Advisory Havruta
Structured advisory that takes one specific strategic question and works it through the Havruta format, in focused units, until it is answered.
Advisory Havruta is a structured advisory engagement that applies the Havruta Methodology (formerly the Think Partner Methodology) to a single high-stakes strategic question. It is not a workshop and not an ongoing programme: it is advisory work, shaped by the question, delivered in focused units that each combine preparation, a facilitated working session, and follow-up. The engagement runs as long as the question needs and ends when the question is answered, leaving the reasoning behind the answer with the organisation.
When it is the right rung
Some questions are too important for a single day and too specific for a standing programme. A market entry the board keeps circling. A portfolio decision with real money behind it. A strategy that has to survive contact with a sceptical room. For those, the Applied / Deep Dive Workshop may be too short and the Havruta team programme is aimed at a different goal, building the team's general operating rhythm. Advisory Havruta is the rung for the specific question: structured advisory that brings the methodology to bear on it, properly, with the preparation and follow-up that real strategic work demands.
- Applied day
One immersive day with the team
A leadership team works one challenge end to end, from a rough problem to decision-ready outputs. Some questions fit a day.
- Advisory Havruta
One specific question, worked over focused units
An advisory engagement for a question that needs more than a day and a more advisory footing than a workshop, with preparation and follow-up built in.
- Havruta programme
An ongoing team operating rhythm
A standing biweekly programme that builds a team's general capability to reason with AI. It builds the habit rather than answering one question.
How it works
Advisory Havruta runs in focused units, and the unit is the unit of work.
Each unit has three parts. First, preparation: the question and the relevant ground truth are gathered and framed before anyone is in the room, because the quality of the answer depends on the quality of the framing. Then a facilitated session, about two hours, in which the question is worked through the methodology, opening with the 4-Lines and using the Flip so the reasoning is pressure-tested rather than confirmed. Then follow-up: the thinking is captured, the next question is sharpened, and the output is left in a form the organisation can act on.
Preparation
The question and its ground truth are gathered and framed, because the answer depends on the framing.
Facilitated session
The question is worked through the methodology, opening with the 4-Lines and using the Flip to pressure-test the reasoning.
Follow-up
The thinking is captured, the next question sharpened, and the output left in a form the organisation can act on.
The open question
High-stakes, specific, and not yet answered.
- 01A unit of work
Preparation, a facilitated session of about two hours, then follow-up.
- 02Building on the last
Each unit takes the question further, sharpened by the one before it.
- 03Narrowing
As many possible answers are tested and set aside, the framing narrows.
- Resolved The question, answered
Each unit carries the same three-part shape; the units sequence and the framing narrows, converging on a single resolved question. The red mark is the answer the engagement is shaped to reach, not a fixed number of units.
Units sequence. One unit may resolve a contained question; a larger question is worked across several, each building on the last, until the question is answered. The engagement is shaped to the question, not to a fixed calendar.
This is the structured-advisory rung. It applies the methodology rather than teaching it. Explore the methodology.
What you get
You get a worked, defensible answer to the question that mattered, and the reasoning that produced it. Not an opinion handed down, and not a deck of options to puzzle over, but a conclusion the organisation reasoned its way to with the methodology holding the standard. Because the thinking is captured along the way, you also keep the artefacts behind the answer, so the next related question starts further ahead.
Some questions deserve to be worked, properly, until they are answered. That is what this rung is for.
Frequently asked questions
How does Advisory Havruta work?
It is a structured advisory engagement on one specific strategic question, delivered in focused units. Each unit combines preparation (gathering and framing the question and its ground truth), a facilitated session of about two hours that works the question through the Havruta Methodology, and follow-up that captures the thinking and sharpens the next step. Units sequence until the question is answered, and the engagement is shaped to the question rather than to a fixed calendar.
How is it different from the Applied / Deep Dive Workshop?
The Applied workshop is a single immersive day in which a leadership team works one challenge end to end. Advisory Havruta is an advisory engagement that can span several focused units, with preparation and follow-up built in, for a question that needs more than a day and a more advisory footing than a workshop. Some questions fit a day; others need to be worked over a few units.
How is it different from the Havruta team programme?
The Havruta programme is an ongoing rhythm that builds a team's general capability to reason with AI. Advisory Havruta is aimed at a single specific question and ends when that question is answered. One builds the habit; the other answers the question.
Who is it for?
A senior leader or small leadership group with a specific, high-stakes strategic question they want worked rigorously: a market move, a major investment, a strategy that has to hold up under scrutiny. It suits leaders who want the methodology applied to the decision in front of them rather than a general capability build.
What does a unit involve?
A unit is a focused block of work: preparation before the session, a facilitated session of about two hours that works the question through the methodology, and follow-up afterwards. The number of units depends on the question, which is one of the things a Strategic Briefing is for.