--- title: Cognitive Warfare for Boards and Executives description: A four-hour cognitive warfare briefing for boards and executives: how hostile stories move share price and regulators, when to answer, and a live tabletop. canonical_url: https://www.treadstone71.com/services/cognitive-warfare-for-boards-and-executives language: en-GB date: 2026-11-10T14:45:48Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://www.treadstone71.com/services/cognitive-warfare-for-boards-and-executives. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 2515 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://www.treadstone71.com/services/cognitive-warfare-for-boards-and-executives. 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UP TO 15 ATTENDEESLIVE ONLINE OR ON SITETABLETOP INCLUDED Four hours, one room **$7,500***LIVE ONLINE* Up to 15 board members or executives. **$12,000***ON SITE* At your boardroom, plus travel and expenses at cost. YOU KEEP The deck, a decision card per attendee, a readout memo within five business days. **4**hours **15**attendees, max **4**live cases **3**decisions the board owns **5**business days to readout memo The briefing at a glance AudienceBoards, C-suites, risk committees. Up to 15 attendeesFormatFour hours, live online or on site, with one 15-minute breakPrice$7,500 live online. $12,000 on site plus travel and expenses at costBuilt fromThe Treadstone 71 Executive Intel Micro-Briefings and live cases from the Daily Adversary BriefHands-onA 40-minute tabletop: a narrative attack on your sector, decided by the room in real timeDeliverablesThe deck, a one-page decision card per attendee, a readout memo within five business daysTermsFull price. Prepaid. No promotional codesEligibilityOrganizations in the United States, NATO, EU and Western-friendly allied nations, validated by Treadstone 71 The four hours ## Six blocks. One question each. Every block answers one question a director asks when a hostile story lands on the company. No jargon tour. No vendor pitch. BLOCK 1 // 45 MIN ### The threat to the decision How adversaries target boards and markets through narrative. Four live cases drawn from the [Daily Adversary Brief](https://treadstone71.substack.com). QUESTION: WHY US? BLOCK 2 // 40 MIN ### Who builds it Reading the actor map: originators, amplifiers, launderers and the unwitting carriers who spread a story without knowing whose it is. QUESTION: WHO IS BEHIND IT? BLOCK 3 // 45 MIN ### Whether to answer Brandolini's Law and the exchange rate. Refuting a lie costs more than telling it. When silence beats a rebuttal, and when it fails. QUESTION: DO WE RESPOND? 15 MIN ### Break Coffee, phones, one question for the speaker. BLOCK 4 // 40 MIN ### What comes next Kent bands for leaders: how to read a probability, and how to ask your team for one instead of a hedge. QUESTION: HOW SURE ARE WE? BLOCK 5 // 40 MIN ### Tabletop A narrative attack on your sector, built from your intake, decided in real time by the room. QUESTION: WHAT DO WE DO NOW? BLOCK 6 // 15 MIN ### Readout Three decisions the board owns, and the team that answers to it. QUESTION: WHO OWNS WHAT? Interactive // Block 4 preview ## "Probably" is not an answer. A band is. Drag the slider to the chance your team puts on a hostile narrative going mainstream before quarter end. The translator names the Sherman Kent band and gives the question a director asks next. Assessed probability**70%** 15099 **Likely**55 to <85 percent decision\_card.txt TEAM SAYS**"Likely (55 to <85 percent) the narrative reaches national media before quarter end."** BOARD ASKS**Which indicator moves the estimate up a band, and who watches it?** BOARD DECIDES**Fund a prepared response and name its owner now.** Bands follow the Sherman Kent spectrum with half-open intervals, as used in every Treadstone 71 product. What the board keeps ## Paper that outlasts the meeting. THE DECK Every slide from the four hours, for the board book. DECISION CARD One page per attendee: the actor map, the exchange rate, the Kent bands, the three questions to ask the team. READOUT MEMO A short memo within five business days: what the room decided at the tabletop, and the gaps it exposed. Path forward from the room ## The board decides. The team delivers. ANALYSTS [Team Readiness](https://www.treadstone71.com/training/narrative-intelligence-team-readiness): CNIA seats for 4 to 12, then a red cell day together. Related ## Go deeper after the briefing. Your briefer ## Jeff Bardin FOUNDER AND CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, TREADSTONE 71 Fourteen years of US military service across the Air Force and Army, enlisted and officer: cryptologic linguist, then armored scout platoon leader. Builder of the cyber intelligence, cyber counterintelligence and cybercrime programs at Utica University. Author of **The Mind Domain** and **Tradecraft at Machine Speed**. [Full bio](https://www.treadstone71.com/jeff-bardin) ยท [Books on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey-S-Bardin/author/B004Q2VMVO) Treadstone 71 Woman-owned, veteran-led cyber and strategic intelligence training and consulting since 2002. Ready to book? [Contact Treadstone 71](https://www.treadstone71.com/t71-contact-form) with your sector, the number of attendees, online or on site, and two preferred dates. FAQ ## Questions answered. What is Cognitive Warfare for Boards and Executives?A four-hour briefing for up to 15 board members or executives. The session shows how adversaries target corporate decisions through narrative, who builds and carries those narratives, when to answer, and how to read and ask for a probability. A 40-minute tabletop puts the room in charge of a live narrative attack on its own sector. How much does it cost?$7,500 delivered live online. $12,000 delivered on site, plus travel and expenses at cost. Full price, prepaid. How many attendees?Up to 15 board members, executives or risk committee members. What do attendees receive?The briefing deck, a one-page decision card for each attendee, and a short readout memo within five business days. Is the content tailored to our sector?Yes. The tabletop scenario is built for your sector from a short intake before the session. Block 1 uses four live cases from the Treadstone 71 Daily Adversary Brief. Is technical knowledge needed?No. The briefing is written for directors and executives. The focus is decisions, accountability and the questions to ask the team. What happens after the briefing?Boards usually send their analysts to Team Readiness, subscribe to the Cognitive Warfare Monitor for standing watch, buy the Strategic Narrative Inoculation Sprint before a milestone, or certify one analyst with CNIA. Who is eligible?Organizations in the United States, NATO and EU member states, and Western-friendly allied nations, validated by Treadstone 71. Cognitive Warfare for Boards and Executives ## Four hours. Three decisions you own. $7,500 live online or $12,000 on site plus travel, for up to 15 directors and executives. 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