thinking strategically
Half-day workshop for public sector professionals who want to strengthen how they think about priorities, direction and impact in their work
Focused on developing practical ways to step back from day-to-day activity, understand the wider context and make more deliberate choices about where to focus effort.
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Understand what strategic thinking looks like in day-to-day roles
Identify where you add value beyond immediate tasks
Assess challenges and opportunities in a wider organisational context
Prioritise work based on impact, not just urgency
Apply simple tools to make more deliberate decisions
Connect individual work to wider outcomes and direction
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This is a practical, structured session built around shared scenarios and individual application.
Participants first work through a common case to understand how strategic thinking takes shape in practice: assessing context, identifying priorities and making trade-offs.
They then apply the same approaches to their own work, testing their thinking with others and refining their priorities through discussion and challenge.
The session finishes with each participant identifying a clear strategic focus and next step they can take forward.
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Half-day workshop (09:30–13:00)
Delivered in-person or virtually
Mixed groups from across teams
Up to 20 participants
From £1,800 per session -
09:30 – 09:45
Introduction and context
What strategic thinking looks like in everyday work09:45 – 10:30
Working through a shared scenario
Understanding context, pressures and competing priorities10:30 – 11:15
Prioritising and making trade-offs
Using simple tools to decide what matters most11:15 – 11:30
Break11:30 – 12:15
Applying to your own work
Testing priorities and assumptions through discussion12:15 – 12:45
From thinking to action
Defining a clear focus and next step12:45 – 13:00
Key takeaways and application
