Strategic thinking
The course looked at:
What strategic thinking is and why it’s so important
- Welcome and introduction
- Coming to terms with the ambiguity of strategic thinking;
- What it can mean in practice
- The difference between strategic thinking and strategic planning
- Strategic approaches used in your organisation and barriers
- Learning as an organisation
In the second half of the workshop, we looked at:
Different approaches to strategic thinking
- The competencies of a strategic thinker
- Creative v critical thinking
- A strategic approach to change – tools and techniques
- The systems thinking approach
- An inclusive approach and cultural change
Course materials and outline
Course materials:
Slides Understanding Strategic Thinking
Guide & Workbook Understanding Strategic Thinking
Useful resources:
- The Fifth Discipline and The Dance of Change – Peter Senge
- Beyond Certainty – Charles Handy
- Leaning into the Future – George Binney and Colin Williamson
- Build it: The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement – Glenn Elliot and Debra Corey
- The Speed of Trust – Stephen M R Covey.
- Good to Great – Jim Collins
- When Giants Learn to Dance – Rosabeth Moss-Kanter
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