Strategic Thinking

Description

An in depth look at the skills this test will accomplish:

Developing a plan

• Description: Developing a Plan means coming up with a practical implementation of an idea. The process of developing a plan begins with the creation of a mental model of how the idea can be realized.
• Leading Game: Two-Flags.
  Two-Flags is a strategy game for 2 players in which you need to create and execute your strategic plan while overcoming opponent threats. The game is characterized by the need to be agile in your thinking, as well as the ability to adjust to changing conditions. Players must think about the long-term moves in the game, while making short-term decisions that will help them gain an advantage over their opponent.

Identifying Opportunities

• Description: An opportunity is a chance to take advantage of a situation. Identifying Opportunities is a process that involves actively searching for a set of circumstances that can be leveraged to gain a competitive advantage.
• Leading Game: Two-Flags.
  Two-Flags is a strategy game for 2 players in which you need to create and execute your strategic plan while overcoming opponent threats. The game is characterized by the need to be agile in your thinking, as well as the ability to adjust to changing conditions. Players must think about the long-term moves in the game, while making short-term decisions that will help them gain an advantage over their opponent

Systemic Vision

• Description: Systemic Vision is an analytic process aimed to set out a course of action. It reviews the different factors influencing a given situation, identifies their interrelationships, predicts difficulties and side effects, and offers a way to deal with them.
• Leading Game: Two-Flags.
  Two-Flags is a strategy game for 2 players in which you need to create and execute your strategic plan while overcoming opponent threats. The game is characterized by the need to be agile in your thinking, as well as the ability to adjust to changing conditions. Players must think about the long-term moves in the game, while making short-term decisions that will help them gain an advantage over their opponent.

Resource Management

• Description: Resource management is the practice of planning, scheduling, and allocating resources (people, money, and technology) for a project or program. In essence, it is the process of allocating resources to achieve the greatest organizational value.
• Leading Game: Blocker.
  Blocker is a two-player strategy game. Players are presented with various dilemmas that require them to make decisions, manage their resources, and decide when to act. The key to winning the game is identifying the critical path and using (limited) resources effectively.