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Write strategy docs people can decide from.
A daily course for turning a fuzzy direction into a document that helps a team choose, commit, and execute.
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30 short lessons. Day 1 is ready.
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- Strategy & decisions
- Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisites
- Course length
- 30 daily lessons
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Total learning time
- About 5 hours in total
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
Every lesson connects to a conversation, decision, or habit you can change between lessons.
Stakeholders keep asking for context
Separate facts, assumptions, and choices.
You need alignment
Make the tradeoff explicit before asking for agreement.
Execution gets fuzzy
Connect strategy to owners, milestones, and review points.
Inside the course
Your first three days are already mapped.
The course follows a daily sequence, so the next practical move is waiting when you come back.
Sharper framing
Define the problem and desired outcome.
Visible tradeoffs
Show what each option costs.
Clear recommendation
Make the decision easy to find.
Operating plan
Translate strategy into next actions and checkpoints.
Course preview
30 short lessons
Write Strategy Docs That Decide
Day 1
Name the Decision This Doc Drives
Identify the choice the document must help a reader make.
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Day 2
Know Your Reader and the Stakes
Map who will read it and what they need to decide next.
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Day 3
Write a Problem That Won't Drift
Write a narrow problem statement that avoids hidden scope drift.
Course arc
From vague intention to repeatable moves.
Cadence turns the course into a returnable habit: short lesson, quick check, review, and the next useful step.
01 / 04Set the document job
Know what decision it must support.
Frame the problem
Define the target and constraints.
Compare options
Make tradeoffs legible.
Write the plan
Connect the decision to execution.
Full syllabus
30 lessons, arranged as one clear path.
Turn a messy business situation into a real strategy and a memo that makes its choices testable. Diagnose the challenge, choose where and how to compete, connect coherent actions, and ask for a clear decision without hiding tradeoffs.
Module 01
Frame the Decision
Define the decision, audience, and outcome a strategy doc must serve.
- Day 1 Name the Decision This Doc Drives
- Day 2 Know Your Reader and the Stakes
- Day 3 Write a Problem That Won't Drift
- Day 4 Set Criteria That Pick the Winner
- Day 5 Separate Evidence From Assumptions
- Day 6 Checkpoint: Is the Framing Solid?
Module 02
Evidence and Assumptions
Select facts, unknowns, and assumptions that support a defensible recommendation.
- Day 7 Choose Evidence That Shifts Minds
- Day 8 Surface the Assumptions in Play
- Day 9 State Uncertainty Without Hedging
- Day 10 Support One Claim With Traceable Evidence
Module 03
Options and Tradeoffs
Build competing options and compare them on cost, risk, speed, and impact.
- Day 11 Build Options Worth Comparing
- Day 12 Map the Tradeoffs Side by Side
- Day 13 Flag What You Can't Undo
- Day 14 Show Why One Option Wins
- Day 15 Checkpoint: Are Options Decision-Ready?
Module 04
Build the Strategy Kernel
Turn a diagnosis into a guiding policy, a chosen arena, a way to win, and the capabilities the choice requires.
- Day 16 Diagnose the Strategic Challenge
- Day 17 Write a Guiding Policy
- Day 18 Choose Where to Play
- Day 19 Choose How You Will Win
- Day 20 Test the Capabilities You Need
- Day 21 Checkpoint: Do the Choices Reinforce?
Module 05
Make Coherent Choices
Turn the policy into coherent actions, honest money and operating implications, a fair status quo comparison, answered objections, and review triggers.
- Day 22 Turn Policy Into Coherent Actions
- Day 23 Show the Money and Operating Effects
- Day 24 Make the Status Quo a Real Option
- Day 25 Answer the Strongest Counterargument
- Day 26 Set Measures and Review Triggers
Module 06
Ship the Strategy Memo
Assemble a complete strategy document and refine it through review criteria.
- Day 27 Prewire Without Hiding the Decision
- Day 28 Assemble the Strategy Memo
- Day 29 Red-Team the Logic and the Writing
- Day 30 Ship a Strategy Memo That Decides
How learning works
Read, listen, check your understanding, then keep going.
Short daily lessons
Each lesson is designed around about 10 minutes of focused learning.
Reading and audio
Read the lesson or play its audio when listening fits your day better.
Checks when useful
Lessons can use quizzes, written responses, or guided practice. A lesson can also teach without adding a forced exercise.
Progress and support
Track completed lessons, keep a streak, set reminders, and ask the in-lesson coach for help.
Know the limits. Cadence supports guided self-learning. It does not award an accredited degree or professional certificate, and important AI-generated claims should be checked against reliable sources.
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What to know before you start.
Who is Write Strategy Docs That Decide for?
Every lesson connects to a conversation, decision, or habit you can change between lessons. It is listed in the strategy & decisions part of the Cadence course library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No formal prerequisites are required. The course is designed for guided self-learning, and it is most useful when you bring a real situation or goal to the lessons.
How long does the course take?
Write Strategy Docs That Decide contains 30 lessons designed around 10 minutes each. You open lessons in sequence and can move at your own pace.
What is the learning format?
Lessons can be read or played as audio. The course includes quizzes or practical checks where the lesson calls for them, plus progress tracking and Ask Coach inside lessons.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
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Day 1: Name the Decision This Doc Drives
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