Programs

Four ways the room comes together

One working room, one byline, one stage, one long table — sized for different jobs, run on the same standard of trust.

01Promoted

Pulse

Monthly · online · Counsel only · capped at 15

The working room. Capped at fifteen so it stays a conversation, not a panel. Chatham House Rule, no recordings — members work one real problem live.

How a Pulse fills

01
Topic + contribution call
"We need 3–4 people who've shipped X recently and can walk the room through what they did."
02
Members opt in
A one-line note on what they'd add.
03
Cap 15, the room fills
Whoever shows up is the room that wants to be there. Guests may speak; the room stays Counsel.
04
Rod frames, Phil runs
Topic framing and hosting; RSVP and capacity. The readout goes to the Community.

02Promoted

Field Notes

Quality over cadence · Substack & email

After a Pulse, Rod works with the presenter to turn the discussion into a deep-dive essay under their byline — what product leadership actually takes, written from the trenches, not the stage.

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The asymmetry

Counsel

co-creates

Rampersand

amplifies

Newsletter, LinkedIn, rampersand.vc and selective syndication. The byline stays with the member.

03Promoted

Live Events

Quarterly · Sydney & Melbourne · ~50 in the room

Counsel members and guests speak; Community attends; the wider product market watches. Topic-led, Chatham House, with real time to meet the room afterward.

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What anchors them

Anchored by recognisable Australian product talent.

Tickets via Lu.ma. Community members get priority access.

04By invitation

Counsel Dinners

Counsel only · rotating MEL & SYD

A long table, about a dozen seats, and a single question Rod sets. Intimate, off the record, and rotating between Melbourne and Sydney. The value is the room itself.

Nothing to book. Nothing to share afterwards.

The programs are how the room works. Membership is how you join it.

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