2. Strategic Thinking for Health and Safety Practitioners
Vanessa Thomas, MTS Facilitator

3. Communication
How important is Communication as it relates to Health and Safety?
What forms of Communication do you need to do your job effectively?
What could happen if Communication breaks down?
Facilitate discussion.

4. Communication Activity
Goal:
Produce a perfect diagram using a standard model with zero defects in the shortest amount of time possible
Volunteers:
Sender, Receiver, Timekeeper
Everyone else is a Process Observer
Use job aid for this activity.
Set up activity.
Ask for volunteers Sender, Receiver, Timekeeper.

5. Communication Experiment #1
Refer to job aid to do the activity.

6. Communication Experiment #2
Refer to job aid to do the activity.

7. One Way Two Way Communication
What are some examples of one-way communication in your workplace?
What are some examples of two-way communication when dealing with your job requirements?
Debrief the activity

8. Adult Learning Experience Apply Share Internalize
Say these are Tips on what to say and how to say it.

9. Rules of Engagement Participate fully Ask questions
Use respectful language
Limit side conversations
Set cell phones to silent 5
Review the Rules of Engagement.
Ask if there is anything else participants want to add to the list?
Say: Ok let’s get started!

10. Objectives Define Strategic Thinking
Define Strategic Thinking vs. Tactical Thinking
Use Strategic Skills
Develop Strategic Plan

11. If Someone Says….
Think bigger What do they mean? Get the big picture Have you ever said these terms to anyone? What did they say or do?

12. What is Strategic Thinking?
Working Definition of Strategic Thinking
As a group write your collective definition of Strategic Thinking
Select a recorder to capture your thoughts
Select a member of your team to share your definition

13. Strategic Thinking Definition
Strategic thinking is a process that defines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others.
Strategic thinking is an extremely effective and valuable tool. One can apply strategic thinking to arrive at decisions that can be related to your work or personal life.
Source Strategic Thinking: 11 Critical Skills Needed

14. What is Tactical Thinking?
Working Definition of Tactical Thinking
As a group write your collective definition of Tactical Thinking
Select a recorder to capture your thoughts
Select a member of your team to share your definition

15. Tactical Thinking Definition
Specific small-scale actions serving a larger purpose or goal made to carry out with only a limited or immediate end in view.

16. Strategic vs Tactical Strategic Tactical Future (long term)
Preparing and Planning
Journey
Broad View
Risk
Long Term Goals
Anticipation
Tactical
Now (in the moment)
Completing Activities
Trip
Close View
Caution
Short Term Goals
Reaction

17. Summary
Strategic Thinking is Relative. What may appear to one person as Strategic can be very Tactical to another.
Strategic Thinking is Situational
Strategic Thinking is a blend of long term innovative, and creative thinking
We need some of both
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been”
-Wayne Gretzy

18. Strategic Thinking
Brainstorm examples of using Strategic Thinking inside and outside of work.
Does your job description determine if you make more tactical or strategic decisions?
Why?

19. What areas need improvement?
The Relay Race
What’s the Goal?
Did they reach the Goal?
Describe the Strategy.
Was the Strategy strong?
Was the Tactical execution strong?
What areas need improvement?

20. Health and Safety Practitioners
Common Health and Safety Job Description?
Common Understanding of Roles and Responsibilities ?
List Health and Safety Responsibilities in your location

21. Health and Safety Description Activity
Strategic vs Tactical
Review and Discuss your Responsibilities
Issues: Health – Safety – Employees – Morale Communication – Quality – Competitiveness
Identify and create a list of opportunities to use more Strategic Thinking.
Report Out

22. Strategic Thinking Is Strategic Thinking just for Managers?
Why? or Why Not?
What are some Strategies to make the company profitable and competitive in the future?

23. Strategic Planning
2. Future State 3.
1. Current State

24. Rolling Action Item List
Action Items List
Category
Description
Owner
Date Assigned
Date Due
Date Closed #
Category
Description
Owner
Date Assigned
Date Due
Date Closed 1
International
Intl contact effort: John to follow up with Tom S. offer to investigate through Asian embassies and identify correct contacts in for joint development agreement.
John R. 2
Planning
Schedule: To the existing Excel master schedule, add R&D timeline of activities
Susan T. 3
Working Groups
R&D WG: Form interim ad hoc working group for critical R&D activity identification. Between 17th Feb and early March, look at strategies coming out of WG, parse them into categories, decide who / how to handle, decide who will be needed in formal group.
Don W.
3-2-05 4
R&D WG: Constitute formal R&D working group by mid March 5
Communication
Communication interim plan: Schedule presentation to staff on all the various Strategic Plan elements in an upcoming half-day staff meeting.
Carl S.

25. Strategic Thinking Skills
1. Know Your Company
Industry
Customers
Competitors
Community
Plant – Shift – Department – Line
Employees
Union
Learn what others are doing to prosper or fail.

26. Strategic Thinking Skills
Appreciate and USE your prior
experience inside and outside of the your workplace
Questions are the language of Strategy
Ask yourself tough questions Example: Why are good people leaving our Company?
Observe and think what if ?
Strive to look for other points of view

27. Strategic Thinking Skills
Speak
Strategic thinkers know how to speak the language and embrace debate with out getting personal
Challenge the status quo
Use you voice to making a sound case
Talk and ask questions about the current state and the future state and how we can get there
Talk about the benefits of looking out for the future

28. Strategic Thinking Skills
Act
Make time for thinking and asking questions
Communicate in creative ways Examples: town halls, surveys, small group sessions, team meetings, podcasts
Embrace conflict and strive to understand and use it to make improvements
Use a change model and ask others to participate
Identify barriers and suggest ways to remove them

29. Develop a Strategic Plan Part 1
Identify specific areas that you can be more Strategic in your role?
Identify an issue that needs improvement and why? (Record)
Is it just a Health and Safety issue?
Could it effect, Production, Equipment, Communication, Quality, Employee issue? (Record)
How would measure the problem? (Record)
Report out

30. Develop a Strategic Plan Part 2
Use the information from Part 1 and add that information into the Strategy Change Model
Define Current State
Define Future State
Identify the steps to get there
List the Benefits
List Barriers
Report out

31. Strategic Thinking
Brainstorm as a group what you got out of the training today.
What are the next steps going forward?
Questions
Complete evaluation