Apply · Cohort application

Apply to the next Academy cohort.

Eight sections, thirty-one questions. Expect twenty minutes of focused writing. The form is a filter: length is deliberate, and the highest-weight section is the writing sample in Section G. Every applicant receives a response within five business days of the cohort application close.

We receive applications via email (we do not yet persist them to a database). Your response is stored encrypted in our admissions inbox and retained for 24 months for program evaluation; earlier deletion is available through the data request flow.

Section A

Basics

01.Full name

02.Email (the one you actually read)

03.Phone (for interview scheduling only; not published)

04.Company

00.Company URL

05.Your role

06.Country

00.Time zone

07.Age bracket

08.Which cohort are you applying for?

09.How did you hear about Lucidity?

Section B

Operator context

10.Company revenue (rounded)

11.Direct reports (count)

12.Years as an operator

13.In 2–3 sentences, what is the most consequential decision you are sitting with right now?

50–300 words. Specific beats abstract.

Section C

Self-assessed cognition

14.When you make a decision you later regret, what is your most common failure mode?

15.Describe a specific recent decision where this failure mode showed up.

100–400 words. What happened, what would you do differently.

16.On a scale of 1–10, how accurately do you think you currently predict outcomes in your own domain?

17.If we asked five people close to you what your most common cognitive blind spot is, how consistent do you think their answers would be?

Section D

Why now, and why this format

18.Why are you applying to this cohort? What do you want that isn't available through a book, a coach, or a therapist?

100–300 words.

19.Have you worked with a coach, therapist, or mentor in the last 24 months?

20.If yes: what did you get, what didn't you get?

Optional. 50–200 words.

Section E

Availability and commitment

21.Are you able to attend all four days of the cohort in full?

No is disqualifying for this cohort.

22.What is the single biggest risk to your attendance?

20–100 words. Honesty helps. No-risk answers are themselves a flag.

23.Are you willing to complete ~3 hours of pre-work in the two weeks before the cohort?

24.Are you willing to complete the optional 90-day post-cohort practice diary?

Section F

Safety and eligibility

Before you answer

The Academy is not clinical care. If you are currently in crisis, please close this form and contact 988 (US) or your local emergency services. These three questions exist so we can route your application carefully, not as grounds for judgment.

25.Are you currently in treatment for a significant mental-health condition?

26.In the last 12 months, have you had any period of active suicidal ideation, self-harm, or psychiatric hospitalization?

Section G

Writing sample

28.Pick ONE prompt

00.Your response

300–600 words. Highest-weight section.

Section H

Optional

29.Anything else you want us to know?

30.LinkedIn URL or a longer bio

31.Are you willing to have us contact up to two of your references if you make the shortlist?

I confirm I am 16 or older. (Applicants under 18 will be contacted for a guardian-consent flow before admission.)I have read the privacy policy and consent to the storage, scoring, and retention of my application.I understand the Academy is not medical or mental-health care, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.