In a slowing market, most business owners and CEOs make one of two fatal mistakes: they freeze and cut costs blindly, or they frantically chase every minor revenue opportunity that pops up.
Both reactions stem from the same root cause, a breakdown in strategic discipline.
Navigating a soft economy requires two things that rarely sit in the same room: relentless strategic logic on the outside and unshakeable trust on the inside.
When we created the Mansmith Prosperity Forum years ago, it was to solve this exact dilemma. On December 2, 2026, for our final event of the year, anthropologist and Mansmith CEO Chiqui Escareal-Go and I are bringing these two forces together live via Zoom to give you a concrete strategic audit for 2027 planning.
Here is the exact progression we will walk you through:
1. Audit Your Assumptions with the PILA Reasoning Stack
Most strategic failures in a downturn aren’t execution failures, they are assumption failures. Companies spend millions executing a bad premise perfectly. I will share the PILA Reasoning Stack (Problem, Insights, Logic, Assumptions) to give you a bulletproof decision architecture so your team stop solving the wrong problems.
2. Benchmark Your Business Model Pivot: 22 Global Case Studies
Theory without application is useless. I will share 22 concrete, real-world case examples, spanning B2B, B2C, SMEs, and large enterprises worldwide. If you are searching for practical benchmark options for your own business model, seeing how real companies re-architected their value chains and cost structures provides immediate clarity on where to adjust.
3. Rebuild Trust to Enable Execution
A brilliant pivot on paper will stall if your workplace culture lacks trust. When market friction hits, management’s default instinct is to tighten control. Chiqui will break down the anthropological reality of trust: how psychological safety can be destroyed when you need the initiative most, and how to build a culture that actually executes strategic shifts.
The Ultimate Test: The Discipline of Saying “No”
The ultimate test of strategic clarity during a market shift isn’t what you choose to build, it’s what you have the courage to turn down.
Taking on off-strategy deals or bad-fit expansion only dilutes your core strength and starves what matters most. I recently put this exact principle into practice by declining three offers to join corporate boards as an Independent Director, because preserving focused bandwidth for core strategic priorities is mandatory when navigating a changing landscape.
If you want to protect your business from sloppy assumptions and set a clear, disciplined direction for 2027, join us for this 3.5-hour strategic audit.
- Date: December 2, 2026 | 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM PHT
- Format:Â Live Nationwide via Zoom
- Target Audience:Â Business Owners, CEOs, and Strategy Executives
- Reserve Your Seat: Visit www.mansmith.net or scan the QR code below.
