EL1 & EL2 Strategic Thinking & Advanced Problem Solving Workshop

Strategic thinking and problem solving

- Assess the impact of the current context on the APS

- Explore strategic thinking in executive leadership

- Address emerging challenges effectively

Enhancing your decision-making

- Delve into cognitive principles and tools

- Address common limitations and challenges

- Utilise strategy to enhance capabilities

Advanced problem solving

- Objectively collect and evaluate evidence

- Explore reason-based approaches

- Apply rational and creative tools and techniques

Leading and influencing others

- Engage stakeholders to identify and solve problems

- Integrate perspectives and facilitate shared understanding

- Resolve group conflict and disagreement

Understanding the problem

- Reach agreement on problems

- Evaluate impacts and consequences

- Develop solution criteria and the resolution method

Identifying and evaluating solutions

- Generate and evaluate solutions

- Identify opportunity through knowledge and resources

- Consider planning and team deployment

Implementing strategy for results

- Test solutions through prototypes and simulations

- Adopt a systematic approach

- Build engagement and embed change

Overcoming roadblocks

- Address group-based challenges

- Navigate 'wicked problems'

- Cultivate and maintain your new found skills