Visual Strategy 3: The Strategy Workshop with Karl Scotland and Jim Benson
Part of the X Matrix TASTE Series with Karl Scotland & Jim Benson
Move from intention to action by designing strategies that actually stick. Learn to translate aspirations into focused, actionable, and adaptive strategies with impact. This workshop will help leaders and teams make strategy visible, practical, and directly connected to daily work.
Karl Scotland (creator of the X Matrix TASTE Framework) and Jim Benson (Personal Kanban, Collaboration Equation) will guide participants in reimagining what strategy means—so it serves as both a clear guiding policy and a real daily reference point.
Why Attend?
Discover how Strategy clarifies choice and provides real focus in the X Matrix TASTE Framework, connecting aspirations to what teams actually do next.
Develop, refine, and validate your own strategies using practical templates, guiding policies, and “even over” statements—tools Karl uses with global leaders.
Gain actionable guidance: this session is designed for executives, team leads, coaches, and anyone responsible for driving meaningful change.
Experience hands-on co-creation—including feedback from Karl and Jim to maximize contextual fit and actual results.
What You’ll Experience
Short primer:
The role of Strategy in TASTE (True North, Aspirations, Strategy, Tactics, Evidence) and why making real choices (and tradeoffs) matters more than ever in today’s business landscape.
Interactive exercises:
Craft strategies that turn aspirations into clear direction and coherent, empowering constraints. Build “even over” choice architecture—all grounded in real scenarios from strategy deployment practices and lean systems.
Live Q&A:
Wrestle with your real-world strategy questions, blocks, and pivots. Karl, Jim, and your peers will share insights and lessons in delivering strategy you can actually use.
Next-step templates:
Leave with practical strategy artifacts—fill-in tools, collaborative worksheet, and a take-home “strategy builder” checklist.
Details
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific 12:00–2:00 PM Eastern 17:00–19:00 UK
Format: Live on Zoom (link provided after registration)
Price: $250 USD
Includes the Aspirations workshop recording and template, all new workshop materials, and a downloadable “Visual Strategy” action guide.
Replay available to all registrants.
Workshop Hosts
Karl Scotland:
International strategy and Lean/Agile pioneer, creator of the X Matrix TASTE Framework, advocate for practical, participative, and visual approaches to strategy.
Jim Benson:
Work visualization, productivity, and humane management expert, co-creator of Personal Kanban and co-founder of Modus Institute.
Bonuses & Add-Ons
Get the X Matrix Seasons Pass:
Want to join all five workshops (True North, Aspirations, Strategy, Tactics, Evidence) and save? Click here for our Season Pass and unlock the complete strategic experience.
Questions or Want to Go Further?
For teams: Want Karl and Jim to help your team or company design effective, visual strategies you can use every day? Set up a quick appointment with Jim here.
Solo learning: Take the self-paced X Matrix course (no live calls).
Coming soon: The advanced “Outcome Oriented” X Matrix class—watch this space!
Who Should Attend?
Executives, senior leaders, and managers
Transformation leads, agile and process coaches
Change agents and anyone wanting to make strategy a living, visible shared language
Bring your goals, your challenges, and your curiosity.
Register for the Strategy Workshop to make strategy visible, actionable, and humane.
About the X Matrix & TASTE Framework
The X Matrix uniquely visualizes the links between True North, Aspirations, Strategy, Tactics, and Evidence to help organizations of any size turn vision into coordinated, measurable results. Karl Scotland and Jim Benson designed this series to move teams beyond strategy theater—toward living strategies that connect purpose, practice, and people in every conversation.