Leader Lab · Pricing

Your workspace.
One clear price.

A self-guided app for leadership in the crisis era. Work through the decisions that test your principles, your people, and the institution you lead.

Work the decision
Bring a real decision. Separate facts from assumptions, test the options, and record a call with an owner and a review point.
Build the code behind it
Use the Honor, Culture, and Command Labs to examine the commitments you will hold, the standards others can use, and the limits of your authority.
Return and follow through
Reopen the same case when facts change. Keep earlier reasoning, record the outcome, and apply what you learn to the next decision.
Explore the three labs and sample documents
Try a free scenario

Try a fictional decision first. No account or payment required.

Try the method. Then use it.

Start with a rehearsal.
Return to your own work.

The free scenario shows the practice. Paid access gives your decisions a place to continue.

Free rehearsal and paid Leader Lab access compared
Your workFree rehearsalLeader Lab · $495 once
The situationA fictional crisis with a new developmentYour own decisions and evidence
The takeawayYour rehearsal brief, available to downloadDecision briefs, codes, and the documents you build and export
Follow-throughTry the steps without an accountSave cases, return to owned actions, and review outcomes
The wider practiceA sample of the crisis workspaceAll three labs, Field Notes, an AI companion, and a printed Field Guide on request for U.S. delivery
Privacy and AI processing before you bring a real decision

Personal drafts are private within the Lab by default. Institutional publishing is deliberate. Ask Chris sends your messages and relevant saved work to Delphi; requested AI analysis uses Anthropic. Use information you are authorized to share. Read how your work is processed

Your first session

Start with one real decision.

A disruption threatening service. An AI rollout changing who is accountable. A sudden leadership departure. Bring the decision you need to make and leave with a written call and next action.

No assessment or completed code required first. Work at your own pace.

  1. Bring the decision already on your desk.

    Name the call you need to make, who it affects, and what you know. Start directly in the crisis workspace.

  2. Put your reasoning to work.

    Compare the options and their costs. Name the strongest objection, then record the decision you are prepared to own.

  3. Give the decision a next step.

    Assign an action owner, set a review point, and name the evidence that would make you reconsider. Save or export your brief.

The value continues after the call.

Return to the same case when the facts change. At your review point, record what happened, compare it with what you expected, and carry the lesson into the next decision.

Before you buy

Clear answers. No fine-print hunt.

What am I buying?
Leader Lab is a self-guided app for leadership in the crisis era, where you build your code and work through decisions that put trust, authority, and continuity at stake. One purchase gives you lifetime access to all three labs, saved decisions, and the documents you build and export. Your Code Packet is the document bundle you assemble along the way. The purchase grants access to your account. Facilitated team engagements are scoped separately.
Is this only for an immediate crisis?
No. Crisis-era leadership means carrying responsibility through a sustained period of disruption, weakened trust, and contested authority. Use Leader Lab before a crisis to build your commitments, during a difficult decision to examine the call, and afterward to review the outcome and prepare others. You can begin with the decision in front of you.
Why use Leader Lab if I already have a notebook or AI chat?
A notebook or AI chat can be useful for thinking. Leader Lab gives you a repeatable structure for the whole decision: evidence, competing options, the strongest objection, your call, an accountable action, and a later review. Saved cases and revisions keep that work together. The three labs help you examine the commitments, standards, and authority behind the call. AI support is optional; you supply the judgment.
When would I come back to it?
When new evidence changes a decision, when an action is due for review, or when the next difficult call arrives. Reopen the saved case to update the reasoning and record the outcome. Use the labs alongside that work to refine your commitments, organizational standards, and approach to authority. You choose when to return and record what happened.
Does the purchase include personal coaching?
Work at your own pace, with guided prompts and an AI companion. Personal coaching, live sessions, and facilitated team engagements are scoped separately.
Do I need to finish the assessment or write my code first?
No. Start with the decision in front of you in the crisis workspace. You can build your code and use the Mode Finder alongside that work. The free rehearsal lets you try a fictional crisis before creating an account or buying access. The Mode Finder remains available separately: twenty questions, about five minutes, with your full profile opening after you provide an email address.
What if it isn't for me?
30 days, full refund, keep your documents. Email chris@bsidecapital.com within 30 days of purchase to request your refund.
More about access, privacy, teams, and the books
Does Leader Lab access renew?
No. It is a single $495 purchase with lifetime access. Nothing renews, nothing expires, and there is nothing to cancel. Your honor code, decision memos, and ledger are exportable at any time, and they stay yours.
What does Leader Lab access include?
The crisis workspace and all three labs, with six guided steps in each. Work through a current decision, build your code, save and export your documents, and return to review outcomes. No shipping address needed for digital access. Printed Field Guide included on request; U.S. delivery only. It is a one-time purchase at $495 with lifetime access. Create an account or sign in before payment. Browser access opens after payment is confirmed, with nothing to install. Your drafts are private to your account by default and exportable. Institutional publishing is a separate, deliberate action.
How do I request the included printed Field Guide?
After purchasing Leader Lab access, email chris@bsidecapital.com from the email address used for your purchase to request your copy. U.S. delivery only. Requesting print is optional and does not affect your digital access.
Is my work private?
Yes. Your honor code drafts, decision memos, shadow audit, and ledger are private to your account by default. Other users can't see them, organization administrators can't see raw individual reflections, and you can export your data at any time. Ask Chris uses Delphi to process your messages and relevant saved work. Other requested AI analysis uses Anthropic. See the Privacy Policy for processing details.
Can my whole team do this together?
Yes, through For Organizations. The workshop builds a Team Mode Map from individual results, useful for surfacing where a team is overweighted in one mode, missing another, or carrying a collective shadow. Administrators receive aggregate patterns, not individual raw responses.
Do I need the book first?
No. The book is the full argument and the Leader Lab is the practice. They are designed to work together, but the practice stands on its own. Try the free fictional rehearsal first, or begin with your own decision in Leader Lab. The books and Mode Finder are optional ways to deepen that work.
When does the Honor Code Intensive run?
It runs quarterly, six weeks, live, with twelve seats. The first group does not have a date yet. Join the waitlist on this page and you will hear before seats open.
Do bulk book orders get anything?
Yes. Team and board orders of Honor Under Pressure include a live author Q&A. Inquire from the book page or the organizations page; we quote within two business days.

For refunds or purchase questions: chris@bsidecapital.com. Request a refund within 30 days of purchase.

Other ways into the work

Start with the book.
Or bring the team.

The Mode Finder

Free. Twenty questions to explore the leadership patterns your answers suggest. See a basic result on screen; email opens the full profile.

Explore your mode →

Honor Under Pressure

The historical cases and practical argument behind the Five Modes.

Kindle ebook: $6.99 · Field Guide: $14.99 · Paperback: $18.99 · Hardcover: $29.99

Get the book on Amazon →

For Organizations

Diagnostics, facilitated work, and advisory for executive teams and boards. Engagements from $7,500, scoped in a written proposal.

Discuss your engagement →
The Honor Code Intensive · $1,500
Live, facilitated practice

Hear when the next group opens

Six weeks, twelve seats, $1,500. The next date has not been announced. Leave your email for booking updates.

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Ready for your own decision?

Put the work into practice.

All three labs. Lifetime access for your account. $495 once.

30-day full refund. Keep the documents you wrote.