarity
Clarify what needs to be prioritised, protected, explored or accelerated.
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Leadership alignment
Build a shared view across the leaders who shape strategy, technology, operations, people and transformation.
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Pathway confidence
See how diagnostics, leadership alignment, experimentation and sprint pathways can support safer movement after the session.
Who should attend
For leaders responsible for how the organisation responds to change.
Best suited to senior leaders who influence strategic direction, growth, technology, operations, people, innovation, transformation and execution across large organisations.
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Speakers and contributors
Experienced voices in exponential change, enterprise transformation, value creation and execution.
A curated group of contributors helping leaders connect faster change, organisational choices, leadership mindset and practical movement.
Access options
Reserve your place in the executive room.
Reduced executive rates are available until 30 June 2026. Standard rates apply from 1 July 2026.
Executive Priority Access
Main Executive Awake Session
R3,900Early Access
Standard rate from 1 July 2026: R4,900.
- Main Executive Awake Session
- Arrival networking and curated introductions
- Guided executive session
- Executive cocktail networking from 17:00
- Event follow-up communication
VIP Executive Access
Session plus private executive engagement
R7,900Early Access
Standard rate from 1 July 2026: R10,500.
- Everything in Executive Priority Access
- Priority seating
- Private executive breakfast or dinner with selected speakers
- Premium small-group engagement
- Signed copy of Super-Entrepreneurship Decoded by Fabrice Testa
DateTuesday, 22 September 2026
VenueGallagher Convention Centre, Midrand
ArrivalFrom 12:30
Session13:00–17:00
NetworkingCocktail networking from 17:00
DressBusiness / Executive
Reserve your executive seat
Help your leadership team move in the same direction.
Rapid change needs a shared executive response. Bring the leaders who need to hear the same context, discuss the same questions and leave with a clearer view of the decisions that need to follow.
Need an invoice or group booking?
Many organisations prefer to register through invoice, purchase order or internal approval. We support procurement-led bookings, executive team registrations and multi-seat arrangements.
Book 5 seats and pay for 4.
Use this option for leadership teams, invoice bookings, purchase order or internal approval processes. Reduced rates are available until 30 June 2026, subject to seat availability.
B-BBEE Level 1
Platform Evolution (Pty) Ltd T/A ExoFutures is a B-BBEE Level 1 organisation.
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