Author of MOVE™ AI-Powered Strategy for a Fast World

Strategic clarity
that accelerates
EBITDA.

25 years in the room where CEOs make the hard calls. A proven system for better decisions—and the results that follow.

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Tim Lewko
$2B+
Client EBITDA
100+
CEO Engagements
25
Years
95%
Implementation Rate

Strategy fails between deciding and doing.

Most companies have motion without momentum. Executives are busy. Plans get made. But the strategic bets that should be driving EBITDA get lost in the noise.

The Alignment Test

Ask your executive team to write down your top three strategic priorities. Separately. No time to align.

Would you get the same answer?

Four reasons CEOs pick up the phone.

Most CEOs I work with aren't missing strategy. They're missing traction. Something's stuck. I help unstick it—then install a system so it doesn't happen again.

BUILD

Need a strategy.
  • New market or expansion
  • Post-acquisition integration
  • Board wants a real plan
  • Inflection point ahead

FIX

Have a strategy. Not working.
  • Scattered—no focus
  • Stuck—can't decide
  • Stalled—no traction
  • Blind—wrong problem

DERISK

Big bet. Can't be wrong.
  • M&A stress test
  • Scenario planning
  • Board validation
  • Competitive threat

SCALE

Strategy can't stay top floor.
  • Franchisor alignment across territories
  • Localized decisions that move unit economics
  • Regional / BU leader capability
  • One system, any size, any language
MOVE™ AI-Powered Strategy for a Fast World Making Big Decisions Better

MOVE™
AI-Powered Strategy for a Fast World

Seven tools on two pages. A complete decision-making system published by Routledge. MOVE works with or without AI—it worked before ChatGPT existed. AI simply accelerates what MOVE already does: force clarity, align resources, drive execution.

Also by Tim Lewko: Making Big Decisions Better (Routledge, 2014) — the foundation that MOVE was built on.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Amazon Verified Purchases

"Tim doesn't offer another rebranded framework. He tackles the real problem leaders face today: strategy moves too slowly for the world we're operating in. His answer isn't to abandon strategy—but to change its cadence."

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"This isn't AI as hype. It's AI as leverage. For leaders tired of annual plans that are obsolete by Q2, Move offers a credible, modern alternative."

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MOVE™ provides the questions.
AI accelerates the answers.

A decision-making system refined over 25 years. Seven tools on two pages—MOVE 1–6 on the first, MOVE 7A and 7B on the second—each tied directly to P&L. Teams build it, believe it, execute it.

1
Assumptions
2
Vision
3
Priorities
4
Capabilities
5
Metrics
6
Projects
7
Quarterly

Results, not reports

No 200-page decks. No months of study. Two-page outputs that create visible choices and measurable impact.

Leadership-owned

The thinking stays inside your organization. Not dependent on consultants who leave. You own the system.

Connected to P&L

Each tool ties directly to financial results. Strategy that shows up in EBITDA—or it doesn't belong.

Leaders who get it.

"MOVE captures the practical, no-nonsense approach I experienced working with Tim—now enhanced with the power of GenAI."

Ricardo Alberto Cons
CEO, Electrolux North America

"Tim's ability to simplify strategy, then turn it into living action, makes him one of my favorite strategy leaders."

Debby Morris
President, AccessHope

"I've known Tim for over 25 years. He's one of the sharpest strategy minds I've worked with."

Roger Miller
Master Chair, Vistage

"Your book on the intersection of AI and strategy will be a groundbreaking addition to the field."

Andrew Warrington, Ph.D.
CEO, UCC Environmental

"In a world where speed is the new competitive advantage, this book is a powerful guide to staying ahead."

Paolo Moresco
Managing Director, Bassano Pressing

"The pace of business continues to increase, and AI will only accelerate it further. Tim's approach will benefit any company."

Dan Starck
Former CEO, Apria Healthcare
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Thinking out loud about what's changing.

One corporate playbook gets you to baseline.
Localized decisions move AUV.

Strategy at the territory level. In minutes, not months.

Most franchise systems run one strategy for every location. The corporate deck gets presented, the playbook gets distributed, and 200 territories execute the same plan regardless of local conditions.

That's not strategy. That's compliance.

MOVE + AI enables localized strategic decisions at the territory level—each location gets its own assumptions surfaced, its own market reality checked, its own bets placed. Same system. Different answers. Because different markets have different truths.

Franchisors, PE-backed multi-unit platforms, and regional operators use this to drive unit economics without adding HQ overhead.

  • 01Surface assumptions per territory—what's true here that isn't true elsewhere?
  • 02Map the local product-market reality—where are the real bets for this trade area?
  • 03Check those bets against local competitive and demographic data
  • 04Produce a localized strategic decision—not a 50-page report, a one-page output
  • 05Monthly execution, quarterly review—Build it. Use it. Adjust it.

Built for leaders who own the P&L.

Mid-Market

$300M – $4B Revenue

Companies where CEOs still drive strategy. Senior expertise without MBB overhead.

Private Equity

Portfolio Companies

Value creation from acquisition through exit. Strategic clarity that accelerates the hold.

Franchisors

Localized Strategy at Scale

Territory-level strategic decisions for every location. Drive unit economics, align franchisees, scale without HQ overhead.

Multinationals

Division & Regional

Global strategy, local execution. Align corporate direction with P&L accountability.

Boards

Strategic Oversight

Governance that adds value. Strategy reviews that challenge and clarify.

Start where you are.

01

CEO Advisory

Monthly strategic counsel for CEOs navigating growth, transformation, or market complexity. On-call access for the decisions that matter. Sounding board. Pattern recognition. Accelerated clarity.

02

MOVE™ Strategic Sessions

Intensive facilitated sessions that take leadership teams from ambiguity to executable direction. Two days, not six months. Walk out with tools your team built, believes, and will execute.

03

MOVE™ + AI Acceleration

Embed the MOVE system with AI to compress strategic decision cycles. Build internal capability for continuous strategy—not annual planning. Speed without sacrificing rigor.

04

Speaking & Keynotes

Provocative, practical sessions for leadership teams, boards, and conferences. Strategy when AI is reshaping the landscape—but the questions remain.

Take something with you.

Not for everyone.

This works if

  • You want to own the thinking—not outsource it
  • You're ready to make hard choices and fund them
  • You measure success by EBITDA impact
  • Your team will do the work—with guidance

This doesn't work if

  • You want a consultant to give you the answer
  • You need validation for decisions already made
  • You measure success by deck quality
  • You expect large teams and lengthy reports

Ready for clarity?

A 30-minute call will tell us both if there's a fit.

tlewko@thinkingdimensions.ca
Vancouver · New York · London