October 22 session launches a monthly confidential peer discussion series for CEOs, presidents and business owners.

With the year’s final quarter underway, most business leaders are somewhere in the middle of planning for 2027: setting priorities, weighing investments and deciding what needs to change. On Thursday, October 22, Brooklyn Advisors will bring together eight Rochester-area CEOs, presidents and business owners to compare notes on how they are approaching those decisions.

The session, titled “How’s Your Planning for 2027 Going? Share What’s Working and What’s Holding You Back,” is the first in the OCTET CEO Group Insight Series, a new monthly series of facilitated peer discussions.

There are no presentations or slide decks. Each two-hour session is an interactive conversation between CEOs about what they are working on right now. The series gives CEOs a chance to test for themselves whether peer conversation, and peer review of their plans and obstacles, helps them lead their business to a stronger position.

“Strategic planning is the one job a CEO can’t hand off,” said John Collins, Managing Partner of Brooklyn Advisors. “The team can build the budget and run the models, but only the CEO decides where the company is headed, what deserves investment and what the business is willing to stop doing. Most of us do that thinking alone, with a deadline and nobody to compare notes with. Two hours with other CEOs working on the same question is a good way to find out where your plan is solid and where it needs more work.”

Collins, a former CEO, will host and facilitate the discussion.

To encourage a candid exchange, attendance is limited to eight. Registration is host-approved, and we do our best to keep direct competitors out of the room. What is discussed in the room stays in the room, so leaders can talk about real business decisions without wondering how their comments will travel.

Event Details

Event: OCTET CEO Group Insight Session: “How’s Your Planning for 2027 Going?”
Date & Time: Thursday, October 22, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Location: Center City Rochester, N.Y. | Exact location provided following registration approval
Format: Facilitated, confidential peer discussion
Cost: Complimentary
Attendance: Limited to 8 CEOs, presidents and business owners; registration is host-approved
Registration: bknyadvisors.com/events/2026oct22insight/

Brooklyn Advisors helps CEOs and leadership teams bring experienced outside perspective to the decisions that matter, through one-to-one executive coaching, leadership team coaching, strategic advisory services and OCTET Groups, its peer advisory community for Western New York.

Media & Event Contact: John Collins, Managing Partner, Brooklyn Advisors · john.collins@bknyadvisors.com · 646-272-8938