Corey Ford
@coreyford.bsky.social
Innovation-Focused Executive Coach | Strategic Advisor to Founders, CEOs, and Executives | Founder of Point C | Director of Sulzberger Program at Columbia
That’s what The Venture Story does.
→ 3 Acts
→ 9 Scenes
→ 54 Beats
A full arc that brings together the bottom-up user journey, the top-down market landscape, and the story of your team's momentum — in the same amount of time it takes to stumble through a dense, top-down slide deck.
→ 3 Acts
→ 9 Scenes
→ 54 Beats
A full arc that brings together the bottom-up user journey, the top-down market landscape, and the story of your team's momentum — in the same amount of time it takes to stumble through a dense, top-down slide deck.
June 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
That’s what The Venture Story does.
→ 3 Acts
→ 9 Scenes
→ 54 Beats
A full arc that brings together the bottom-up user journey, the top-down market landscape, and the story of your team's momentum — in the same amount of time it takes to stumble through a dense, top-down slide deck.
→ 3 Acts
→ 9 Scenes
→ 54 Beats
A full arc that brings together the bottom-up user journey, the top-down market landscape, and the story of your team's momentum — in the same amount of time it takes to stumble through a dense, top-down slide deck.
That’s what The Design Review is for.
It’s a ritual I’ve used in accelerators, leadership programs, and exec teams — to help teams share work before it’s ready, surface risks early, and build real strategic muscle.
It’s a ritual I’ve used in accelerators, leadership programs, and exec teams — to help teams share work before it’s ready, surface risks early, and build real strategic muscle.
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
That’s what The Design Review is for.
It’s a ritual I’ve used in accelerators, leadership programs, and exec teams — to help teams share work before it’s ready, surface risks early, and build real strategic muscle.
It’s a ritual I’ve used in accelerators, leadership programs, and exec teams — to help teams share work before it’s ready, surface risks early, and build real strategic muscle.
Without a rubric, teams drift.
The loudest voice sets the standard.
Tradeoffs don’t get surfaced.
Feedback feels personal.
And strategy falls apart quietly over time.
A well-built rubric prevents all of that.
The loudest voice sets the standard.
Tradeoffs don’t get surfaced.
Feedback feels personal.
And strategy falls apart quietly over time.
A well-built rubric prevents all of that.
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Without a rubric, teams drift.
The loudest voice sets the standard.
Tradeoffs don’t get surfaced.
Feedback feels personal.
And strategy falls apart quietly over time.
A well-built rubric prevents all of that.
The loudest voice sets the standard.
Tradeoffs don’t get surfaced.
Feedback feels personal.
And strategy falls apart quietly over time.
A well-built rubric prevents all of that.
What if you had a simple document that helped your team guide itself?
A way to build leadership muscle, surface tradeoffs early, and keep everyone aligned on what "great" looks like — without you having to constantly step in.
That's exactly what The Rubric is designed to do.
A way to build leadership muscle, surface tradeoffs early, and keep everyone aligned on what "great" looks like — without you having to constantly step in.
That's exactly what The Rubric is designed to do.
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What if you had a simple document that helped your team guide itself?
A way to build leadership muscle, surface tradeoffs early, and keep everyone aligned on what "great" looks like — without you having to constantly step in.
That's exactly what The Rubric is designed to do.
A way to build leadership muscle, surface tradeoffs early, and keep everyone aligned on what "great" looks like — without you having to constantly step in.
That's exactly what The Rubric is designed to do.
It kicks off in January with two weeks in NYC:
• A 5-day immersive Training Camp
• MBA-style deep dives in strategy, marketing, negotiations, and user research
• Your first Design Review — built to help you fail fast and succeed sooner
• A 5-day immersive Training Camp
• MBA-style deep dives in strategy, marketing, negotiations, and user research
• Your first Design Review — built to help you fail fast and succeed sooner
June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It kicks off in January with two weeks in NYC:
• A 5-day immersive Training Camp
• MBA-style deep dives in strategy, marketing, negotiations, and user research
• Your first Design Review — built to help you fail fast and succeed sooner
• A 5-day immersive Training Camp
• MBA-style deep dives in strategy, marketing, negotiations, and user research
• Your first Design Review — built to help you fail fast and succeed sooner
The Sulzberger Program is a 20-week executive leadership accelerator at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Columbia — built for senior media leaders ready to take on real strategic and cultural challenges inside their organizations.
June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Sulzberger Program is a 20-week executive leadership accelerator at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Columbia — built for senior media leaders ready to take on real strategic and cultural challenges inside their organizations.
🎓 Congratulations to the Sulzberger Class of 2025!
28 newsroom leaders.
20 weeks.
One mission: build a bold strategy and a better culture.
28 newsroom leaders.
20 weeks.
One mission: build a bold strategy and a better culture.
May 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🎓 Congratulations to the Sulzberger Class of 2025!
28 newsroom leaders.
20 weeks.
One mission: build a bold strategy and a better culture.
28 newsroom leaders.
20 weeks.
One mission: build a bold strategy and a better culture.
Leadership is a craft, honed through continuous acts.
Today I’m launching a newsletter to help you hone your innovation leadership—one act at a time.
Today I’m launching a newsletter to help you hone your innovation leadership—one act at a time.
May 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Leadership is a craft, honed through continuous acts.
Today I’m launching a newsletter to help you hone your innovation leadership—one act at a time.
Today I’m launching a newsletter to help you hone your innovation leadership—one act at a time.
Here’s what’s at stake for these 25 strategic projects:
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Here’s what’s at stake for these 25 strategic projects:
They will listen, take notes, and will only say two words in response: “Thank you.”
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
They will listen, take notes, and will only say two words in response: “Thank you.”
Today the 2025 Sulzberger Fellows are doing their final design review, pitching the strategic projects they have accelerated over the last 20 weeks of the program. We do it in the Pulitzer World Room at Columbia Journalism School from the same spot that the Pulitzer Prizes are announced every year.
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today the 2025 Sulzberger Fellows are doing their final design review, pitching the strategic projects they have accelerated over the last 20 weeks of the program. We do it in the Pulitzer World Room at Columbia Journalism School from the same spot that the Pulitzer Prizes are announced every year.