BestPractice.Club

How it works (the short version)

Who it's for

BestPractice.Club is for leaders who are approaching a real decision and want to make it well, not rush to a solution or outsource the thinking.

You’re likely in the right place if:

you’re accountable for a significant change, investment, or transformation
the “right answer” isn’t obvious, despite plenty of options
you want to reduce risk and regret before committing time, money, or credibility
you value structured thinking and peer insight over solution-led advice

Who it's not for

BestPractice.Club is not a fit if you’re already clear on what you want to use or are looking for lists of options.

You’ll likely be better served elsewhere if:

you want a directory, marketplace, or comparison site to browse solutions
you’re looking to engage vendors before clarifying requirements, constraints, and success criteria
you want market perspective or trend signals without progressing toward a specific decision
you expect recommendations rather than structured exploration and peer challenge
you want a third party to run discovery and decide on your behalf
you’re not working toward a real decision in the next 3–12 months

What you get

You get clarity and confidence before you commit, not another set of opinions.

Specifically:

a clear view of where you are in your decision journey, and what that implies
visibility of the risks, assumptions, and trade-offs that matter at this stage
access to relevant peers who have faced similar decisions under real constraints
practical patterns for making progress without locking yourself into the wrong path

The aim is not to tell you what to choose, but to help you choose well.

A step at a time

Start with your decision
You complete a short assessment to identify where you are in a specific decision — not your overall maturity or strategy.
Surface the real risks
We highlight the assumptions, failure modes, and blind spots that typically matter most at that stage.
Focus on what helps now
Based on where you are, we recommend the most useful next steps — people, sessions, or patterns — rather than generic advice.
Decide how far to go
You stay in control. Use what you need, go deeper if it’s valuable, or stop once you have enough confidence to proceed.

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Start decision assessment Read about the approach in detail

Cost and commitment

BestPractice.Club is free to engage with at the early stages but it is not casual.
Before you start, it’s important to be clear about what participation really involves.

What it costs today

There is no fee to:

start a decision assessment
participate in open practitioner sessions
explore challenges with peers at the orient and test assumptions stages

You will never be asked to pay simply to access ideas, insights, or early peer discussion.

What we ask of you

Participation does come with expectations:

Time
Sessions are designed for focused, decision-relevant discussion, not background listening.
Candour
The value comes from honest discussion of constraints, trade-offs, and uncertainty — not polished success stories.
Contribution
This is not content consumption. Everyone in the room is invited to engage, question, and share.
Boundaries
No self-promotion. No abuse of trust. Conversations are protected so members can speak openly (i.e. the Chatham House Rule).

How costs may evolve later

As decisions move into building confidence and commit & select — where teams want deeper peer input, more structured support, or sustained engagement — some elements may be offered on a paid basis.

This reflects a shift in depth, not access:

early stages are open by design
later stages involve more structure, time, and facilitation.‍

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How solution providers fit

Many of the decisions explored at BestPractice.Club involve investment in technology — whether built in-house or delivered by an external provider. Solution providers therefore play an important role.

Some sessions are practitioner-only. Others are hosted by solution providers, in formats designed to support decision-making rather than selling — including case studies, structured challenge exploration, and group demos where practitioners collectively examine a specific approach.

Providers are involved because they bring a broad, cross-industry perspective from working across many organisations and contexts. That experience can be highly valuable when decisions are still forming.

The principle is simple:
participation must be transparent, the commercial interest must be explicit, and the type of interaction must match the stage of decision you’re at.