About this course
This course provides a structured approach to strategic planning and decision-making. Participants will learn how to analyse internal capabilities, constraints, and environmental risks, prioritise key issues, and apply systems thinking and scenario planning to address complex problems. The programme also covers breaking down high-level strategies into actionable priorities, sequencing decisions and resources effectively, and integrating ESG and sustainability considerations to ensure long-term value creation.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to implement a successful strategy that enables you to:
- Assess internal organisational dynamics—including capabilities, constraints, and culture—to inform and shape viable strategic options.
- Identify and interpret external risks and emerging trends to anticipate future challenges and opportunities for strategic positioning.
- Evaluate and prioritise strategic issues based on their impact, urgency, and alignment with long-term objectives.
- Use systems thinking and mental models to understand complexity, reveal interdependencies, and avoid linear problem-solving traps.
- Uncover and critically challenge hidden assumptions and blind spots, and map interdependencies that influence strategic outcomes.
- Apply scenario planning and structured challenge techniques to test the robustness of strategic direction under uncertainty.
- Translate high-level strategic goals into clear, actionable initiatives with defined priorities and success criteria.
- Plan and sequence key decisions and resource allocations to effectively manage interdependencies across initiatives.
- Embed ESG and sustainability considerations into strategic planning to drive long-term, responsible value creation.
Recent reviews
The course was extremely detailed and for only 3 days of training, I feel like i've come away from it with a much better understanding of certain areas as I have never had any 'official' training in Operations. The venue was also fantastic and they couldn't do enough for us.