Partnership

Build the future of intelligence-driven organizations with us.

The institute partners with research bodies, executive networks, capital allocators, media, and ecosystem operators advancing Progressive Intelligence as a category.

Why partner

A category, not a vendor relationship.

The institute is building Progressive Intelligence as an open category — measurable, citable, and shared across the field. Partnerships are how the category grows.

We work with a small number of partners per lane, with clear standards for editorial integrity, scientific rigor, and operator quality.

Partnership Lanes

Six ways institutions co-build with the institute.

Enterprise

Enterprise Adoption

Install Progressive Intelligence as the internal operating philosophy across your leadership bench, operating teams, and portfolio companies.

Best fit
CEOs · COOs · Heads of People
Executive Networks

Executive & Peer Networks

Bring ProQ™ into YPO chapters, EO forums, family-office cohorts, and operator collectives as a shared diagnostic and language.

Best fit
Chapter chairs · Network leads
Research

Research Collaboration

Co-author longitudinal studies, validate new dimensions, and publish through the institute's editorial program.

Best fit
Universities · Independent researchers
Capital

Capital & Investment

Use ProQ as a human-capital diligence and post-investment instrument across operating partners and portfolio leadership.

Best fit
PE · Growth equity · Family offices
Media

Media & Editorial

Reference the framework, license definitional content, and bring institute voices into your reporting and podcasts.

Best fit
Editors · Producers · Conference programmers
Implementation

Implementation Ecosystem

Integrate as a referral partner with the CoPilot network and ProQ Systems implementation arm.

Best fit
Advisors · Fractional executives · Operators
Process

From inquiry to signed partnership.

01

Inquiry

Submit through the contact form with subject 'Partnership' and the lane that fits.

02

Fit call

30-minute call with an institute lead to confirm category alignment and scope.

03

Proposal

A short, written partnership memo: deliverables, cadence, IP, and exclusivity.

04

Activation

Counter-signed memo, kickoff, and a named operating contact on both sides.

Begin

Reach out with the lane that fits your institution.

The institute reviews partnership inquiries on a rolling basis. Most fit calls are scheduled within two weeks.