Pricing
No sponsors. Which is why it costs something.
Most executive communities are free to attend because a vendor paid for your seat. This one is not, and that trade is the product.
Always free
Everything published
- The Field Brief newsletter
- Both playbooks, in full
- The 24-term CIO glossary
- Board-ready templates
No gate, no form, no “download the PDF”.
Founding cohort
A seat at a table
Owner: price and billing terms once set
- Monthly table of eight, capped
- Conflict-free seating, by hand
- Pre-read 48 hours out
- Field Brief after every table
- Cancel in one step, any time
01The trade
What you give up by not being sponsored
Sponsored communities
- Free to attend
- A vendor chose the topic
- Your contact details are the product
- Someone at your table is selling
CIO Cafe
- Costs money
- A member chose the decision
- Your details are never shared
- No one in the room is selling
02Questions
Money questions, answered
Why isn’t the price on the page yet?
Because the founding cohort terms are still being set. Rather than show a number we might change, this page says exactly what is decided and what is not. Owner: replace this answer with the real figure and billing terms
Can I cancel whenever I want?
Yes. Cancelling takes the same number of steps as joining, with no retention call and no cancellation fee. This is a commitment in the terms, not a policy we can quietly change.
Does my employer pay, or do I?
Either. Membership belongs to you personally and moves with you if you change jobs, whoever pays the invoice. We will invoice a company, but the seat is yours.
Is there a free tier?
What are sponsors paying for?
Nothing. There are no sponsors, and that is the whole point: the moment a vendor funds the room, the room is theirs. Members fund it instead, which is also why it costs something.