Foundations
For readers. The full framework taught from first principles, with weekly written cases drawn from the library.
Readers, analysts, curious operators
Academy
From framework to fluency.
The Academy moves practitioners from reading the theory to applying it under pressure — in cohorts small enough to defend every verdict.
Three tracks
One framework, three depths of mastery.
Practitioner
For operators. Live workshops on positioning, asymmetry sizing, and pre-commit discipline against real decisions.
Founders, investors, strategy leads
Certification
For specialists. Examined certification establishing professional credibility as an Opportunity Analyst.
Consultants, researchers, in-house strategists
Programs
The current catalog.
- Foundations
6 weeks · cohort
2 sessions / week · async + live
The Opportunity Engine — Core Course
The full framework, taught from first principles with weekly written cases. Covers the seven engine components, the eleven canonical concepts, and the verdict ladder.
On completion
- ›Read any situation through the engine without prompting
- ›Distinguish a structural vacancy from a costume of opportunity
- ›Locate any failure precisely on the lifecycle
- Practitioner
2 days · live
Quarterly · in-person + remote
Asymmetry & Convexity Workshop
An intensive on positioning for bounded-downside, uncapped-upside bets. Participants bring a live decision and leave with a written pre-commit rule and an automated turnaround policy.
On completion
- ›Size positions for asymmetric payoffs without false precision
- ›Write a pre-commit rule that will survive emotional attachment
- ›Recognize and exit Summit Fever before it forms
- Certification
12 weeks · cohort
Weekly seminar + practicum + capstone
Certified Opportunity Analyst
Examined certification for practitioners applying the framework professionally. Includes a graveyard-audit practicum and an original capstone case accepted into the Institute's research archive.
On completion
- ›Conduct an end-to-end opportunity scan to publication standard
- ›Defend a verdict against the Graveyard Audit
- ›Publish a peer-reviewed case study under Institute imprint
- Executive
Custom · in-house
Engagement-based
Strategy under Reflexivity
Tailored programs for leadership teams operating in reflexive markets — where each move alters the landscape that produced it. Delivered on-site with the team's live portfolio.
On completion
- ›Align a leadership team on the same opportunity vocabulary
- ›Map the team's current portfolio onto the lifecycle
- ›Install an Automated Turnaround Policy at the institutional level
Core curriculum
Nine units. One framework, fully traversed.
The Core Course is the canonical entry point. Every other program assumes its vocabulary.
- Unit 01
The Vacancy Axiom
Why opportunity precedes the recognizer.
- Unit 02
The Seven Engine Components
Mapping Recognition through Renewal.
- Unit 03
Kairos & the Closing Window
Velocity over presence.
- Unit 04
Reflexivity & the Disguise Mechanism
How acting redraws the map.
- Unit 05
Convexity in Practice
Sizing bounded-downside bets.
- Unit 06
The Graveyard Audit
Reading the failures, not the winners.
- Unit 07
Outfit Decay & Summit Fever
The two terminal pathologies.
- Unit 08
The Automated Turnaround Policy
Pre-commit, not discretion.
- Unit 09
Capstone
A full original scan, defended.
Faculty
Taught by practitioners, not lecturers.
Founder & principal instructor
The author of the Opportunity Engine framework leads Foundations and the Certification capstone.
Research fellows
Practitioners with published Institute research lead the Practitioner workshops and second the capstone.
Visiting faculty
Operators with credible track records in their domain are invited to deliver focused case sessions.
Admissions
Cohorts are small and selective.
Foundations admits up to forty per cohort. Certification admits twelve. Practitioner workshops are capped at twenty-five. Selection prioritizes applicants who can name a real decision they intend to scan.