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— A manifesto for what comes next

The future
doesn't care about
your strategy.
It only asks:
are you ready?

Die Zukunft
interessiert sich nicht
für Ihre Strategie.
Sie fragt nur:
Sind Sie bereit?

Studio M · Lisbon · Portugal
We help organisations think
differently about what's next.

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The moment
we are in
Something is shifting beneath every organisation right now. Not slowly. Not gently. Entire industries are being rewritten. The tools are changing. The roles are changing. The expectations of customers, employees, and markets are changing — simultaneously.

Most leaders know this. Very few know what to do about it.
72%
of CEOs say AI will fundamentally change their business — fewer than 1 in 5 have a real plan.
1B+
people affected by the mental weight of rapid change — inside organisations and beyond.
0
is the number of consultants who will build the future for you. It has to come from within.
Studio M
is not a consultancy.

A lab.
A leap.
A different kind of partner.

01

We think
with you.

Not at you. Not for you. Complex questions deserve real dialogue — not a deck of recommendations.

02

We build
things that work.

Ideas without execution are just noise. We prototype, test, and ship — in weeks, not years.

03

We use AI
as a tool, not a god.

AI amplifies human intelligence. It doesn't replace judgment, intuition, or courage.

04

We bring
the human side.

Every transformation is first a human transformation. Culture, trust, leadership — that's where we start.

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No roadmaps. Yes to honest conversations about what's actually possible.

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No AI hype. Yes to intelligence that serves people — not the other way around.

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No comfort zones. Yes to experiments that might fail — and probably won't.

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No generic solutions. Yes to ideas built specifically for you.

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No waiting. Yes to starting now, with what you already have.

What we actually do

We enter your world.
We ask the questions
nobody is asking.
We build what answers them.
Then we leave you better
than we found you.

AI strategy that makes sense for your organisation — not the one next door.

Working prototypes, apps, and tools — shipped fast, built to last.

Leadership experiences that reset thinking — not just teambuilding with better catering.

Workshops where the output is a decision, not a post-it wall.

A partner who tells you the truth — even when it's uncomfortable.

What we actually offer

Not brainstorming.
Something far more interesting.

Brainstorming asks for creativity on demand. Cross Intelligence lets it emerge. Brainstorming is goal-directed. It asks people who've never learned to think freely — and who often can't in that moment — to produce something new by a set time. The result is predictable.

Cross Intelligence workshops are open-ended. No predetermined outcome. No pressure to perform. Instead: the conditions for the unexpected to emerge. The new. The other. What nobody saw coming.

And yes — we invite AI to the table too. Not as a replacement, but as an additional sparring partner.
01Internal · Fast

Quick & Dirty.

We handle it. You get the result.

You have a challenge. A question nobody can answer. A problem that keeps getting postponed. We take it into our lab — and come back with something you didn't expect.

How it works+

You brief us — we do the rest. A small, hand-picked team inside Studio M's Cross Intelligence lab works on your question with full creative freedom. No hierarchies. No agenda. No pressure to validate existing solutions. Just the space to think differently.

The result: a set of unexpected perspectives, angles, and ideas — delivered as a concise briefing, ready for your team to take further.

What you get+
  • A defined problem, reframed from the outside
  • 3–5 unexpected solution directions
  • AI as additional sparring partner in the process
  • Delivery within 72 hours
  • One review session with Studio M
from € 4,900
+ VAT · depending on scope
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02Together · On location

Cross Intelligence.

The full workshop experience. Off-site. Open-ended.

Free thinking requires free space. Never at your office. We design and facilitate a full Cross Intelligence session — with your team, expanded by outside voices: artists, architects, designers, psychologists.

How it works+

We select a neutral location — a place that already thinks differently. Your team is joined by carefully chosen external participants from disciplines beyond your industry. Studio M's CI Navigators dissolve hierarchies, create the conditions for genuine dialogue, and guide the group through a non-linear process where the unexpected has room to emerge.

AI participates as a sparring partner — not to generate answers, but to challenge assumptions and open new angles of thought.

What you get+
  • Full-day or multi-day CI workshop, off-site
  • Curated mix of internal + external participants
  • CI Navigators instead of traditional moderators
  • AI as active sparring partner during the session
  • Documentation + follow-up briefing
  • Option: ongoing CI format for your organisation
from € 19,800
+ VAT · location & scope dependent
Get in touch →
Studio M was founded by David Marx — designer, builder, and provocateur for over 30 years. He has shipped AI products used by thousands, facilitated transformations inside global organisations, and learned one thing above all else:

The best ideas never come from outside. They come from within — once you create the right conditions.
David Marx Founder, Studio M
Lisbon, Portugal
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— The next step is simple

Let's have
an honest conversation.

No pitch. No proposal. Just a conversation about where you are
and where you want to go.