darive Ability Track
Ignite your data-inspired outcomes engine
CMOs, you know there’s unused potential in your marketing data. Join darive Ability Track to turn it now into inspiration, direction, and shipped outcomes:
- From data fog to clear and structured insights
- Proven 3-months outcomes framework
- Fewer but better decisions
- Reproducible impact
- Expert guidance all the way
Does this sound familiar?
You’re surrounded by data – yet its potential remains unused.
- You have data, but no clarity.
- You have dashboards, but few or no decisions.
- You ship too few changes, too slow.
- Priorities change weekly.
- Improvements die in committee.
- Your CFO asks for proof, fast.
- You get pulled back into firefighting mode, too often.
If any of these is true, the problem isn't your data nor tools – it's a missing operating rhythm. To turn your marketing into a growth engine, use darives reliable system – a framework that finally ships outcomes:
Don't you want rather this?
A team that finally ships outcomes – with confidence, proof, and pace.Â
What changes with the darive Ability Track:
- Reduction from data overwhelm – to one simple CMO scorecardÂ
It clearly ties marketing data to business outcomes ​ - A prioritised outcomes and ideas backlog
So your team exactly knows what action comes next – and what to stop - A reliable 3-months operating rhythmÂ
Visibly shipped wins and outcomes in weeks, not months - CEO/CFO-ready before/after proofs
Finally, ROI discussions get easier​ - Cross‑functional alignment
With marketing, sales, product, developers/agencies – and all others - In-house skills, capability and empowerment
Reduce dependency from externals, agencies and tools vendors
The Ability Track is ideal, if you a are looking for:
✅ Growth in internal knowhow and shipped marketing outcomes
✅ Hands-on guidance – With room to think, build and adjust by yourself
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What you’ll learn, receive, and build
Your in-house outcomes engine
darive Ability Track is built on the darive data‑to‑outcomes blueprint – so the team doesn’t just learn concepts, but produces real own assets and ships outcomes.
What you’ll learn
- Turn data into inspiration and action
- Establish a repeatable shipping rhythm
- Increase hypothesis quality
- Reduce analysis paralysis
- Combine data evidence and human creativity
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What you'll receive
- Online or video lessons – for self-paced learning
- Proven templates, playbooks and checklists – All you need to fly
- Case studies and typical pitfalls – avoid mistakes others already did
- 1:1 sparring – first 3 months weekly (Phase A), thereafter monthly (Phase B)
- Team alignment support – get priorities and success metrics right
- The darive data & creativity module – data-inspired leaps with arts & visual thinking
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What you’ll build – inside your team, based on darives data-to-outcomes blueprint
- Strategize – Clarify your goals, ICP and journey with focus on data & AI
- Experiment – Value-powered ideas, measurement logic and first cycles
- Build – A sustainable marketing × dev/agencies collaboration rhythm
- Cultivate – A data-inspired team culture – built to enable action
- Repeat – A resilient 3-months operating rhythm
What's not included – for maximum clarity
- No done-for-you engine implementation – that's Velocity Program
- No technical tracking setup – that's Tech-Foundation Package
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This isn't another passive course – it's guided and secured transformation: Your team learns to ship data-inspired outcomes while building a system that keeps shipping. darives 1:1 sparring supports until it runs – the goal is your empowered team remaining skilled-up and 100% independent.
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Which steps your team will take
A clear path – designed to work under daily business pressure
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Phase A (Months 1–3): Engine installÂ
Goal: The new rhythm is installed, and steady shipping secured
- Kickoff: Goals, success metrics, what to stop doing
- Learn and apply: Every module results in real artifacts and decisions
- First full innovation cycles: Ship 1-2 outcomes and analyse before/after
Rhythm:Â Weekly 1:1 sparring. Lightweight async reviews.
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Phase B (Month 4+): Resilience embed – in 3-months-cycles
Goal: Keep shipping under real pressure
- Run the established rhythm – resiliently within stress of daily business.
- Quarterly recalibration – Readjust goals. Reduce noise. Compound learnings.
- Keep the operating system up – until habits are really established.
Rhythm:Â Monthly 1:1 sparrings. Quarterly cycle reviews.
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Requirements
What's needed to make it fly?
You don’t need a dedicated data team.
But what you do need, is clear ownership and strong commitment to protect the rhythm.
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Stakeholders
- CMO / Head of Marketing:Â Protects the rhythm, removes blockers
- An "Outcomes engine owner": Runs the engine, coordinates
- Extended team: Marketing members and agencies/devs – those who ship outcomes
Time invest
- CMO / Head of Marketing: Phase A kickoff & presentation, steering, Phase B reviews
- Outcomes engine owner: ~2–3 hours/week in Phase A; ~4 hours/month in Phase B
- Extended team:Â ~1 hour/month for a status and decisions meeting
This product needs – for now – to be purchased by a company.
