Programmes and seminars · Autumn 2026

Keeping a secret is a discipline,
not a matter of character.

Nobody betrays out of bad faith. Information leaves through courtesy, through vanity, through haste. Whoever wants it knows this perfectly well, which is why they do not attack the system: they attack the person holding the keys. Three programmes, always in person. No platform, no recorded video, no certificate to hang on a wall: you leave knowing what to do on Monday morning.

Always in personFrom a small group to a whole organisationAlso delivered in-house
The programme · by application · one to one or very small groups

The art of keeping a secret

Nobody betrays out of bad faith: information leaves through courtesy, through vanity, through haste. Whoever wants it knows this perfectly well, which is why they do not attack the system but the person holding the keys. Two days on how to recognise that moment, and how to close it.

Who it is for
Executive assistants Secretariats and office managers Press officers and spokespeople Personal staff and security Lawyers, accountants and trusted advisers Family offices and wealth managers Operational staff Anyone handling confidential information daily Anyone running negotiations or transactions People in the public eye Board members Chairs and principal shareholders Chief executives Entrepreneurs

What counts here is what you hold, not how much you know about computers. This is for people who keep information that would do damage if it got out: a negotiation, a transaction, a private life. Executive assistants and secretariats are on that list for a reason: whoever screens the calls and sees the diary is the most targeted person in the building, and almost nobody ever trains them. The group stays very small precisely because people speak openly.

The programme, item by item, is not published. It is sent on request, after a first contact.

MilitaryWhere these rules come from, and where a mistake cannot be undone.
CorporateTransactions, negotiations, boardrooms, information that moves a share price.
PersonalPeople who live exposed and still need a private life that stays private.
One to one or very small groups · two days · no materials handed out
An extended version is available for a whole organisation
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The seminar · two days · classroom or on site

Whoever holds the keys.
Two days on what that entails.

Two days for people who, inside an organisation, hold information that is not theirs: a negotiation, a case file, a personnel record, somebody else's diary. It starts from how you decide whom to trust, and from who in that building is allowed to know what. It ends with who answers when something gets out, and what to do in the first two hours. You leave with written rules your own department can apply on Monday, not with a certificate.

Who it is for
Executive assistants Secretariats and office managers Operational staff New joiners Anyone working with confidential information Sales teams Marketing and communications Procurement and supplier management Engineering and R&D IT technicians IT managers and IT support HR leadership Compliance and legal CFOs and finance teams CISOs and security leads Heads of function Chief executives and managing directors Anyone moving into this field

One thing is required: being responsible for information that must not get out. Engineers and computer scientists have nothing to do with it. Technical people still find new material, because this is not a conversation about systems.

Day one

Whom you trust, and how you decide

Day two

Who answers, and what to do once it is out

Twelve participants maximum · also delivered in-house
Full programme on request
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The course · awareness · two days, two audiences

Digital security at work.
Spotting the traps and adopting safe habits.

An email that seems to come from a colleague, an urgent payment request, a call from fake technical support: digital threats turn up in everyday work. This is an awareness course for people who work in a company and have no technical background, in two days devoted to different audiences: one for those who lead, one for everyone else. Concrete examples, simulations and everyday work situations, in plain language and with guidance that can be applied straight away.

Who it is for
Chief executives and managing directors Senior managers and executives Heads of function Finance and accounts Procurement and supplier management Human resources Executive assistants Secretariats and office managers Sales teams Operational staff New joiners Anyone at work who receives emails and phone calls

The aim is to know when to stop, how to check a request and whom to involve when something does not add up. No technical background is needed. What is learned is not the individual trick, which changes every month, but the mechanism underneath, which stays the same.

A day for leadership

Targeted scams, and the decisions that fall to those who lead

A day for staff

When to stop, how to check, whom to call

One day for leadership, one for staff · also delivered in-house
Full programme on request
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Upcoming live dates

One date open
16–17
November 2026
Milan
The seminar, two days. Whoever holds the keys, and what that entails.
Monday and Tuesday · held in Italian · venue given to those enrolled
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It is the only public date this autumn. Few and certain. The group is twelve people and the venue is given to those enrolled, who are also asked to bring a document from their own organisation for the day-two exercise. Sessions in English, and sessions held behind closed doors at your own offices, are arranged on request.

Three programmes, from a small group to a whole organisation. The restricted programme for people who hold information that is not theirs, the seminar for a whole department, the awareness course for leadership and for everyone else. All three can be delivered on site, behind closed doors.

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