Where do you go to test the question you cannot ask inside your own company?
As it happens, I built the very place. Not very British of me to say so, but there we are.
What began at Shutters Santa Monica in 2019 has since grown across Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York and London. October 2 marks the sixteenth TWEN cohort.
The original TWEN LA Executive Breakfast in 2019
On Friday, October 2, CEOs and senior executives will gather at The Langham Pasadena for three live executive conversations, VAL-uable Asks and Gives, Executive Accelerators and the cross-functional perspective that sharpens decisions.
Friday, October 2, 7:30 to 11:30 AM The Langham, Pasadena
Applications close Monday, September 28 at 11:59 PM PT.
Three executives sharing what they are learning now
Jennifer Baier Anaya, SVP Global Marketing, Ingram Micro: Jen will explore the journey from distribution to intelligence and value creation, drawing on the reinvention underway inside a $52 billion business.
Brooke Cunningham, Chief Marketing Officer, LogicMonitor: Brooke will take us inside the AI-enabled go-to-market engine, including where AI adds commercial leverage across positioning, demand, sales development, content and customer growth, and where it does not.
Saydulu Kolasani, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, AXS: Saydulu will bring the technology and enterprise perspective, including what it takes to build an AI-native organization while preparing for LA28.
Each conversation begins with a short executive interview before bringing the room into the discussion.
You will be pleased to know there are no slides or keynote presentations. Just truth-telling and the chance to hear what leaders are testing, where the friction sits and what they are learning while the work is still underway.
Events are only useful if something changes afterwards. TWEN Silicon Valley executives deciding what to do next.
What happens beyond the interviews
VAL-uable Asks and Gives turns the room from an audience into an exchange. Every executive arrives with something they can give and something they want to ask for. The breakfast begins the conversation. The relationships, introductions and practical help continue after it.
TWEN NYC at Virgin Hotels
As Carolyn Pollock, CMO of Wilson Sporting Goods, described TWEN:
“A highly curated, top-level exec network that consistently delivers valuable feedback and provocative insights.”
TWEN LA, July 2025
Who belongs in the room
TWEN is for CEOs and the executives who run the room around them in full-time operating roles.
No consultants. No advisors. No executives working in interim or fractional roles.
If this is your room, apply for October 2 by Monday, September 28 at 11:59 PM PT. https://www.valwrightconsulting.com/executivebreakfast
If an executive in your orbit would find it valuable, send this their way. Executives fly in from across the US and overseas for TWEN.
Elsewhere in the Wright world
A new The Wright Exchange Network Annual Cohort has just launched, and the next one launches in December. Message me if you would like to be considered.
Recent strategy work has taken me across Europe, to Calgary, and I've just arrived in India as I write this. I am holding select 2027 dates for executive strategy work, leadership offsites and speaking.
In November, I am launching the TWEN podcast video series, with executives sharing the decisions, tensions and lessons they are working through now.
Our eldest daughter, Olivia, has also started university life at the University of Exeter in England.
Life with the Wrights continues to cover a fair number of time zones.
You will see all three Wright Sisters working at The Wright Exchange Network events too, their videography, photography, and event management skills comfortably exceed mine.
See you somewhere soon.