The agreements that stall. The partnerships that drift. The work that never quite gets the traction it deserves. This is what low Transactional Intelligence™ (TQ) looks like in practice — and it's fixable.
The question has never been whether you're transacting or not. The question is whether you're doing it consciously.
When you're not, predictable patterns emerge: confusion about who owes what to whom. Resentment that builds quietly over time. Partnerships that appear cooperative but feel hollow. Deals that almost close. Work that should advance—but stalls.
This isn't bad luck or difficult people. It's low TQ. Transactional Intelligence™ is the ability to structure, communicate, maintain, and renegotiate clear, consensual, reciprocal exchanges. And unlike personality or circumstance, it is a capability you can deliberately develop.
"Transactional Intelligence™ is the skill of managing and influencing exchanges with others — with clarity, consent, and reciprocity."
Transacting in the dark. Confusion, resentment, stalled momentum, agreements that quietly collapse.
Transacting in the light. Clarity, alignment, influence, and execution that actually holds.
When someone says a relationship felt "transactional," what they're describing — feeling used, being duped, experiencing resentment — is actually the result of non-consensual, non-reciprocal exchange. That's the opposite of transactional in any meaningful sense.
Genuine transaction requires two parties, mutual benefit, and clear terms. What we call "cold" or "transactional" is, more precisely, low TQ — exchange without the skill to safeguard reciprocal benefit.
TQ is a learnable skillset, not a fixed trait. It can be developed. And it develops fastest through practice — not theory, not passive learning, but deliberate work in real conditions with real stakes.
That's exactly what the TQ Exchange™ is designed to provide.
Two days, in person, with a deliberately small group of ambitious professionals — all doing consequential work, all willing to engage fully. You don't sit and listen. You practise and play — with real transactions, real peers, and real stakes.
Most professional development teaches you concepts. TQX is where those concepts meet your actual work. You leave with greater clarity, sharper judgement, and coordination that's already in motion.
Short, precise segments that sharpen key TQ distinctions — enough to apply immediately, not so much that it stays abstract.
Working sessions where you apply those distinctions to real transactions you're navigating — not hypotheticals, not case studies.
Reciprocal work with professionals who are equally invested. The best insight often comes from someone navigating something adjacent to you.
Every one of these is a transaction.
"You don't get sharp and then show up. You show up — and the practice makes you sharp."
You don't need to be an Influential U alumnus to attend. You need to be ready to engage fully — with your actual work, your real challenges, and the equally serious people in the room with you.
Many participants attend alongside business partners, senior leaders, collaborators, or members of the same project team. Small working cohorts are welcome and encouraged.
No prerequisite is required. The Exchange is self-contained.
Capacity is intentionally limited. This isn't scarcity for its own sake — it's what makes the work possible. High-quality facilitation, meaningful peer engagement, and enough time and attention for each participant's actual work requires a small room.
When it's full, registration closes. There is no waitlist announcement, no second chance at the same Exchange.
If you're ready to raise your TQ in a live environment — with your real work, your real stakes, and equally committed peers — this is the place to do it.
Both options include the same quality of facilitation, peer cohort, and working environment.
All prices in US Dollars. Participant Rate is available to qualifying members — contact us for details.
Both options include the same quality of facilitation, peer cohort, and working environment.
All prices in US Dollars. Participant Rate is available to qualifying members — contact us for details.
Both options include the same quality of facilitation, peer cohort, and working environment.
All prices in Australian Dollars, exclusive of GST. Participant Rate is available to qualifying members — contact us for details.
Both options include the same quality of facilitation, peer cohort, and working environment.
All prices shown exclusive of VAT. VAT will be added at checkout at the prevailing UK rate. Participant Rate is available to qualifying members — contact us for details.
Registration closes when the Exchange reaches capacity.
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