The OPDC (e.g. Operations, Planning, Discovery, and Creation) Strategic Thinking Assessment is an instrument that is used to assess the strategic thinking competencies of leaders. Strategic thinking is a rational decision-making process that focuses on gathering the right data, avoiding biases, and doing activities that differentiate firms from its competitors. Leaders are expected to manage the day-to-day operations, plan for tomorrow, innovate products and services, and create strategies to sustain a competitive advantage to advance their business priorities. As a result, leaders MUST enhance their strategic thinking competencies to remain viable in today’s hyper competitive markets.

Key words: Strategy, Strategic Thinking, Innovation, Strategic Planning, Leadership, Leadership Assessment

• OPDC Strategic Thinking assessment includes an assessment with 10 competency questions per OPDC zone
• Educate leaders on the four zones of strategic thinking
• Appraise leader’s abilities of business operations at different levels
• Helps to establish a baseline of competencies to improve one’s leadership development
• Helps leaders enhance their strategic thinking competencies
• OPERATIONS: Helps leader interpret and use data from the voice of the customer and internal historical data to ensure that the business operations are efficient
• PLANNING: Builds leaders sense biases as it relates to data
• DISCOVERY: Helps leaders think broader imagination and guide leaders to explore and figure out ways to apply solutions that meet new customer needs and wants.
• CREATION: Helps leaders become adept in gathering intelligence from both primary and secondary sources to formulate and develop competitive strategic plans and operationalize these plans
• The course includes one coaching interaction with the author