VPS 5-6 Strategic Thinking & Advanced Problem Solving

Strategic thinking and problem solving

- How the current context is shaping the VPS

- Explore strategic thinking for senior leadership

- Respond to emerging challenges

Enhancing your decision-making

- Discover cognitive principles, and tools

- Address common limitations and challenges

- Utilise models, tools and tactics to enhance capabilities

Advanced problem solving for senior leaders

- Objectively collect and evaluate evidence

- Explore reason-based approaches for complex problems

- Apply rational and creative tools and techniques

Leading and influencing on key issues

- Engage stakeholders to understand problems and identify solutions

- Integrate diverse perspectives and build consensus

- Resolve conflict in group problem solving

Understanding the problem

- Define and reach agreement on the problem

- Evaluate impacts and consequences

- Develop solution criteria and the approach to resolution

Identify and evaluate possible solutions

- Generate and evaluate solutions based on feasibility, impact, and risk

- Take stock of required skills, knowledge, and resources

- Leadership, management, planning, and team deployment considerations 

From strategy to results

- Test solutions through prototypes, pilots, simulations

- Adopt a systematic approach to solution implementation

- Build engagement and embedding change 

Overcome roadblocks to strategic excellence

- Address cognitive biases, ideological paradigms, and group-based challenges

- Navigate the challenging nature of ‘wicked problems’ 

- Cultivate and maintain your new found skills