Executive orchestration platform

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Cadence helps senior leaders and their EAs govern time, focus, priorities, and strategic execution — every day.

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Cadence

Executive Orchestration

DC

David Chen

Executive

Thursday, 3 April 2026

Active

Theme: Strategy & Delivery

AI Briefing

Good morning. Today is heavily weighted toward Q2 planning with 3 strategic alignment meetings. Protect the 14:00–16:00 focus window for the board paper draft. Risk: Decision backlog growing — 4 unresolved decisions from Monday.

Available

6.5 hrs

Meetings

2.5 hrs

Planned

5.2 hrs

Scheduled Timeline

09:00

Q2 Strategy Review

Meeting·90 min

📅

10:45

Weekly Round-Up

Draft·High·45 min

✏️

11:30

Budget Approval

Decision·Critical·30 min

⚡

12:00Lunch

13:00

1:1 with Sarah Chen

Meeting·30 min

📅

14:00

Board Paper Draft🔒 Focus

Draft·High·90 min

📝

15:30

Vendor Contract Review

Review·Medium·45 min

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Strategic Alignment

Digital Transformation78%

Customer Excellence62%

Operational Efficiency41%

Risks Detected

Decision backlog

Capacity at 82%

Trusted by executive teams at forward-thinking organisations

Financial Services

Technology

Healthcare

Professional Services

Manufacturing

Energy

The problem

Executive time is the scarcest resource in your organisation

Yet it's the least governed. Senior leaders lose hours each week to calendar chaos, misaligned priorities, and fragmented coordination.

Your calendar runs your day, not your strategy

Meetings fill every gap. Strategic work gets squeezed into whatever time is left — if any. The calendar becomes a reactive queue, not a deliberate plan.

Focus time disappears between meetings

Back-to-back calls leave no room for deep work. The tasks that matter most — decisions, drafts, reviews — carry forward week after week.

Your EA coordinates through email and hope

Preparing the executive's day means stitching together calendars, emails, and memory. There's no structured workflow, no shared workspace.

Cadence

Every feature built for how executives actually work

Not another task manager. Cadence is purpose-built executive infrastructure — time-blocked plans, structured workflows, and strategic alignment.

AI-Powered Daily Planning

Every morning, Cadence generates a structured daily plan — time-blocked against your real calendar, weighted by priority, aligned to your strategic drivers.

Executive + EA Workflow

A structured plan lifecycle from Draft to Closed. Your EA proposes, you approve. Clear ownership, zero ambiguity, no more email back-and-forth.

Focus Time Governance

Declare protected focus windows. The scheduling engine respects them. Track your focus-to-meeting ratio and get alerts when deep work is at risk.

Meeting Transcript Processing

Upload transcripts or meeting notes. AI extracts action items with type, priority, duration, and assignee — ready to accept into your plan.

Strategic Alignment

Link every work item to your annual strategic drivers. See what percentage of your time connects to strategy. Detect drift before it becomes a problem.

Reporting & Analytics

Time allocation, carry-forward patterns, capacity forecasting, strategic alignment metrics. Know exactly where executive time goes — and why.

How it works

From chaos to command in three steps

Cadence fits into your existing workflow. No training, no migration. Just a structured operating rhythm.

01

Start your day

Every morning, Cadence generates an AI-powered briefing and schedule. Your calendar, work items, and strategic context are synthesised into one structured plan.

02

Your EA orchestrates

Your EA reviews the plan, proposes adjustments, manages overflow, and rearranges focus time. You approve with one click. Structured collaboration replaces fragmented email.

03

Close and reflect

At day's end, capture what was completed and carry forward what wasn't. Patterns emerge over time — revealing where time goes and what needs to change.

What leaders say

Designed by executives, for executives

“For the first time, I can see whether my week is strategically aligned or just reactive. Cadence changed how I think about my time.”

S

Sarah M.

SVP, Technology Services

“I went from managing three executives via email to one structured dashboard. The plan lifecycle alone saved me hours every week.”

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James L.

Executive Assistant

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Per executive seat per month. EA access included at no extra cost.

Starter

For individual executives and their EA. Up to 75 seats.

£29/exec/mo

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Up to 75 executive seats
EA access included at no extra cost
AI-powered daily planning
Calendar sync (ICS, Google, Microsoft 365)
Focus time governance
Work item management
Basic reporting

Most popular

Professional

For leadership teams scaling execution. Up to 75 seats.

