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Executive Seminar · Advanced Asset Management for Leaders

Make and defend the decisions that keep your infrastructure running.

An executive decision seminar for the people who fund, govern and defend physical assets. Three days, or four weekly sessions. Live online, or on-site for private groups.

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The problem every leader in the room shares

“Are we spending on the right things, and how would we know?”

You own aging assets, a budget that can’t fund everything, imperfect data and stakeholders who disagree. You’re judged on the decisions you make under exactly those conditions.

When a board or council asks that question, the honest answer is often harder than it should be. This seminar gives you a defensible one. It is built around decisions and a single case. Your staff build the models; you learn to govern the trade-offs and defend them.

Leaders discussing an asset investment decision

What you’ll leave able to do

Six things you can do on Monday.

Make the business case for disciplined asset management, including the cost of not doing it.
Read your organization’s maturity honestly and put in place governance that survives leadership turnover.
Set a risk-tolerance rule and clear decision rights so your staff decide consistently without escalating everything.
Interpret and challenge a risk-based prioritization, and know when the number shouldn’t decide.
Decide what to fund, phase and defer under a hard budget, with the accepted risk documented rather than hidden.
Defend an investment decision to a board or council in plain language: the recommendation, the trade-off and the risk you’re accepting.

How it works

How the seminar runs.

You work one realistic organization, the City of Riverside, from a Year-0 crisis to a defensible multi-year investment plan through six decisions. Then you take what you learned back to your own organization.

A one-time funding fight

Six competing claims, one line of money, and a champion for every project.

Maturity and governance

An honest read of where the organization is, and who gets to decide what.

Conflicting priorities

Condition, criticality and risk point in different directions, and you have to choose.

Challenging a risk ranking

The model ranks one project first. Decide whether that ranking should stand.

A five-year budget trade-off

Fund, phase or defer, and write down the risk you are accepting.

The board defense

Present and defend your plan to a mock board that asks the hard questions.

Who it’s for

Built for a mixed room.

Public sectorUtility and public-works directors, city and county managers, finance and budget officers, and the board or council members who approve capital and rates.

Facilities & campusesFacilities and real-estate executives in higher education, K-12, healthcare and government.

IndustryPlant and operations leaders, capital-planning heads, and asset and reliability leadership.

Why mixed worksThe teaching case is a municipal utility, and every decision in it maps to a hospital, a campus or a plant.

Formats & investment

Two formats. Inaugural pricing for the first cohorts.

4-Week Course

One 2.5-hour live session a week

Best for busy calendars. Live online, with light pre-work between sessions. About 10 contact hours.

$945$1,495per seat, inaugural cohort

3-Day Intensive

Three days, about 18 contact hours

Best for offsites and leadership retreats. Live online, or on-site for private groups.

$1,395$2,495per seat, inaugural cohort

Private · your team only

For one leadership team

Either format, delivered for your organization, with your real decisions alongside the case.

From $16,5004-week, live online · 3-day from $22,500

Every seat includes a hardcover copy of the book, the participant workbook, the Riverside case, session slides and a certificate of completion with contact hours. Dates for the inaugural cohort are coming soon. Join the list to hear first.

The guarantee. If the first session doesn’t change how you’d defend your next capital decision, tell us and we’ll refund your seat in full.

Questions

Before you hold a seat.

Do I need a technical background?

No. This is a decision seminar for leaders. Your staff run the models; you learn to govern, challenge and defend them. For the people who build the models, see the 15-week course.

Can you run it privately for our team?

Yes, and it’s often the best fit. Private sessions run live online or on-site and can bring your own decisions into the room. Ask Scott.

Does it count for PDH or continuing education?

Every participant receives a certificate listing contact hours for self-reporting. Whether it counts toward your license or credential depends on your board or certifying body.

Who pays, and how?

Most seats are paid by the organization. We invoice, accept purchase orders, and can send a W-9 and a one-page quote up front for procurement.

Hold a place

Hold a seat in the inaugural cohort.

Seats are limited to keep the room discussion-led. Leave your details and Scott will send dates and next steps before they go out publicly.

Not ready to commit?

Start with a free one-hour briefing.

See the approach first. The free executive briefings cover the decisions boards question most, with time for your questions.

See the briefings → All courses

Advanced Asset Management: From Assets to Decisions, by Scott Stukel