Become a Master Strategist: How to make good business decisions, overcome challenges, and achieve big goals – CourseWebsiteforLV

Course Content

Welcome and Orientation

Introduce Yourself! (BAMS)

How to navigate your course (BAMS)

Module 1 -- Finding the Right Problem to Solve

Overview: Why Strategy Matters

Strategy Begins With Identifying the Right Problem

Finding the Loose Threads

Identify Stakeholders

Stakeholders and Alignment Analysis

Reflect: Recap and Looking Forward (BAMS Module 1)

Module 2 -- How to Find the Root Cause

Overview: Why The “Root Cause” Matters

There’s Only One Bottleneck

Exercise: Mapping Out a Current Reality Tree

Changing the “Facts of Life”

Exercise: It’s Time to Find the Bottleneck

Reflect: Recap and Looking Forward (BAMS Module 2)

Module 3 -- Thinking Through the Implications

Overview: Seeing into the future

Thinking Through the Implications

Why Future Thinking is Difficult

Exercise: How to Create a Decision Tree

Exercise: Think Through the Implications

Reflect: Recap and Looking Forward (BAMS Module 3)

Module 4 -- Generating More and Better Ideas

Overview: Generating More and Better Ideas

Three Ways to Get Around Our Own Idea Bias

The Idea Generation Toolkit

Exercise: It’s Time to Generate Some Great Ideas

Reflect: Recap and Looking Forward (BAMS Module 4)

Module 5 -- Your Business - Goal and Root Cause

Overview: Turning the Focus to Your Business

Exercise: What Are We Really Solving for?

Stakeholder Alignment Analysis

Exercise: Current Reality Tree

Reflect: Share Your Insights (BAMS Module 5)

Module 6 -- Your Business - Solutions and Implications

Overview: Your Business – Solutions and Implications

Exercise: Brainstorm Potential Solutions

Exercise: The Implications, and the Implications of the Implications

Discussion: Share Your Insights

Reflect: Recap and Looking Forward

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