How confident do you feel running a strategy module - or even knowing where to start?

Whether you are leading a team, contributing to a business plan or just trying to make your program more resilient, this module offers the tools to think differently and plan more effectively.

In it, explore:

  • Why older models of strategic planning no longer suit fast-changing markets
  • What “Third Wave Strategy” looks like - and why it works in education and training
  • How to approach strategic conversations with clarity and confidence
  • Tools for reviewing strategies and adjusting them based on performance
  • Ways to make strategy more coherent and relevant across your practice - know how to apply it to your teaching, training and/or RTO operations


You will receive a clear framework, case examples and a short quiz to consolidate your learning.

Join us to take the first step for Strategic Thinking Fundamentals!

Course curriculum

Self-paced content to support learning in this module

    1. Great to have you here

    2. Information you need to know

    3. What you need to do

    1. 1 Introduction to the strategy framework – Third Wave Strategy

    2. [Watch] Reinventing Strategic Planning

    3. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    4. [Watch] Maintaining Strategic Equilibrium

    5. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    6. [Watch] What is Third Wave Strategy

    7. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    8. [Download] Worksheet

    9. 2 Structuring strategic debates

    10. [Watch] Concepts of strategy - structuring the debates

    11. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    12. [Download] Worksheet

    13. 3 Third Wave Strategy example

    14. [Watch] Amazon Case Study

    15. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    16. [Download] Worksheet

    1. 1 Strategic change

    2. [Watch] Third Wave Strategic thinking

    3. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    4. [Download] Worksheet

    5. 2 Decision-making in uncertainty

    6. [Watch] Strategy as a Social Science: Scientific enquiry

    7. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    8. [Watch] Comparative research methods

    9. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    10. [Watch] Strategic Decision Making

    11. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    12. [Download] Worksheet

    13. 3 Strategy evaluation

    14. [Watch] Systemic Strategy Evaluation

    15. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    16. [Watch] Systemic Strategy Evaluation, Systems Thinking

    17. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    18. [Download] Worksheet

    1. 1 Stakeholder engagement

    2. [Watch] Elements of Third Wave Strategy - Stakeholder Engagement

    3. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    4. [Download] Worksheet

    5. 2 Cognition and change

    6. [Watch] Cognition and Change - Defining strategic reasoning

    7. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    8. [Watch] Cognition and Change - Prospective strategic thinking

    9. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    10. [Download] Worksheet

    11. 3 Systems and processes

    12. [Watch] Strategy systems and process - macro system

    13. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    14. [Watch] Strategy systems and process - micro systems

    15. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    16. [Download] Worksheet

    17. 4 Strategy as a profession

    18. [Watch] A) Strategy as a Profession - Strategy Practitioner

    19. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    20. [Watch] B) Strategy as a Profession - Strategy Practices

    21. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    22. [Watch] C) Strategy as a Profession - Strategy Praxis

    23. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    24. [Download] Worksheet

    1. Application of concepts in practice

    2. [Watch] Cadbury Case Study

    3. [Action] Confirm your understanding

    4. [Download] Worksheet

    1. Confirm Your Understanding of 'Reinventing Strategic Planning'

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  • 67 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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