Tutorial: Strategic Thinking Course

Category: Regional Public Health Events - Other

Date: November 9th 2017 9:20am until 4:15pm

Location: WK Norman Room, St Lukes Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU

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These tutorials are open to Public Health Specialty Registrars on the South West Public Health Training Programme only.

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Strategic Thinking - 9 November

Facilitator: Tony Cash

Aims & Objectives

Delegates will:

  • Discuss what is meant by a strategic approach
  • Consider some key theories of strategic planning
  • Examine examples of strategic work
  • Have the opportunity to practise strategy tools and techniques
  • Gain the confidence to develop and implement strategy in Public Health England

 

Agenda

09:20 Arrival and Coffee

09:30 Introductions, Approach and Structure of the Day

09:45 Defining Strategic Thinking

  • What is strategic thinking? Why is it useful?
  • What happens if we do not think strategically?
  • Definitions of strategic language
  • Strategic vs operational thinking

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Good Strategic Thinking

  • Different schools of strategy
  • Six key questions to ask
  • Examples of strategic thinking successes and pitfalls

12:15  Desired Futures: Vision and Outcomes

  • Effective visions and outcomes
  • Strategic management and leadership
  • Working with uncertainty

13:00 Lunch (not provided)

13:45 Tools and Techniques  

  • The role of evidence in a strategic context
  • Drivers for change
  • Forecasting trends and scenario building compared
  • Creativity and strategy
  • SWOT, PESTLE and other relevant tools
  • Stakeholder analysis

14:45 Coffee Break

15:00 Practice Session

  • Opportunity to use apply strategy tools discussed earlier

16:00 The Way Forward

  • Aligning day to day work with strategy
  • Insights on change management
  • Questions

16:15 Close of Course

 

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