What is a PEST Analysis?
What is a PEST Analysis? A PEST Analysis is a commonly used tool that helps organisations to understand things that are happening in the external environment. This is a very…
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What are Strategic Interviews?
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…
Read More How The Balanced Scorecard Helps Implement the Strategic Plan
How The Balanced Scorecard Helps Implement the Strategic Plan Implementing a strategic plan can be a complex process, involving many components, both inside and outwith the organisation. This includes the…
Read More What is a Pen Portrait?
What is a Pen Portrait? A Pen Portrait helps facilitators to gain an insight into the people involved in the strategy creation process. Everyone has their own belief system which…
Read More Examples of Pen Portraits and their use in Strategy Creation
Examples of Pen Portraits and their use in Strategy Creation In our article “What is a Pen Portrait?” we discussed the importance of ensuring that the facilitator has information about…
Read More Strategic Interviews Case Study
Strategic Interviews Case Study Introduction It should be noted at this point that I took care not to use the word ‘interview’, preferring to use ‘discussion’ instead, as I felt…
Read More The Practice of Making Strategy Book
The Practice of Making Strategy Book Ian Brown, the Managing Director of 2112 Consulting, co-authored the book “The Practice of Making Strategy” with Professors Colin Eden and Fran Ackerman who…
Read More 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…
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