NSM · Team capacity · Fall 2026

Train your team’s nervous system.

A 5-week bootcamp for high-performing teams looking to stay calm, connected, and decisive.

Lenny Rachitsky

“Jonny’s approach totally changed the way that I think about stress, and I still apply many of his lessons today.”

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The core shift

Pressure changes how a room thinks.

Under load, attention narrows. Tone hardens. Decisions get smaller. NSM gives teams a shared way to notice that shift early and reset before it becomes culture.

87%Reported lower stress in 4 weeks
91%Completed the program
1,500+Alumni across 70+ countries
45dShared language and repeatable practice

Current context

Burnout is the signal. Capacity debt is the pattern underneath.

More people are searching for burnout because more teams are living closer to the redline. The question is whether teams train capacity before burnout becomes normal.

Google Trends Search interest for “burnout”
Relative Google search interest for burnout Worldwide Google Trends interest for the search term burnout from late 2021 to May 2026, normalised from 0 to 100. 0 20 40 60 80 100 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 100

Worldwide search interest, Sep 2021–May 2026. Values are relative; 100 marks peak interest in this window.

Capacity debt builds quietly. Unresolved meetings. Constant context switching. Reorg uncertainty. Tension that never gets repaired. Eventually the nervous system starts treating ordinary work as threat.

Recent reporting from Meta is one example of the same pattern in the wild: teams under pressure, fewer clear answers from the top, and people quietly looking for ways to keep going.

Sources: Google Trends · San Francisco Standard, May 2026

Before / after

What changes after NSM.

Default / dysregulated

  • The tense meetingA disagreement turns into defending, interrupting, and quiet side-channeling afterward.
  • The reorg rumourPeople read between the lines, perform confidence in public, and privately spiral.
  • The high-stakes missUrgency narrows attention. Messages get shorter. Blame gets subtle.

Regulated / trained

  • The tense meetingSomeone notices the room getting activated and calls a 90-second reset.
  • The reorg rumourThe team separates facts from stories and names uncertainty without spiraling.
  • The high-stakes missLeaders downshift the room before prioritizing the next move.

Implementation

How capacity gets built over five weeks.

NSM gives teams a shared language and practical protocols for staying clear under pressure — before reactivity becomes culture.

Week 1

Shared language

Stress states, capacity debt, team signals, and the first reset protocol.

Week 2

Interoception

Notice activation earlier, before it drives meetings, Slack, or decisions.

Week 3

Shift state

Practical bottom-up tools for pressure, launches, conflict, and recovery.

Week 4

Repair debt

Process emotional residue before it becomes resentment or culture drag.

Week 5

Integrate

Team norms, personal practice, and repeatable recovery rituals.

Three pathways

Start with a few seats. Bring a whole team. Or build a private pilot.

01 · Public cohort

Sponsor 3–5 seats

Best when you want to test fit with a leadership, sales, product, or founder group before wider rollout.

  • Low-friction way to validate the fit
  • Shared vocabulary with minimal internal lift
  • Useful for high-context leaders or managers

03 · Private pilot

Run a tailored workshop series

Best when you want NSM translated into your team’s live context: meetings, communication norms, conflict patterns, and leadership rhythms.

  • White-labeled for a team or department
  • Designed around real pressure patterns
  • Strong fit for larger sponsored rollouts

Fit

Built for teams willing to practice, not just learn concepts.

Strong fit if

  • Your team is navigating uncertainty, rapid growth, or sustained pressure.
  • People are talented, but the system is running hot.
  • Leaders want practical tools rather than vague wellness advice.
  • You want shared regulation, not just individual coping strategies.

Probably not a fit if

  • You want a one-time inspirational workshop with no practice.
  • The culture actively punishes honesty, repair, or reflection.
  • Your team has no appetite for embodied practice.
  • You want performance gains without changing team norms.

Team enquiry

Explore a team cohort.

If your team is navigating pressure, uncertainty, or change, book a short call with Jonny to discuss team size, timing, goals, and whether NSM is the right fit.

Book a call →

FAQ

Hypothetically asked questions.

Everything a team sponsor needs to know about fit, logistics, confidentiality, and cost. Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Get in touch with Jonny here.

01What happens on the call?

We’ll talk through your team context, the pressure points you are seeing, cohort timing, number of seats, and whether NSM is actually a good fit. No prep required.

02What team contexts are usually a strong fit?

NSM is usually strongest for teams navigating AI disruption, reorgs, rapid growth, high-stakes decisions, trust repair after a stressful season, or remote/cross-functional work where people need better shared language under pressure.

03Who usually sponsors this?

Founders, CEOs, sales leaders, people leaders, L&D leaders, and team leads who can feel the team running hot and want practical tools for conflict, recovery, decision-making, and sustained performance.

04Is this therapy?

No. NSM is educational and experiential training. The focus is practical nervous system literacy, stress regulation, recovery, and relational capacity, not diagnosis or clinical treatment.

05Will people be expected to share personal material at work?

No. The work can be done with appropriate boundaries. The emphasis is on practical tools, self-awareness, and better team interaction under pressure.

06How do you handle confidentiality?

NSM does not require people to disclose personal material at work. Team conversations can stay practical: stress signals, recovery tools, communication patterns, and ways to work with pressure more skillfully. Any private team session can be shaped around the level of openness that is appropriate for your culture.

07Is this appropriate for a high-performance culture?

Yes. NSM is built for people who care about performance and humanity. The training does not ask teams to lower standards. It gives them more capacity to meet pressure without burning trust, creativity, or health along the way.

08What if our team is skeptical?

Healthy skepticism is welcome. NSM is grounded in physiology, direct practice, and observable changes in how people recover, communicate, and make decisions under stress.

09Can we sponsor seats across multiple teams?

Yes. For larger organisations, we can explore sponsored seats across functions, a private kickoff, or a white-labeled workshop series tailored to a specific team, department, or leadership group.

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