1. Program launch (kick-off session)

Introductions and getting to know each other

Setting expectations — what we want from this program, how it works

Understanding our individual and group learning preferences

2. Setting a course

Where are you now? Where do you want to be?

Assessing your current situation and what kinds of strategic thinking skills will help you

3. Learning as we go

Building your professional network

Personal learning networks, social learning

4. Leadership journal

Developing your reflective practice

Starting a leadership journal

Creating your own strategic plan: vision, strategy, tactics

5. Ideas and opportunities

Filtering and evaluating ideas

Risk and failure

6. Complexity and decision-making

Sense-making

Mindset and cognitive bias

How decisions are made in large organisations

7. Co-creating the future

Collaboration and stakeholder engagement

Winning support for your ideas

Visualising your own strategy

8. Your personal strategic plan

Finalising your personal plan for the next 12 months