Opening the ‘black box’ of scenario planning through realist synthesis
Scenario planning is recognised as an effective aid to strategic planning in complex, uncertain conditions. It is an approach that the Strategy Unit is increasingly building into its work with health and care systems and third sector organisations.
Measuring what matters in systems – A call for person-centred intelligence
The Strategy Unit and Ipsos MORI launch guide to implementing Person-Centred Intelligence.
Lessons, Evaluation and Learning from the Dudley MCP
Learning from Dudley MCP
Clinical Workforce Scenarios for the Black Country
The future is highly uncertain.
Let’s face the music and (not) dance
David Frith leads our strategy consultancy work with NHS and third sector organisations.
Tools & templates: Problem structuring
Problem trees and driver diagrams can help you to understand the causes and effects of your problem.
The Potential Economic Impact of Virtual Outpatient Appointments in the West Midlands: A scoping study
The Strategy Unit was recently approached to examine the case for a shift from traditional outpatient services to the use of virtual a
Pre-mortem
The pre-mortem technique was developed by Klein (2007) using ‘prospective hindsight’ to identify risks at the outset of a project.
Tools & templates: Other points of view
Use Edward deBono’s ‘Six Thinking Hats’ or consider a wider point of view, to approach a problem or potential solution from different perspectives.
Lessons from the Vanguard: Procurement
Tools & templates: Breaking the rules
Generate new ideas to solve a problem – by identifying the underlying assumptions, unwritten rules and thinking that maintain the status quo.
Tools & Templates: Five Whys
Keep asking ‘why’ to peel back the layers of your problem, until you identify a potential root cause.
Scenario planning – an antidote to the false certainties of forecasts and grand plans
The resurgence of uncertainty
Scenario planning – an antidote to the false certainties of forecasts and grand plans
The resurgence of uncertainty
Dudley MCP Scenario Analysis
Dudley is one of fourteen vanguard sites nationally developing the Multispecialty Community Provider (MCP) care model.
Scoping study: the economics of caring
There is a clear moral case for supporting unpaid carers.
Artificial Intelligence and the NHS
This is a note of an interview with Matt Fenech of Future Advocacy