📍 Status: Senior executive driving innovation and shaping the future
🎁 You Earned: 400+ hours, transformation success, strategic impact
The Strategist is a senior executive who drives organizational vision and transformation. Strategists look beyond current operations to shape what Built By DAO will become—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and charting paths to the future.
🎯 Activities
Activity
Description
🔮 Envision
Shape organizational future
🔄 Transform
Drive strategic change
💡 Innovate
Identify new opportunities
🎯 Lead
Guide major initiatives
⚖️ Key Difference from Platform Lead/Anchor
🖥️ Platform Lead/⚓ Anchor
📊 Strategist
Domain excellence
Organizational transformation
Current operations
Future direction
Delivery focus
Vision focus
Platform/program ownership
Strategic portfolio
📈 Strategic Functions
Function
Description
📊 Market analysis
Understand opportunities
💡 Innovation pipeline
Develop new capabilities
🔄 Change leadership
Guide organizational evolution
🤝 Strategic partnerships
Build enabling relationships
✅ Must Do
🏛️ Serve on Leadership Council
📈 Drive strategic planning and vision
🔍 Identify growth opportunities
🔄 Lead major transformation initiatives
💡 Ensure organizational innovation
🟡 May Do
🌐 Shape market strategy
🤝 Represent organization in strategic partnerships
🚀 Drive major new initiatives
🎓 Mentor future senior leaders
🌍 Influence external ecosystem
❌ Cannot Do
🎯 Act alone on major decisions
🏛️ Override collective Leadership Council
🚫 Bypass governance processes
📝 Make commitments without approval
🏛️ Leadership Council
Function
Responsibility
🎯 Strategic direction
Lead vision development
📈 Growth planning
Identify expansion paths
💡 Innovation oversight
Drive new initiatives
🤝 Partnership strategy
Guide major relationships
📊 Strategic Domains
Domain
Focus
🌐 Growth strategy
Geographic and market expansion
💻 Technology strategy
Platform and capability evolution
🤝 Partnership strategy
External relationships and ecosystem
💡 Innovation strategy
New products and services
💰 EQTBLT Rates
Work Type
EQTBLT Range
📈 Strategic leadership
100-150/hour
🔄 Transformation initiatives
110-160/hour
🤝 Partnership development
115-170/hour
💡 Innovation programs
120-180/hour
📊 Strategists earn premium rates for their transformative impact.
🗳️ Governance Access
Capability
Access
🗳️ Voting
✅ Yes, 1.20× weight
📝 Proposals
Highest-level strategic proposals
🏛️ Leadership Council
Full voting member
📈 Strategic authority
On growth and innovation
👔 Executive decisions
All major decisions
🚀 Path to Steward (Level 10)
Your Progress: 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Level 10 of 10
✅ Requirements
🌟 The Steward Difference
Stewards are the rarest level—combining both Guardian and Strategist perspectives. Most Strategists serve at this level for their entire tenure, which is an honor in itself.
🔮 Strategic Vision
Competency
Application
👁️ Foresight
Anticipate future needs
📊 Market sensing
Understand opportunities
🔍 Pattern recognition
See emerging trends
🎤 Vision articulation
Communicate compelling futures
🔄 Transformation Leadership
Competency
Application
🔄 Change management
Lead organizational change
💡 Innovation cultivation
Foster new ideas
🎲 Risk taking
Make bold decisions
💪 Persistence
See transformation through
🤝 Partnership Development
Competency
Application
🔗 Relationship building
Create strategic connections
🤝 Negotiation
Structure beneficial deals
🌐 Ecosystem thinking
Build enabling networks
🎤 External representation
Represent at highest levels
⚖️ Guardian vs Strategist
At Level 9, both paths are senior executive:
🛡️ Guardian (9A)
📊 Strategist (9B)
Protection orientation
Growth orientation
Stability focus
Transformation focus
Risk management
Opportunity identification
Governance excellence
Strategic excellence
🤝 Organizations need both perspectives—Guardians protect while Strategists advance.
🧠 The Strategist Mindset
Strategists think about possibilities:
👔 Other Leaders
📊 Strategists
"How do we do this better?"
"What should we be doing?"
"Current constraints"
"Future possibilities"
"Risk avoidance"
"Opportunity capture"
"Operational excellence"
"Strategic transformation"
💡 Tips for Success
🎯 Think big - Don't be constrained by current state
🔗 Stay grounded - Vision must connect to reality
👥 Build coalitions - Change requires allies
🧪 Experiment - Learn through action
⚖️ Balance vision and execution - Ideas must become reality
🚀 Next Steps
📈 Drive strategic transformation
💡 Build innovation culture
🤝 Develop strategic partnerships
🎓 Mentor future senior leaders
Ready to advance? Steward elevation requires unanimous Steward endorsement.