Save the Date | Outthinker Chicago
One strategy officer per company means your closest peers sit somewhere else. This roundtable brings them into the same room, so you can have deep strategy-focused conversations with the people who do the same job as you.
Chicago joins our 2027 calendar on September 16. We are bringing together a small, invitation-only group of executives who lead strategy and transformation for a closed-door working session built around peer conversation.
We are holding the date. We will gather at Russell Reynolds Associates, 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4100, Chicago, and will confirm who is joining as we get closer.
Generously hosted by Russell Reynolds Associates.
Members set the agenda
What we discuss is up to our members. Topics and speakers are chosen by the group based on what is most pressing at the time, with the day built on peer networking and community. Challenge Forums are part of it too – a signature Outthinker Networks format where a member brings a live challenge from their own organization and the group works it through together.
Sample agenda (timings and agenda to follow)
Introductions
Session one: topic one
Networking lunch
Challenge Forums
Session two
Closing session
Networking
We also host an optional dinner the evening before or after to deepen the conversations. We will confirm which closer to the date.
Who is in the room
Outthinker members have first access, and we review every request personally to keep the room peer-to-peer. Not a member? Request a guest seat here, or join for the year and attend all four.
One of four in 2027
Chicago is the last of four in-person Outthinker events planned for 2027, following San Francisco on March 18, Boston on May 4, and London on July 1.
Members attend all four, plus our monthly virtual roundtables and Challenge Forums. See the full series and apply: outthinker.com/2027-lives
About Outthinker
Outthinker is the only network built by strategy officers, for strategy officers. Our members lead strategy at companies including [Spotify, Costco, and Catalent]. Check out more on outthinker.com