Strategic Leadership for Innovative & Sustainable Organisations

Systems-Aware Leadership

Course overview

The direct impact of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) are felt in many organisations today. With rapid advancements in technology and impactful external factors, such as nimble competitors, natural environment and legislations, organisations are constantly battling with change and, in increasing frequency, crises after crises. Because of this, its leaders are ceaselessly juggling never-ending demands from customers, employees and other stakeholders including shareholders.

In this 1-day training workshop, leaders will be guided in understanding the true nature of modern corporate organisations through the lenses of Complexity Thinking and System Thinking.

We will understand why large enterprises, such as ING, Microsoft, Roche and Unilever, have restructured their organisations and traditional ways of working to adapt to natural human systems that encourages co-creation, constant learning and continuous improvements.

We will also learn why organisations are increasingly adopting Agile, design thinking and human-centric workplaces to develop innovative, resilient, productive and sustainable organisations, built for VUCA conditions.

Through learning activities and peer discussions, this 1-day training workshop is an interactive opportunity that will help organisational leaders better appreciate today's complex world conditions, re-think organisational strategies and structures and help their organisations adapt and evolve to better manage challenges posed by internal and external environments.

Topics and Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the true meaning of VUCA in context of today's digitised and technology-driven world
  • Learn case studies of VUCA-driven disruptions and how it impacts societies and organisations
  • Appreciate the study of Complex Adaptive Systems and the true nature of organisations

  • Discover how to define complex & complicated problems in VUCA using the Cynefin model and to develop the appropriate emergent strategic responses to these problems

  • Understand the true nature of human systems in organisations and the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of current hierarchical corporate structures
  • Understand why working in a network of self-managing and autonomous teams (or Team-of-Teams) will lead to more productive and effective organisations that are aligned with Customer outcomes
  • Understand Relationship Systems and how this is a key area of focus for organisational development

  • Understand why Design Thinking and human-centric approaches to strategy development and problem solving contribute to higher rates of success for Customer innovation and business activities
  • Learn why Agile frameworks, including Lean, Kanban and Scrum, are increasingly relevant ways of working for organisations operating in complex and unpredictable environments

    • What you will gain

  • Make sense of the VUCA world by looking at challenges and issues through the lenses of Complexity-Thinking and Systems-Thinking
  • Understand the various human and natural systems at work in large enterprises that contribute to either value creation or value reduction

  • Identify and categorise problems of the VUCA world and plan the ideal organisational course-of-action, response or strategy

  • Understand how Agile leadership concepts and theories can be applied for modern organisations to operate complex and unpredictable working environments

  • Learn how to structure your organisational systems to consistently and effectively solve problems of the VUCA world
  • Learn agile ways of leading, working and thinking fit for a complex and digital world

  • An opportunity to connect with like-minded peers and to discuss mutual concerns and solutions in an open and respectful environment

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      Isman Tanuri

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