Tasman District Council

Strategic Planning Workshop

Wendy McGuinness, 4 April 2017

Health and safety

5-minute quiz1. What year was Alan Turing's famous article "Computing

Machinery and Intelligence" published?

2. In what year did the Internet host one million websites?

3. In what year was social media first used?

4. What year was Twitter launched?

5. In what year did urban dwellers become the majority of the global population for the first time?

6. In what year did Facebook have one billion users in a single day?

7. In what year is the global population estimated to exceed 8 billion?

5 minute Quiz1. 1950 Alan Turing's famous article "Computing

Machinery and Intelligence" was published in 1950.

2. 1995 The internet hosted one million websites in 1995

(one billion in 2014).

3. 2004 Social media was first used in 2004.

4. 2006 Twitter was launched in 2006.

5. 2009 Urban dwellers become the majority of the global population for

the first time in 2009.

6. 2015 Facebook had one billion users in a single day in 2015.

7. 2024 The global population is estimated to exceed 8 billion in 2024.

Agenda

9.15am Welcome

What is this thing called ‘the future’?

10.45am Morning Tea

What does this look like for TDC?

1.00am Lunch and Close

What is the Cone of Plausibility?

Understanding the differences

DATA

INFOMATION

KNOWLEDGE

Disruptive events

The key components of a strategy

Reporting on the results

Strategic policy intelligence tools

http://florence20.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452a77469e2019affd70524970c-pi

Sustaining and Empowering Factors Framework

An overview of the 2016TacklingPovertyNZ tour

A regional perspective

Brexit vote – A divided nation

The importance of continually asking ‘how’ (the onion)

21st-century skills

ForesightNZ Playing Cards

TDC

1. Failure to face the problem. This usually occurs when the problem

has not been properly defined.

2. Mistaking goals for strategy.

3. Bad strategic objectives. Beware a long list of objectives that are

not prioritised or even connected to one another.

4. “Fluff”. Distrust a strategy that restates the obvious with

buzzwords. Remove the buzzwords to see what the strategy really

says.

Source: Thinkers 50 Strategy: The Art and Science of Strategy Creation and Execution Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove. (2013)

Bad strategy

“Never underestimate the capacity of those younger than you to surprise you with their talent. Learn from them, and always revel in the opportunity to combine talents to build a team.”“See the opportunities in new directions. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

– SIR PAUL CALLAGHAN

Thank you