Virtual Event
How to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills
Exclusively for public servants and policymakers
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024
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Speakers
What to Do Next
- Catch up via the 5-minute highlights video above, or dive into the full recording
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- Connect with public service peers to discuss strategic thinking further by joining the Systems Thinking Community
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Event Description
Do you often find yourself in reactive mode, putting out fires when confronted with a complex challenge? Wouldn’t you rather anticipate it? Strategic thinking is the difference between managing today and shaping the future.
Strategic thinking is not just long-term planning — it's also about understanding trends, spotting opportunities and making real-time decisions. For public servants, this is critical to keep things moving in a complex, unpredictable environment.
This masterclass will equip you with practical tools and frameworks to sharpen your strategic mindset. Our expert speakers will break down strategic approaches, offering insights from their leadership experiences across government and public service.
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The Systems Thinking in Government Community a dedicated space for any public servant or policymaker interested in the use of strategic and systematised approaches to address long-term problems.
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Speakers
Stuart Skeates
Former Director General, UK Home Office
United Kingdom
Ilana Munckton
VP of Community Growth, Apolitical
Scotland
Stuart Skeates, who served as Director General for Strategic Operations in the UK Home Office, had a 34-year career in the Army, retiring as a lieutenant general. He has extensive leadership experience on military operations and spent the latter stages of his career with multiple coalitions, with the US Marine Corps and with NATO. During his career, he served in the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Cyprus, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was also Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He holds degrees from King’s College London and the Cranfield Management School.
Ilana Munckton, VP of Community Growth at Apolitical, is responsible for the growth of Apolitical's global community of public servants and policymakers. She is an experienced strategist and leader with over 15 years of experience managing teams. Prior to joining Apolitical, she was at Edinburgh-based health and social care startup Care Sourcer and the global travel website Skyscanner.
