Information is captured during our Strategic Interventions (whether it is via Strategic Interviews or Group Workshops) as a cause (or concept) map. This is a proven technique for acquiring and managing the detailed, sometimes delicate, information that often surrounds complex situations. With this method, emphasis is placed on issue definition and structuring, which acts as an…
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Who should be involved in the Strategy Making Process?
The strategic making process will normally involve key people in the organisation who have an interest in or input to the strategic future of the organisation. This will include senior managers and decision makers, as well as people who have knowledge that is important to the process. This is not to say that everyone needs…
What are Strategy Workshops?
Strategic Workshops are meetings that are designed to encourage a group of key people in your organisation to contribute their ideas, issues, opinions, etc. regarding the strategic direction of the business in a relaxed and ‘safe’ environment. They are very useful when you want to engage the key people in your organisation to contribute to…
How do Strategic Workshops help build Consensus?
During a Strategy Workshop, participants are encouraged to write down their ideas, assumptions, issues, facts and assertions regarding the strategic direction of the business on ovals and post them on a wall. We use various tools and techniques to encourage the participants to post statements, to review the statements posted by others and to elaborate on the issues that…
How many Strategy Workshops should be held?
While it is possible to run only one strategy workshop to uncover a basic strategic direction for the business, it is more common to run multiple workshops in order to first raise the issues and subsequently explore them in greater depth. The exact number of workshops that are required to create a robust strategy for…
Why should Strategy Workshops be used?
Strategy Workshops are used when multiple perspectives of the strategic future for the business need to be uncovered in a relatively short timeframe but without the level of detail that are uncovered with strategic interviews. They can also be useful when the organisation wants to improve teamwork or bring the management team closer together as well as allowing people look at the…
What are Strategic Interviews?
Strategic Interviews are one-to-one discussions that are held with the people who are involved with the strategy development process and/or have knowledge that is important to the process. The interview takes the form of a structured discussion between the individual and an independent facilitator and are designed to obtain information that is pertinent to the…
Where should Strategic Interviews be held?
The interviews should be held in a relatively neutral location, away from the interviewee’s place of work. If the interview has to be held within the workplace, then it should be away from the interviewees office or workstation. This helps to reduce the possibility of interruption and, perhaps more importantly, to move them out of…
Why should Strategic Interviews be used?
It is important to understand when it is more appropriate to use strategic interviews rather than used strategy workshops. Both are effective in different situations so it is important to understand when each should be used. Strategic interviews should be used in the following situations: Depth of information When a lot of information is required…
How to Obtain Strategic Information from Interviews
The primary purpose of strategic interviews is to obtain information that will be useful in developing a strategy for the organisation. This includes actions that need to be taken in order to attain individual and corporate objectives, goals and vision. Ideally interviews should be scheduled to take account of ‘political’ weighting, with the most senior people being interviewed first. …