The Value to You . Improving organizational performance is about the art of "seeing" the optimal paths through a field of complexity. This requires the ability to see and understand the whole. However, we have been systematically taught and managed to see/understand pieces. This workshop on strategic systems thinking offers a clear transferable process for constructing, holding, interpreting and navigating the whole.

This workshop strengthens your ability to:

1. Identify and link the critical strategic resources of your organization
2. Create a systemic story that holds all of the necessary elements of your strategic thinking in one place
3. Interpret the impact of possible expected outcomes as well as unexpected ones on your organization
4. Communicate your strategic systems thinking to the rest of your organization

Instructor: Jim Ritchie-Dunham, co-author of Managing from Clarity, is associate of the Psychology Department at Harvard University, and President of The Institute for Strategic Clarity.

What Others Have to Say. "Most organizations can’t execute strategy. Complexity is their enemy. A shared model (vision) of the strategy is the best way to cut through complexity. Unfortunately, developing clear and compelling visions to guide organizations is an art mastered by very few leaders. Are we condemned to wander aimlessly until a great leader develops a vision? System dynamics can make a science of visioning. Managing from Clarity provides a roadmap for introducing systems thinking to your organization. Read it; it’s a snapshot of how strategy will be managed in the 21st Century."

David P. Norton, President, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, co-author of the best-selling The Balanced Scorecard and The Strategy-Focused Organization