11 08 23 Decision Workshops Intro

Decision Workshops

Helping you develop, rehearse and refine your plans –

and understanding how others will react to them.

People always rehearse plays.

People sometimes

rehearse presentations…

… and we know that as people

practise, they improve.

But how often do people rehearse

how others will react to their plans?

Decision Workshops gives you a way to do this…

… by using structured role play…

… because role play is the best way to forecast the

way other people will react.

Ability to forecast the correct outcome from a range of feasible options.

Detailed explanation

What we do

We help you understand the scenarios by structuring in important key decisions…

… and then role play the

dilemmas these decisions will

cause to all the parties involved.

Our method covers all the different ways people deal

with dilemmas… Ways to “deal with” dilemmas

Negotiation

Mediation

Resignation Confrontation

Ways to “deal with” dilemmas

Negotiation

Mediation

Resignation Confrontation Mediators

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Lawyers

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…without assuming there is only one way to a solution…

… remembering that sometimes the right solution

needs more than just a successful negotiation.

Peace for our time: After what he thought was successful negotiations with Hitler,

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns with an agreement he hoped

would avoid war. But he had trusted Hitler more than he should have, showing that

not all problems can be solved by negotiation alone.

Benefits

Our method gives a language in which experts can express

subtle differences in views…

… and keeps the role play focused on the important

decisions to be made.

It also clearly brings out the dilemmas that all parties will

have, so they role play realistically.

The workshops help you formulate, rehearse and refine your plans in a realistic, safe, and secure environment.

Who could benefit-examples Corporations & PLCs

•Investments & divestments

•Mergers and acquisitions

•Partnering strategies

•Union negotiations

•Country risk analysis

•Business continuity planning e.g. pandemics, terrorism & natural disasters

•Crisis & dispute resolution

Air & maritime industries

•Dealing with major incidents

•Negotiations with pirates

National and local government

•Resource prioritisation

•Debt negotiations

•Overseas interventions

•Stabilization planning

•Humanitarian crises

•Combatting organised crime

•Public order issues

•Emergency/disaster planning

•Resource e.g. energy, water, food security

Insurance

•Special risks

•Contingency planning

Experience • Mike Young led 19 projects while working for a FTSE

100 company, looking at company strategy in bids and

the company’s relationship to government.

• Mike Young also performed a risk analysis investment

decision workshop for a City of London company

examining the Russian telecom market.

• Since working as Decision Workshops Mike has been

working on a variety of projects for individuals

companies and the government.

Testimonials (1)

“The technology is simple but the underlying

psychology, appealing to the individual’s

natural will to win, mirroring real business

behaviours, is truly and very powerfully

innovative.”

Air Vice Marshal Steve Nicholl (Ret’d): Director Military

Requirements, BAE Systems

“Having participated- I found Mike’s Libyan Decision Workshop engaging and enlightening. Mike’s underlying science of human behaviour forecasts possible outcomes to some very serious situations; I believe that the value both commercially and politically is boundless. I would recommend to anyone that playing out a situation in advance will indubitably safeguard events from unwanted/unnecessary surprise as was proved in the Libyan workshop.”

Simon Harrison: Operations manager Fairfax IS PLC (ex British Army)

Testimonials (2)

Summary

• Tried, tested, powerful and unique system.

• Structured way of rehearsing negotiations and likely outcomes.

• High probability of behaviours reflecting reality, enabling cost-effective decision making and the efficient use and deployment of resources.

• Useful for government, military, commercial & individual applications.

Michael Young DECISION WORKSHOPS Ltd

0044 (0)7960 493 089,

mike.young@decisionworkshops.com .

http://www.decisionworkshops.com