Strategic-Thinking Competency
Definition:
The ability to collectively design transformational systemic interventions, transitions, and governance strategies while accounting for strategic leverage points, power dynamics, uncertainty and surprises as well as social and organizational learning in navigating these strategies.
This key competency is critical for designing and planning to carry out solution proposals that can create transformational change. It intersects with values-thinking competency to design strategies that have transformational (systemic) impact toward sustainability as well as interpersonal competency to co-create these sustainability strategies in inclusive and equitable ways.
Check Your Understanding
Now that you have investigated the Strategic-Thinking competency, it's time to check your understanding of the concepts covered in this section. Consider the terms below then click each to reveal their definitions.
Strategic leverage points
Places where an intervention can have lasting impact
Incremental improvement
Making a problem a little bit bettet
Power dynamics
Understanding influence
Substantial improvement
Transformative outcomes from upstream interventions
WORKBOOK ACTIVITY:
Review the Strategic-Thinking Competency page in your workbook then complete the Apply Strategic-Thinking activity.