Twelve CEOs who want you to win.

You set the goal. Twelve growth-obsessed CEOs in your corner will make sure you get there. Six months. Built by Andreas Pettersson, a three-time CEO who built an AI SaaS company to 150+ people and led it into Canon. The Leaders ADAPT CEO Mastermind is a virtual CEO peer group of at most 12 members for founders and CEOs running roughly $1M to $20M+ companies, run on Nordic directness: the problem gets named first, there is no compliment sandwich, an operator sits in the chair, and nobody leaves without an action. It is confidential by rule: what is said in the room stays in the room, and direct competitors never share a seat. The first step is a 30-minute fit call: no pitch, and Andreas says in the call whether the room is right for you, and says no if it is not.

You are not short on ambition. You are short on people who will tell you the truth.

Four things members said before they joined: revenue stalled and I cannot see why from the inside; everything still runs through me; my team agrees in the room and nothing changes after; there is no one I can say this out loud to. If two of these are true, the next six months should not look like the last six.

Most CEO groups become country clubs. This one stays hungry.

• Commitment: one six-month growth sprint, not a multi-year membership.
• Group size: twelve seats, capped, not sixteen or more.
• Who runs the room: a three-time CEO who built an AI SaaS company and took it into Canon, not a professional chair.
• Revenue range: roughly $1M to $20M+, checked on the fit call, not a hard gate.
• Format: virtual and monthly with hot seats, not in person, chapter based travel.
• What it costs you: the session and the commitment you owe the room, no travel and no dinners, not membership plus travel, dinners and days out of the office.
• What you leave with: a decision, a date and someone who will ask about it.

Swedish plain speech, applied to a boardroom.

Nordic directness is Swedish plain speech applied to a boardroom. Nobody leaves the room guessing what was meant. It is not bluntness for sport. It is the assumption that a capable adult would rather hear it now than find out in twelve months.

• The problem gets named first. The real issue goes on the table in the first ten minutes, by its real name.
• No compliment sandwich. Feedback does not arrive wrapped in praise on both sides.
• Operators in the chair. The person running the room has built the thing.
• Nobody leaves without an action. Every session ends with something you owe the room.

What actually happens in the room.

• The monthly session: twelve CEOs on one call, hot seats, one problem at a time. You leave with a decision, not a list of options.
• Your commitment to the room: every hot seat ends with one thing you owe the room by the next session.
• Time with Andreas between sessions for the problem you do not want to put in front of twelve people yet.
• Peer accountability between sessions: eleven people who know your numbers and will answer.

Pay with money, or pay with time.

Every problem in the room has the same shape: a decision the CEO already knows, delayed because nobody around them will say it out loud. A hire not made, a product not killed, a number not faced, carried for another quarter. Six months from now you will have paid either way. The only question is whether you paid once, in money, or every month, in time.

An operator who runs a room of CEOs.

Andreas Pettersson is a three-time CEO and Canon's youngest. He grew Arcules, an AI video SaaS company, from 3 to 150 people across five countries, led it into Canon's Milestone Systems in 2024, runs the room on Nordic directness and is the author of the book AI Leadership Mastermind.

What a seat includes.

• Six monthly sessions with hot seats.
• Direct access to Andreas between sessions.
• A room capped at 12 CEOs, placed so that direct competitors never share a seat.
• The templates the room works from.
• The member community between sessions.
• Investment: one six-month sprint at a time, no multi-year commitment, no travel, invoiced to your company as executive development if you prefer. The exact number is discussed on the fit call.

Who this is for, and who it is not.

For CEOs and founders running roughly $1M to $20M+ companies, who implement fast and want a straight answer more than a comfortable one. Not for anyone who comes to collect contacts, play golf, fill a social calendar or hear that they are doing fine. Members do end up working together; that is a by-product of knowing each other's numbers, not the point.

Common questions

What does it cost?

One six-month sprint at a time, with no multi-year contract and no travel. Membership can be invoiced to your company as executive development or advisory. The exact number is on the fit call. For comparison, our own CEO peer group guide lists Vistage at about $16,500 a year plus a $2,500 initiation fee, YPO at about $8,910 a year plus initiation, and EO at roughly $4,400 to $7,000 a year.

Is it confidential?

Yes, by rule. What is said in the room stays in the room. Members are placed so that direct competitors never share a seat, and the fit call is where that is checked. If you have a specific concern, raise it on the call and Andreas will tell you how it is handled.

What happens on the fit call?

Thirty minutes with Andreas. Bring the decision you are stuck on. Andreas will tell you in the call whether the room is right for you, and he will say no if it is not. There is no pitch.

What if the room is not for me after the first session?

Say so to Andreas before the second session. You are not held to a multi-year contract; the sprint is six months, and the fit call exists to make this rare.

How much time does the CEO Mastermind take?

One monthly session with hot seats, plus the commitments you make to the room between sessions. Plan for the session itself and the work you owe the room, not for homework. Members who implement fast get the most out of it; the time cost is in the decisions, not the calendar.

What if I miss a session?

You tell the room before, not after. The session runs without you, your commitment from the previous session is still due, and you catch up with Andreas on what the room decided. Six sessions in a sprint are not many, so plan the dates before you take a seat.

Is there a revenue minimum?

There is no hard gate. The room works best for founders and CEOs running roughly $1M to $20M+ companies, because that is where the problems are similar enough to be useful to each other. The fit call is where both sides decide.

How is this different from Vistage, EO or YPO?

Smaller, shorter and run by an operator. Twelve seats instead of sixteen or more, six month sprints instead of multi year memberships, virtual instead of a chapter you travel to, and a room run by a three-time CEO who built an AI SaaS company rather than a professional chair.

Different industries in one room, does that work?

It is the point. A flooring company, a real estate investor and a media founder have different products and the same CEO problems: cash, hiring, a team that agrees in the room and does nothing after. Non competing industries mean people say the real numbers out loud.

Can my company pay?

Yes. Membership can be invoiced to your company as executive development or advisory. Say so on the fit call and we set it up that way.

By Leaders ADAPT, the leadership and AI advisory practice led by Andreas Pettersson, Canon's youngest CEO.