Please make sure you have your VAT ID ready for purchase process.
You're ready? So we are!
Let's start your in-house outcomes engine.
You want your marketing team to inspire with data. And ship business-changing results. Then Ability Track is your next step.Â
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It's a subscription, consisting of two phases:
- Phase A – "Engine install"
One single 3-months cycle (Month 1–3)
2.000 € per month
Billed monthly
Cancellation possible at end of phase A
If not cancelled, phase B starts automatically (strongly recommended) - Phase B – "Resilience embed"
Recurring 3-months cycles (Starting in Month 4)
650 € per month
Billed monthly
Cancellation possible at end of each 3-months cycle
Pricing
darive Ability Track – Subscription (2 phases)​
Phase A (Months 1–3): Outcomes Engine Install
€2,000 / month
Minimum commitment: 3 months (total €6,000).​
Phase B (from Month 4): Embed for Resilience
€650 / month
Billed monthly, runs until canceled.​
Cancellation is effective at the end of the current 90‑day cycle (see terms below).​
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What you'll get included in your subscription:​
- Self-paced Ability Track program (video lessons, templates, playbooks, checklists).​
- Guided accountability (this is guided transformation, not passive training).​
- 1:1 sparring cadence:
- Weekly 1:1 check-ins during Phase A (months 1–3).
- Monthly 1:1 check-ins during Phase B (month 4 onward).
- Clear operating rhythm across Strategize → Experiment → Build → Cultivate → Repeat (the darive 5-step method).​
- Practical application: modules end in real artifacts and real decisions (not just theory).​
- Case studies + common pitfalls to avoid “pilot theater.”​
- Creativity module (data + visual thinking / photography-inspired hypothesis leaps).​
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What’s not included
- Done-for-you implementation (→ Velocity Program).​
- Tool setup / tracking foundation work (→ Tech-Foundation Package and/or Velocity Program depending on scope).​
- Strategic leadership mastery (→ Excellence Program).​
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Requirements
- A management representative (CMO/Head of Marketing) who protects the cadence.​
- A named “Outcomes Engine Owner” who runs the rhythm and backlog hygiene.​
- Time investment: ~2–3 hours/week from the Outcomes Engine Owner during Phase A.​
- Existing analytics in place (GA/Matomo/Adobe etc.); no replatforming required.​
- You must be a company – and enter your companies VAT ID in purchase process.
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Terms & cancellation
Billing & phase transition:
- You are subscribing to the darive Ability Track.​
- Months 1–3 are billed at €2,000/month (Phase A).
- From month 4 onward, billing automatically continues at €650/month (Phase B) unless canceled according to the cancellation policy below.​
Cancellation policy (Phase B):
- Phase B runs in 90‑day cycles to build resilience under real-world pressure.​
- You can cancel at any time.
- Cancellation becomes effective at the end of your current 90‑day cycle (not immediately).​
Pace adjustments:
- The pace is collaborative and can be adapted to your team rhythm – without dropping your operating cadence.
Work happens in your existing stack. No tool replacement required.​ This track is designed for teams that want internal capability, not vendor dependency.
Ready to book?
BOOK THE ABILITY TRACK NOW
Why darive? – To help modern CMOs turn data into action, fast.
The missing piece usually isn't data, but an operating rhythm: data → inspiration → decision → shipping → proof​. Thus let's build less dashboards. But instead, gain more shipped outcomes and more momentum.​
Founded by Thomas Gerstmann (20+ years bridging UX, analytics, and strategy), darive helps modern CMOs lead with clarity, confidence, and an operating rhythm that makes marketing a visible growth engine.
What darive believes:
- Less dashboards. More decisions. More momentum.
- Data provides the signal. Creativity ignites the leap.
- People before metrics: Data informs, but teams ship outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a cheaper way than this?
What’s the time investment?
We already have analytics. Then why add this?Â
Is this just another training?
What if we don’t have a dedicated data team?
Can we pause or adapt the schedule?
Does this work for German customers?Â
What’s the best step before Ability Track?
Does this need extra capacities from developers, externals/agencies?
In case of any other questions, don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
darive Ability Track
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Week 1 - Kickoff
5 lessons- 1.1 Transform your data fog into an outcome engine
- 1.2 What we will build together in next 12 weeks
- 1.3 Lession
- 1.4 Lesson
- 1.5 Chapter 1 quiz
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Week 2 – Strategize 1/2
2 lessons-
Week 2 - Submodule 1
- Lesson 2.1
- Lesson 2.2
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