Clarity Sessions · Goldenseal X Oparos

Seeing the Opportunities in Disruption

(Coming in June 2026!) Disruption doesn't just create risk. It creates openings. In this session, you'll learn the difference between traditional strategic thinking and the foresight mindset that lets you spot opportunities before your competitors do.

90 MinutesPremiumwith Oparos Consulting

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Date

TBD

Duration

1h 30m

Format

Remote via Zoom

Audience

Small business owners & operators

$150.00

Registration opens soon.

What You’ll Learn

✓Understand the difference between strategic planning and foresight thinking
✓Identify the disruption forces most relevant to your business and assess their threat-to-opportunity balance
✓Select a strategic posture for each disruption and articulate why it fits your situation
✓Define a concrete first move for each posture that can be executed within 30 days

What You Leave With

Disruption Response Canvas

A one-page framework you complete during the working session and take home. It maps your top 2–3 disruption forces across five columns:

Disruption ForceName the disruption (e.g., AI automation, supply chain shifts, regulatory changes, climate pressure)
Threat / OpportunityRate each as primarily threat, primarily opportunity, or balanced
Current ExposureHow much is this already affecting your business? (Low / Medium / High)
Strategic PostureChoose one of four postures: Absorb, Adapt, Advance, or Avoid
First MoveOne specific, time-bound action to execute your chosen posture in the next 30 days

How the Session Works

0:005 min
Lisa Churchill
Welcome & Framing
Get oriented to why the ability to see opportunity inside disruption is a defining skill for small business owners right now, grounded in Goldenseal's philosophy of resilience and reciprocity.
0:0515 min
Joanne Eiraku
From Risk to Foresight
Learn the mindset shift at the heart of the session: what traditional strategic planning misses, and what foresight reveals. Weigh in through interactive polling to see how you currently think about disruption alongside the rest of the group.
0:2020 min
Lisa Churchill
Disruption Forces on the Ground
Work through the real disruption forces hitting small businesses right now, drawing on Goldenseal's Horizon Scan sector intelligence. Start naming the forces hitting your own business on Column 1 of your canvas.
0:4015 min
Joanne Eriaku
The Four Strategic Postures
Get introduced to the Absorb / Adapt / Advance / Avoid framework, with sector-specific examples of each posture in action. Start mapping postures to the disruptions you've already named on your canvas.
0:5520 min
Joanne + Lisa
Canvas Working Session
Focused individual work time to complete your canvas for 2–3 disruption forces, lock in a posture for each, and draft one 30-day first move per posture. Joanne and Lisa rotate through breakout rooms to coach you 1-on-1.
1:1510 min
Joanne + Lisa
Share-Out & Synthesis
Hear from 2–3 fellow participants, then join a group discussion on common patterns, surprising opportunities, and where posture choices diverged. Joanne and Lisa pull the themes together.
1:255 min
Lisa + Joanne
Close & 30-Day Commitment
Commit to one first move with a named review date, and receive your digital canvas along with next-step options to keep momentum going.

Your Facilitators

Lisa Churchill approaches resilience the way she spent years studying mass extinctions — by asking what the system was doing before the collapse event that either protected it or made it vulnerable. Joanne Eriaku approaches disruption as a futurist — mapping the shape and complexity of what's arriving before it hits. Together they bring something rare: the deep systems science that explains why some businesses survive disruption, and the forward-looking pattern recognition that shows what's coming next. Both are small business owners. Both have spent their careers translating complex intelligence into practical decisions for real organizations. This workshop is co-led throughout.

Lisa Churchill

Goldenseal Resilience

Co-Lead Facilitator

Lisa is the founder and CEO of Goldenseal Resilience. A paleontologist-turned-resilience strategist, she spent 30 years consulting for some of the world's most complex institutions, including public and private entities such as the World Bank and United Nations. As a small business owner herself, she brings both the technical framework and the lived experience of navigating disruption firsthand.

Joanne Eriaku

Oparos Consulting

Co-Lead Facilitator

Joanne Eriaku is the Founder and Thrive Architect of Oparos, a future readiness practice. A seasoned expert in strategic foresight and business transformation, she brings over 14 years of experience helping organizations navigate significant shifts driven by exponential technologies. Her frameworks — Thrivability, The Convergence, and Solvation — equip executives and boards to move through structural disruption with clarity. She is the one you call when you need to make the future make sense.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to attend Workshop 1 first?

No. This workshop stands on its own and is ideal for anyone navigating change in their business. That said, participants who attend both Clarity Sessions leave with two complementary work products: the AI Readiness Scorecard (a diagnostic of where you stand) and the Disruption Response Canvas (a strategic response across a broader range of disruptions).

Do I need to complete my Goldenseal reports before attending?

Yes. You'll need to have completed your Resilience Snapshot and Inside View reports before the session. Both are available on our website and take about 10 minutes total. The canvas builds on the sector intelligence and self-awareness these reports create, so arriving with that foundation will make the working session much more productive.

What if I don't know what disruption forces are hitting my business?

That's exactly what the first half of the session addresses. Lisa walks through disruption forces across small business sectors using Goldenseal's Horizon Scan intelligence, and you'll identify the ones most relevant to you in real time. You don't need to arrive with a pre-built list.

Will there be breakout coaching?

Yes. During the Canvas Working Session, Joanne and Lisa rotate through breakout rooms to provide 1-on-1 coaching as you complete your canvas. This is why we limit group size.

What do I need to bring?

Just yourself, your completed Goldenseal reports, and a willingness to engage. All materials are provided digitally during the session. A second screen or printed canvas can be helpful but isn't required.

What happens after the workshop?

You'll receive a follow-up email with your digital canvas and information about the four-part Finding Opportunities in Disruption series for participants ready to go deeper.

Ready to go deeper?

Finding Opportunities in Disruption · 4-Part Series

Your canvas is a starting point. The four-part series led by Lisa Churchill builds on it: map your sector's full opportunity landscape, pressure-test your best bets, and build a prioritized action plan with built-in accountability milestones.

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