Strategic Thinking Workout

Description

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

Paving a Route to your Goal

• Description: Paving a route is a key concept in decision-making. The workout emphasizes the need to identify a critical path and take action to achieve it.
• 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.
• Practiced Skills: Decision Making, Analysis and Deduction, Calculation, Prioritizing and Forward Planning

Dealing with a Change

• Description:In this workout, you will get to know and practice a thinking tool called the Stoplight Method. The method will help us deal with changes. The Stoplight Method is a meta-cognitive method that emphasizes our ability to detect changes ahead of time and adapt ourselves to changing situations.
• 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.
• Practiced Skills: Planning, Decision Making, Calculation, Strategic Thinking, Flexible Thinking, Analysis and Deduction and Adaptability.

Identifying Key Points

• Description: This workout will shed a light on the importance of identifying and controlling Key Points. This is a management tool that will help us deal with dynamic environments characterized by frequent changes.
• Leading Game:Elements.
  Elements is a strategy game designed for two players. Both players try to control the game board. Control will be achieved if you identify the key points and catch them before the opponent. Attention to detail and timing are essential to success. The game is characterized by a changing environment. The game position changes dramatically with each move. The game requires adjusting the game plan and identifying the key points that will remain stable throughout the game.
• Practiced Skills: Planning, Strategic Thinking, Prioritizing and Calculation.

Penguins Teamwork Video

• Description:The scene from The Penguins of Madagascar illustrates the importance of cooperation and teamwork in a fun and humorous way. The clip emphasizes two key concepts essential for effective teamwork: having a shared objective and the division of responsibilities.
  Both of these concepts are relevant in the context of teamwork in organizations. They are essential for the successful functioning of each individual and of the group as a whole.
• Content Type: Video

The Migrating Birds Method-Teamwork

• Description: This workout will teach us about the connection between the flight of migratory birds and teamwork. Migration birds are unique in their group structure during their flight. A team working together with the most suitable group structure will achieve synergy and higher achievements. Unity for a common goal, a combination of talent diversity and mutual assistance, will bring the entire team to greater success.
• Leading Game: Clash. Clash is a strategic game. Players are represented by opposing green and white marbles on a hexagonal board. They have the objective of pushing the opponent’s marbles off the edge of the board. The game is characterized by a dynamic environment. It is a game of skill and strategy, requiring players to exercise strategic thinking alongside thinking ahead and planning their moves to win
• Practiced Skills: Teamwork, Strategic Thinking, Planning and Following Move Order.

Master Class- Clash Game Principles Video

• Description:This Master Class video features Mr. Ehud Shachar analyzing Clash’s game position. Through the analysis, viewers can learn the main principles of the game and gain insights into how to analyze game positions effectively.
  In the video, Ehud Shachar demonstrates the importance of understanding the game’s fundamental concepts, such as how to control the board’s center, sacrifice pieces, and create multiple threats.
• Content Type: Video

Risk Management-Prophylaxis Tool

• Description:The workout introduces a useful tool in the risk management process- Prophylaxis. This is a term in chess that means Preventative Action. In the world of risk management, Prophylaxis or preventative thinking. It is the ability to identify potential problems before they occur so that actions can be planned to reduce, or completely prevent, the negative outcome in case these problems are realized.
• Leading Game: Lockdown.
  Lockdown is a strategy game set in a secret high-tech lab. An advanced robot rebels and tries to escape. In order to block his progress, you must use resources (barriers). The game is characterized by the constant need to manage risk and to adopt a Preventive Thinking state of mind. This is in order to anticipate and avoid any possible escape routes for the robot. This requires the player to think ahead and plan for potential scenarios.
• Practiced Skills: Prioritizing, Strategic Thinking, Planning and Calculation.

The Crystal Ball for Risk Management

• Description: This amusing video features an employee who presents his boss with a crystal ball to help identify potential risks in their ongoing projects. It emphasizes the importance of a thorough and careful risk management process to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Content Type: Video

Following Move Order

• Description: In this workout, we’ll learn to recognize situations where calculating the order of actions is necessary. We’ll also practice the skill of determining the correct sequence of actions using a straightforward and effective thinking model, which consists of three steps:
  Step 1 – Identifying a scenario that requires a sequence of actions.
  Step 2 – Analyzing dependencies between different operations and forming a logical chain.
  Step 3 – Planning and drafting an action plan.
• Leading Game:Maxit is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 square board. The board is randomly filled with numbers and a star is placed on one of the squares. One player plays in the rows and the other in the columns. The objective of the game is to collect more points than the opponent by selecting squares that maximize the sum of their numbers. However, players must also anticipate and adapt to a constantly changing board, adding a layer of complexity to the game that requires planning and strategy.
• Practiced Skills: Analytical Thinking, Following Move Order, Analysis and Deduction, Calculation and Strategic Thinking.