Strategic Thinking

Simon Wootton, formerly a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry and CEO of an Independent Mental Health Service and now Associate Director of Commissioning at NHS Manchester.

Step 1 - knowing what is changing out there; step 2 - knowing your organization; step 3 - bringing it together; step 4 - forecasting where you are going; step 5 - deciding where you are going; step 6 - finding the gaps; step 7 - considering your options; step 8 - checking it for sense; step 9 - deciding how to do it.