Advice at Pace Masterclass
Build the analytical rigour and collaborative skills to produce robust policy advice for decision makers, fast. In partnership with FrankCapability.
In-Person
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Course overview
The course is designed for public sector advisors with at least five years’ experience, particularly those working on advice requiring contributions and approvals from multiple parties.
Familiarity with multicriteria analysis and intervention logic models is useful but not required.
This course helps you build the skills needed to produce robust advice for decision makers when under real time pressure, particularly where multiple parties are involved. It shows participants how to identify which parts of a policy process can be safely accelerated, and how.
What you'll learn
By attending this course, you will:
- Get clarity, fast, on the policy problem at hand.
- Select the right analytical framework and identify legitimate process shortcuts for working at pace.
- Use AI tactically, keeping control of key judgments while accelerating your analytical process.
- Understand the dynamics that drive experience in collaborative advice processes.
- Reduce the collaboration-related friction that can erode rigour and slow advice down.
- Keep pace and buy-in through to sign-out.
Course modules
Module one: Think faster – apply analytical frameworks at pace
- Apply an appropriate analytical framework to a policy problem at speed.
- Getting rapid clarity on the problem definition, and your decision maker’s position on solutions.
- Selecting the right analytic framework to deliver rigorous thinking, fast.
- Using AI as an analytical thought partner and legitimate accelerator.
- Identifying the essential content for robust advice: how much is enough, and where process shortcuts tip the risk balance too far.
Module two: Move faster, together – collaboration that’s smooth and fast
- Design and run a smooth collaborative process for producing policy advice at pace.
- Heat-mapping your collaboration landscape: areas most likely to cause friction and delays.
- Making good judgments on the trade-offs between speed, rigour, and buy-in.
- Understanding core tools that can ensure your collaborative advice process.
- Applying the tools insightfully, with real people in real situations.
- Maintaining good practice right through to signoff, with practical tips and tricks.
Further Information
Format
This course is delivered as one day in-person workshop at our Wellington venue. It includes a mix of facilitator-led sessions, small-group exercises, and whole-group discussion. Group size is limited to 16 participants to ensure meaningful interaction and personal feedback. Morning tea and lunch are provided to support networking and collaboration.
What You'll Receive
You will receive a digital certificate of attendance and a digital badge. These include the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours completed, making them suitable for recognition by professional organisations and employers.
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