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The heart beat hustle workshop

The heart beat hustle workshop

Build a team that moves with purpose Not chaos

Build a team that moves with purpose Not chaos

Most teams don’t struggle because of lack of intelligence, talent, or ambition.

They struggle because they lack:

  • Clear values

  • Shared rhythms

  • Decision-making structure

  • Aligned practices

  • Direction that feels meaningful

The Heart Beat Hustle Workshop is a practical, narrative-driven operating-model session designed to help teams understand why they exist, how they work, and what they are trying to achieve — in a simple, human, scalable way.

This method was born from lived experience in high-performance, high-pressure environments — honed through leadership in complex organizations and informed by decades of research in organizational design, leadership, and team psychology.

It is simple enough for small teams.

It is powerful enough for large organizations. And it scales.

What is The heart beat hustle model?

What is The heart beat hustle model?

The Heart Beat Hustle is a 3-part operating model designed to give teams clarity, rhythm, and momentum:

THE HEART — Values & principles

Your values, principles, and ethics.

What you stand for.

What you will not compromise on.

The Heart answers:

  • Who are we?

  • What matters here?

  • What kind of “blood” flows through this organization?

  • What behaviors define “how we do

    things”?

This creates belonging, trust, and

psychological safety.

THE BEAT — Rhythms & Rituals

Your meetings, rituals, and communication patterns — the cadence that keeps the team aligned.


The Beat answers:

  • How do we stay in sync?

  • What does our weekly rhythm look like?

  • What metrics matter, and when do we look at them?

  • How do we make decisions?

  • When do we gather and reflect?


This keeps the organization alive, adaptive, and coordinated.

THE HUSTLE — Goals & activities

Your objectives, key results, commitments, and the actions that move the mission forward.

The Hustle answers:

  • What are we trying to achieve?

  • What are this cycle’s goals?

  • What activities drive those goals?

  • How do we measure success?

  • What does “good” look like?

This is where strategy becomes reality.

Who this training is for

Who this training is for

This training is ideal for the people listed below, but not limited to them.

This training is ideal for the people listed below, but not limited to them.

  • Founder teams

  • Organizations needing operating clarity

  • Scale-up teams experiencing growing pains

  • Leadership teams

  • Teams entering a new strategic stage

  • Teams lacking clear roles & rhythms

  • Departments wanting to redesign the way they work

  • Founder teams

  • Organizations needing operating clarity

  • Leadership teams

  • Departments wanting to redesign the way they work

  • Teams entering a new strategic stage

  • Teams lacking clear roles & rhythms

  • Scale-up teams experiencing growing pains

  • Founder teams

  • Organizations needing operating clarity

  • Leadership teams

  • Scale-up teams experiencing growing pains

  • Teams lacking clear roles & rhythms

  • Departments wanting to redesign the way they work

  • Teams entering a new strategic stage

Why This Model Works

Why This Model Works

Because it blends:

  • Ikigai-inspired clarity

  • Personal reflection frameworks

  • Narrative identity work

  • Modern leadership principles

  • Agile practices

  • Scalable team rhythms

  • Goal-setting methodology without the jargon.


OKRs fit inside the model.

Agile fits inside the model.

Scrum fits inside the model.

Kanban fits inside the model.

It’s not another framework.

It’s the frame that holds all your frameworks.

Because it blends:

  • Ikigai-inspired clarity

  • Personal reflection frameworks

  • Narrative identity work

  • Modern leadership principles

  • Agile practices

  • Scalable team rhythms

  • Goal-setting methodology without the jargon.


OKRs fit inside the model.

Agile fits inside the model.

Scrum fits inside the model.

Kanban fits inside the model.

It’s not another framework.

It’s the frame that holds all your frameworks.

What you will create in the workshop

What you will create in the workshop

Your team’s heart (Values & principles)

Teams define:

  • Their shared values

  • The principles that govern decisions

  • The non-negotiables

  • The ethical standards

  • The “blood type” of the organization

This becomes the cultural foundation and leadership compass.

Your team’s beat (Rhythms & rituals)

We design:

  • Your weekly, monthly, quarterly rhythm

  • Meeting structures

  • Communication norms

  • Check-ins and metrics

  • Ways to maintain psychological safety


The result is a rhythm that prevents chaos — and improves flow.

Your team’s Hustle (Goals & activities)

We clarify:

  • Your North Star

  • The goals for the cycle

  • The metrics that matter

  • The activities that drive momentum

  • How accountability works

This part translates values and intention into action.

What makes this workshop unique

Teams don’t need another corporate system — they need a story that makes sense.

Narrative-based

Built on trust, transparency, and feedback loops.

Deeply human

A model that works for 5 people or 5,000.

Simple & scalable

    Teams don’t need another corporate system — they need a story that makes sense.

    Narrative-based

    Built on trust, transparency, and feedback loops.

    Deeply human

    A model that works for 5 people or 5,000.

    Simple & scalable

Helps teams understand themselves — not just their tasks.

Emotionally grounding

You leave with structures you can use the next day.

Practical & implementable

    Helps teams understand themselves — not just their tasks.

    Emotionally grounding

    You leave with structures you can use the next day.

    Practical & implementable

Workshop agenda (half-day or full-day)

  1. Opening & Context

Understanding the spinner analogy, ikigai, and the origin of Heart Beat Hustle.

Understanding the spinner analogy, ikigai, and the origin of Heart Beat Hustle.

  1. Individual Reflection

Short narrative exercises:

  • What do I love?

  • What am I good at?

  • What does the world need?

  • What can I get paid for?

  • “I am…” leadership identity

(This anchors the team in self-awareness.)

  1. Build the Heart

Define:

  • Values

  • Principles

  • Behaviors

  • Expectations

  • Leadership posture

  1. Build the Beat

Design your:

  • Weekly rhythms

  • Meeting architecture

  • Decision-making flow

  • Metrics & review cycles

  • Rituals & communication norms

  1. Build the Hustle

Set:

  • Cycle goals

  • Initiatives & activities

  • Success measures

  • Accountability structure

  1. Integration

We bring Heart → Beat → Hustle together into a unified operating model.

  1. Close & Commit

Teams define their Next 7 Days, Next 30 Days, Next 90 Days actions.

What your team takes away

What your team takes away

After the workshop, your team will have:

A clear shared identity

A clear shared identity

A values & culture compass

A values & culture compass

A meeting rhythm that prevents chaos

A meeting rhythm that prevents chaos

Aligned goals

Aligned goals

A narrative that brings clarity and meaning

A narrative that brings clarity and meaning

A scalable operating model

A scalable operating model

A defined way of working

A defined way of working

Teams describe this workshop as

Teams describe this workshop as

  • “The missing operating system”

    “Simple but powerful”

  • “Finally, a model that actually fits us”

    “The clearest we’ve ever been as a team”

  • “it finally makes sense now”

Format & Practical details

Duration

3 hours / 4.5 hours / full-day

Format

In-person or virtual

Ideal team size

4–25

Includes

Heart Beat Hustle playbook,

worksheets, templates, values & rhythm design tools, post-workshop summary

Optional add-ons

  • Quarterly recalibration

  • Leadership coaching

  • Narrative coaching

  • Team rhythm audits

Ready to create your operating model?

If your team is moving fast but not always in sync, the Heart Beat Hustle gives you structure, clarity, and momentum — everything a modern team needs to perform.

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