Build the capability to navigate complexity and make better strategic decisions.
Organisations today operate in environments shaped by uncertainty, interdependence and constant change. Leaders must navigate competing priorities, balance innovation with efficiency, and make decisions that position their organisations for long-term success. Strategic thinking enables leaders to step back, recognise patterns, understand industry dynamics and define a clear direction.
The Strategic Thinking online courses are designed to strengthen your strategic capability. You will explore concepts such as complexity, ambidexterity and competitive positioning, and examine how organisations create and sustain value in evolving markets. Through practical frameworks, structured analysis and real-world application the course builds your ability to make informed strategic choices, and act with clarity and confidence.
Who is this for?
For professionals, managers and senior leaders who want to strengthen their strategic capability, enhance decision-making, and navigate complexity with greater confidence.
Course structure
Two-module option
The Bronze and Silver modules provide foundational knowledge and explore fundamental principles of the subject. You will learn independently and receive immediate access to the online learning materials.
Three-module option
After completing Bronze and Silver, the Gold module takes your learning to the next level. Comprising two days (five hours per day) of live online interactive workshops led by ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ faculty, the Gold module offers an opportunity to dive deeper into the subject and interpret the learning through the context of your own organisation.
Two-module option
Overview
- DurationApproximately 10-12 hours, plus reflection activities
- Cost£298
- DateSelf-paced
- TimeSelf-paced
- Individual learnerYes
- Organisational cohortsYes
Three-module option
Overview
- DurationApproximately 20-24 hours, plus reflection activities
- Cost£950
- DateOctober / November 2026, TBC
- TimeTBC
- Individual learnerYes
- Organisational cohortsYes (minimum cohort size 10)
Programme impacts – Bronze and Silver
- Build a foundation in modern strategic thinking and understand organisations as complex, open systems.
- Analyse the challenge of balancing innovation and efficiency through ambidexterity.
- Evaluate leadership actions that shape organisational direction using the Five Key Questions framework.
- Assess competitive forces, industry value systems and profit pools to inform strategic decisions.
- Analyse customer value, competitive positioning and opportunities to enhance perceived use value.
- Compare alternative competitive strategies and evaluate the capabilities required to execute them.
- Understand organisational strategic assets, sources of inimitability, and the role of learning in sustaining advantage.
Programme impacts – Gold
All of the programme impacts for Bronze and Silver, plus:
- Apply strategic tools in live, faculty-led sessions, understanding their practical applications and limitations.
- Synthesise analyses into clear, evidence-based strategic decisions that drive organisational impact.
- Collaborate with peers to test ideas, evaluate options, and refine strategic recommendations in real time.
Modules
Modules
Digital Badges
On completion of each module, you will be issued with a digital badge that can be displayed on your professional profiles, serving as compelling evidence of your expertise and commitment to staying at the forefront of business and management knowledge.
How to apply
Next steps
Our team of executive development experts will be happy to talk to you about your development needs, please email us or call +44 (0)1234 754500.
