SAVI ® System for Analysing Verbal Interaction

SAVI ® (pronounced “savvy”), is a communication tool that helps people understand the invisible yet powerful forces affecting communication with others. SAVI helps individuals and groups learn to have conversations (virtual and face-to-face) that work.

Using SAVI®, we can diagnose communication problems and set them right. For example:

Communication Problems

Telephone communication that hinders rather than helps complete the task
Meetings that are not effective, efficient or satisfactory
Poor decision-making
Lack of participation and engagement
Inability to get a message across as intended
Misunderstanding when using email
Poor problem-solving
Difficulty in influencing and managing power relationships

Clients who have learned to use SAVI® find that they can:

collaborate with others more effectively
debate complex issues
resolve conflicts and differences
get to the heart of the matter quickly
stay focused on the task and maintain good relationships
see their own unhelpful communication patterns and make small changes that bring big improvements
influence and gain agreement

The SAVI Grid helps distinguish between:

red light communication which decreases information transfer
green light communication which increases information transfer and
yellow light communication which can increase or decrease information transfer depending on the overall communication pattern of the meeting.