More information:https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/consulting-workshop-series-delphi-3905 In today's business environment, management consulting firms must be ready to address client challenges and needs that will transform their business by 10 or 100 times. Tools and methods must be scaled up to ensure applicability to the widest possible audience globally. The Consulting Workshop Series provides a good understanding of the 10 methods of conducting Workshops that are custom designed to fit specific workshop objectives. Different methods are developed for the purpose of providing organizations the most appropriate tool necessary to support organizations to achieve their strategic goals and targets. If it is the management's goal to expose all opinions and options regarding a complex issue, then the Delphi is the perfect method to undertake. This presentation provides an in-depth discussion of Delphi and the 3 approaches. 1. Conventional Delphi 2. Policy Delphi 3. Conference Delphi By using Delphi, organizations can gain the benefits of pooling and exchanging opinions to learn from other's views. It is also a structured communication technique widely used for business forecasting. This deck also includes slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.

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In today’s business environment, management consulting firms must be ready to address client challenges and needs that will transform their
business by 10 or 100 times. Tools and methods must be scaled up to ensure applicability to the widest possible audience globally.
The Consulting Workshop Series provides a good understanding of the 10 methods of conducting Workshops that are custom designed to fit
specific workshop objectives. Different methods are developed for the purpose of providing organizations the most appropriate tool necessary
to support organizations to achieve their strategic goals and targets.
If it is the management’s goal to expose all opinions and options regarding a complex issue, then the Delphi Workshop Method is the perfect
approach to undertake. By using Delphi, organizations can gain the benefits of pooling and exchanging opinions to learn from other’s views.

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Understanding Delphi as a Consulting Workshop Series Method
Delphi is a structured communication technique originally developed as a systematic
interactive forecasting method that relies on a panel of experts. Its main objective is to
expose all opinions and options regarding a complex issue.
Delphi is most effectively used in technology forecasting, as well as business forecasting such
as sales of new products. It is used in the implementation of multi-stakeholder approaches
for participating policy-making. It is also effective in patent participation identification and
public policy issues such as economic trends, health, and education.
A dialectical process, it has been designed to provide the benefits of pooling and exchanging
of opinions to learn from other’s views.
Discovering the Delphi Approach
Delphi can be approached in 3 different angles. Depending on the objective of the activity, we can determine which is the most strategic way
to approach Delphi.

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1. The Conventional Delphi. Called a pen and paper Delphi, it is aimed at a consensus of the most probable future by iteration. It has
three main characteristics: the anonymity of the participants, the structuring of information flow, and regular feedback. These three key
characteristics help participants focus on the issues at hand.
2. The Policy Delphi. The Policy Delphi is a tool for analysis of policy issues. It is employed to generate the strongest possible opposing
views on the potential resolutions of a major issue. Generating a consensus is not its primary objective and survey questionnaires are
given greater emphasis.
3. The Delphi Conference. A Group Delphi, it allows for more discussions and debate. In the Delphi Conference, participants forego
anonymity. Time constraints may require a fixed number of cycles and consensus can be increased from one to two rounds of voting. The
Delphi Conference often takes less time than the traditional Delphi.
In undertaking the Conventional Delphi, the Policy Delphi, and the Delphi Conference, organizations must be keen on following the right
procedure in undertaking any of these Delphi. Because of its different approaches, the steps that are undertaken also varies. Taking the right
step is necessary for better understanding and clarity of flow, as well as optimizing the use of Delphi in achieving the appropriate results at the
end of the activity.
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