£59/exec/mo

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Up to 75 executive seats
EA access included at no extra cost
Everything in Starter
SSO (single sign-on)
Meeting transcript processing
Image-to-task extraction
PDF export (briefings & reports)
Webhook notifications
Advanced reporting & analytics

Enterprise

For organisations with 75+ executives.

Custom

75+ executive seats
EA seats included
Everything in Professional
Custom branding (logo, colours, product name)
API access
Cross-executive reporting
Dedicated support & onboarding
Advanced security & compliance

What is Cadence?

The first platform built for executive orchestration

Cadence is not a task manager, project tracker, or general productivity app. It is a purpose-built executive orchestration platform — the software layer between a senior leader's strategic intent and their daily execution.

For senior leaders

Cadence gives SVPs, Managing Directors, C-suite executives, and General Managers a calm, structured command view of every day. An AI-generated morning briefing synthesises your calendar, work items, and strategic context into a time-blocked plan. Focus time is protected. Strategic priorities are always visible. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Seven executive work types — tasks, decisions, briefings, reviews, follow-ups, drafts, and reading — ensure every item is categorised for how executives actually work, not how project managers do.

For executive assistants

Cadence replaces the fragmented coordination of email, chat, and shared calendars with a structured workspace. EAs propose daily plans, manage the plan lifecycle from Draft through to Closed, and orchestrate across multiple executives from a single dashboard.

For organisations, Cadence makes executive time a managed, measurable asset. Strategic alignment is visible. Carry-forward patterns reveal systemic issues. Leadership capacity is quantified through reporting and analytics.

AI-native

Works with the AI tools you already use

Cadence includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, so AI assistants like Claude can read your schedule, create work items, and help you plan — directly from your existing workflow.

Ask your AI assistant

“What's on my schedule tomorrow?” “Add a 30-minute decision review for the Q3 budget.” Cadence surfaces your plan data to AI assistants via MCP.

Claude integration

Connect Cadence to Claude via the MCP server. Your AI assistant gains full context on your daily plan, strategic drivers, and work items — enabling genuinely useful executive support.

Automation-ready

The MCP server works with any compatible AI tool. Create work items, query your schedule, and trigger actions — all from natural language conversations.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What makes Cadence different from Asana, Todoist, or Notion?

Those tools are general-purpose task managers built for teams. Cadence is purpose-built for senior executives and their EAs. It understands executive work types (decisions, briefings, reviews), structures the EA-executive relationship with a proper plan lifecycle, and ties every work item to strategic drivers. It's not a better task manager — it's a different category: executive operating infrastructure.

Do I need to change how I work?

No. Cadence plugs into your existing calendar and workflow. You keep your email, your calendar, your meetings. Cadence adds a structured layer on top — a daily plan, protected focus time, and strategic visibility. Most executives see value within the first week.

How does the AI planning work?

Each morning, Cadence analyses your calendar, pending work items, strategic drivers, and past patterns to generate a time-blocked daily plan. It estimates effort, detects risks (capacity overload, focus time deficit, strategic drift), and suggests a structured schedule. You or your EA can accept, modify, or override any suggestion.

Is my data secure?

Absolutely. Cadence is built on Microsoft Azure with complete tenant isolation, multi-factor authentication, and encryption for all data at rest and in transit. All customer data is hosted in the EU (Azure West Europe). We're actively working toward SOC 2 Type II compliance.

Can my EA manage multiple executives?

Yes. EAs can be assigned to multiple executives and switch between them seamlessly. Senior EAs with the appropriate role can see all executives in the organisation. Each executive's plan, preferences, and strategic context remain separate.

What calendar systems do you support?

Cadence syncs with any calendar that supports the ICS standard — including Microsoft 365, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and most corporate calendar systems. You can connect multiple calendar sources per user.

What is executive orchestration?

Executive orchestration is the practice of systematically managing how senior leaders spend their time, focus, and energy. Unlike task management, it encompasses daily planning, calendar governance, focus time protection, strategic alignment tracking, and structured EA collaboration. Cadence by Stratium is the first platform purpose-built for executive orchestration.

Who is Cadence designed for?

Cadence is designed for senior leaders — SVPs, Managing Directors, C-suite executives, and General Managers — along with the Executive Assistants who support them. It's also used by Chiefs of Staff and operations leaders who need visibility into executive capacity across a leadership team.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. You get full access to all features in your chosen plan tier.

Can I export data from Cadence?

Professional and Enterprise plans include PDF export for daily briefings and weekly summaries. Enterprise plans also include API access for custom integrations and data export.

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