The RAMP Clarity Lab: A Two-Day Strategic Operating System Intensive for Higher Ed Leaders
Two days of analog time to align vision, priorities, and execution, before your next initiative stalls.
HIGHER ED IS AT A BREAKING POINT
You're being asked to transform faster than ever, with fewer resources, more complexity, and mounting pressure from every direction.
The pattern repeats across institutions:
→ CRM implementations that promised solutions sit unused
→ Roadmaps created in silos, without buy-in or governance
→ Departments are operating independently
→ You are exhausted by initiative overload
→ Technical debt is accumulating while ROI declines
The issue isn't the technology or the teams.
It's the decision-making system that governs priorities before execution begins.
THE RAMP CLARITY LAB
A 2-day in-person intensive for Higher Ed leaders who are ready to build a strategic operating system that creates clarity, alignment, and momentum.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON:
Day 1 (Thursday, March 26 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Why transformations stall + RAMP OS introduction
Your personalized maturity scorecard (People, Process, Technology)
Vision + Values alignment workshop
Organizational readiness assessment + gap analysis
Day 2 (Friday, March 27 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Initiative-to-value mapping
Strategic roadmap development + quick-wins identification
Enablement design (Center of Excellence, technical engagement, delivery engagement)
30/60/90 action planning
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH:
→ Your personalized maturity scorecard
→ Vision + strategic priorities aligned across your leadership team
→ A roadmap prioritized for impact + feasibility
→ Enablement materials to engage your business, technical, and delivery teams
→ Access to the RAMP OS Alumni Network
→ Templates, workbooks, and actionable tools
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
✓ All meals (breakfast, lunch, snacks both days)
✓ Printed materials + comprehensive workbook
✓ Industry-focused maturity assessment
✓ Continuous coffee & tea service
✓ Small group collaborative exercises
✓ Individual strategic work time
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- Provosts, VPs, Executive Directors
- CIOs, CTOs, Architecture Leaders
- PMO, Operations, Transformation Leaders
- Anyone leading complex change initiatives in Higher Ed:
→ Preparing for Q4 execution or FY27 planning
→ Tired of competing priorities and stalled initiatives
→ Ready to build the operating system that makes transformations sustainable
THIS ISN'T A WORKSHOP. It's a strategic operating system design for your organization. You'll spend two days working ON your institution, not just learning frameworks.
This is real, analog time to think strategically, away from Zoom fatigue and email overload.
📍 Scottsdale, Arizona (full venue details provided upon registration)
👥 25 seats maximum
💼 Business casual attire
For Questions and Group discounts (two or more from the same organization), contact: [email protected]
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Mariselle Gonzalez has over 15 years of experience building strategic operating systems for Fortune 500 companies, major universities, and mission-driven nonprofits. She's watched the same pattern play out over and over: organizations start with the platform instead of the operating system, creating misalignment that leads to failed implementations and exhausted teams.
The RAMP Strategy Operating System was designed to address this by providing a decision-making framework that governs priorities before execution begins.
Full details at: www.therampstrategy.com/events