About Ian Ross Brown
Ian Ross Brown BSc, CITP, CEng, MBA Ian Ross Brown is the Managing Director and Lead Strategist of 2112 Consulting. The information on this page gives details about his experience…
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What are Strategy Workshops?
What are Strategy Workshops? Strategic Workshops are meetings that are designed to encourage a group of key people in your organisation to contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation…
Read More How Strategy Workshops help build Consensus
How Strategy Workshops Help Build Consensus Consensus is critical to the successful implementation of an organisations strategy. Workshops are a good way to build consensus as part of the strategy…
Read More How Many Workshops Should be Held?
How Many Workshops Should be Held? The number of strategic workshops that are run will depend on the amount of information required and the number of people involved. It is…
Read More Why should Strategy Workshops be used?
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…
Read More Where Should Strategy Workshops be Held?
Where Should Strategy Workshops be Held? Choosing where to hold strategy workshops can have a big impact on their success. Strategy Workshops should be held in a neutral location, ideally…
Read More Why Should Strategic Interviews be used?
Why Should Strategic Interviews be used? It is important to understand when it is more appropriate to use strategic interviews rather than using strategy workshops. Both Interviews and Workshops are…
Read More How to Obtain Strategic Information from Interviews
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…
Read More How is Causal Mapping used to Capture Information During a Strategic Interview?
How is Causal Mapping used to Capture Information During a Strategic Interview? During the discussion the interviewee’s comments are recorded by the interviewer on a large piece of paper. Their statements…
Read More How to make the most of a SWOT Analysis
How to make the most of a SWOT Analysis In conventional SWOT analysis information is captured as a set of individual statements that can be referred to at a later…
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