The live session
What happens in a ninety-minute briefing
The study is not finished when the PDF is sent. It is finished when the people who own the decision can disagree in front of the same chart without losing the definition.
A briefing is a working sitting, not a presentation with applause at the end. We host it in the studio when the group is six or fewer. Larger groups are better in your own meeting room, where the unit names on the wall already match the argument.
Please arrive having skimmed the draft pack. The session is wasted if the first forty minutes are spent discovering that “Operations” in the file is not the same Operations that reports to the COO. That discovery belongs in the draft review, which is a quieter hour with the numbers owner only.
If you need a second audience — for example a works council or a lender — say so in scoping. A second sitting is scheduled and priced; it is not squeezed into the last ten minutes of the first.
To put a week in the diary, send the decision date and whether you prefer the studio, your office, or an online walkthrough.
- Arrival and the definition page. We read aloud what headcount, FTE, and labour cost mean in this pack — before anyone sees a trend.
- The picture, unit by unit. Tamar pauses when a director leans in. That pause is the point; we do not rush to the next chart to look fluent.
- The awkward page. Every pack has one: Other, unknown reason, a grade that means two things. We put it in the middle, not in an appendix.
- What you can repeat. The last quarter-hour is for the sentence you will say in the board. If it still needs us in the room, the notes are not done.
Who should sit at the table?
The person who owns the people file, the person who owns the labour bill, and whoever will present to the board. A room of twelve is too many; people stop saying when a unit name is wrong.
Can we record the session?
In the studio, no — the conversation is frank and we do not want a file of it circulating. Online sessions may be recorded by you if everyone on the call agrees at the start; we do not keep a copy.
What if someone disputes a number live?
We open the cleaning log. If the dispute is a missing mapping, we mark the chart and, if needed, redraw that page within the fee. If the dispute is a wish that the file were different, we leave the number and write the wish in the notes.
Print or screen?
Print for Tbilisi studio and on-site sessions. People write on the page. Online sessions use the same PDF; we can leave a printed pack at Level 8, 24 Tsereteli Avenue, Tbilisi 0159 for collection.