Successfully leading and managing in a complex system requires high quality decision making based on sound reasoning and analysis. However, many leaders do not have a background in data, analytics and systems science. Despite the ever-increasing amount of data and sophistication of analytical methods, leaders can feel confused.

This is an area where leaders routinely say they would like to strengthen their knowledge and confidence.  We have given considerable thought to which critical analytical concepts and principles are the underpinning of high value analysis. We have sought to condense those into a bespoke, manageable package which will help you to address questions like these (and many more): 

• “As we try to work as a system, what are some of the key tenets of system science that we should be aware of?”
• “So much of the environment we work in generates uncertainty – how can we get better at working with uncertainty rather than being undermined by it?”
• “I want greater use of predictive risk modelling to achieve earlier intervention in disease progression – what do I need to think about in assessing where such approaches will deliver value?”
• “How can we evaluate interventions before going live?”
• “I want to understand whether our initiatives to change patterns of demand are working – what do I need to be watching out for in analysis that addresses that?”
• “What does it mean for us to be a learning organisation?”

The knowledge gained is invaluable and has the potential to significantly impact our approach to leadership and decision making (Participant)

This innovative one-day training workshop offers powerful insights and approaches that allow you to understand and address the sorts of questions described. This course is especially designed to explain key analytical concepts that are essential for leadership and management. This is not a statistics course! Instead, the course is a unique blend of different domains of knowledge underpinned by analytical thinking that will empower you to think differently about the challenges you face every day.

What does the session cover?

• Why data and analytical reasoning are essential to high quality decision making
• Intuitive demonstrations of key analytical concepts that are useful for real world problems
• Simple graphical tools to understand variation in data and embrace uncertainty

What do people gain?

• Insights on how systems science can help us work better as a system
• Understand why plans are theories to aid learning which can be evaluated before going live
• Understand how to enhance decision making by embracing, not ignoring, uncertainty
• How to better engage with the analytical resources at their disposal and maximise the value that data can bring to health and care

The course will begin with an overview of decision quality and then use a series of Socratic exercises to provide an intuitive understanding of fundamental analytical concepts which will include (statistical process control, flaw-of-averages, regression to the mean, evaluating interventions and causal interpretation, and uncertainty) which will provide a strong basis for becoming more confident and effective canvassers and consumers of analytics in complex systems.

Who is the course for?

Who should attend? The focus for this training workshop is for leaders who want to enhance the quality of decision making via intuitive understanding of analytical concepts.  This includes those who work in hospitals, ICBs, ICCs, local authorities and so on, and we also encourage participation from those who work in the third sector.  We encourage you to attend the course with your senior analysts, as we seek to enhance the quality of decision making with analytics, but this is not a requirement. 

Pre-requisites: There are no pre-requisites for this course, no knowledge of statistics, analytical concepts etc

Date: 28th January 2025

Duration: One-day 9.30 – 15.45

Format: In-person

Location: 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH (5 mins walk from New Street train station)

Costs: Fees start from £150

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Your training will be led by: Professor Mohammed A Mohammed