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Navigating Increasing Complexity: Duke CE Certificate Course

Navigating Increasing Complexity: Duke CE Certificate Course

Course 3830

Duration: 2 days
Language: English
11 NASBA CPE Credits (live, in-class training only)
8 DevOps Institute Continuing Education Units
Level: Advanced

Navigating Increasing Complexity focuses on the very nature of our working contexts today, arguing that the work we do is more complex than ever, and this complexity demands new approaches. Participants will learn how to recognize, diagnose, and respond appropriately to complex environments and situations in a highly interactive course setting.

This course serves as an introduction and touchpoint to the rest of the courses in the Transformational Technical Leadership Program.

Navigating Increasing Complexity Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online

Navigating Increasing Complexity Course Information

In this Navigating Increasing Complexity course, you will:

Explore how increasing complexity is creating a new context for how we work.
Recognize how biases and default thinking can influence our responses to complexity.
Apply new frameworks and approaches to adapt how we see, think, and act in response.
Create routines and opportunities to incorporate learning in future contexts.
Part of the Transformational Technical Leadership Program.
Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.

Navigating Increasing Complexity Exam and Certificate Information

No Exam
This course is part of the Transformational Technical Leadership Program, designed by Learning Tree in partnership with Duke Corporate Education. Upon completion of the 5 courses that make up the program, attendees will receive the Transformational Technical Leadership certificate from Duke CE.

Navigating Increasing Complexity Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

This module contains the following learning topics:

The Transformational Technical Leadership Framework
Creating a shared perspective on complexity
The course learning Objectives
The course Learning Journey

Module 2: Complexity in Context

This module contains the following learning topics:

What’s driving complexity in your organization?
Cynefin Framework for understanding context
Diagnosing situations and making decisions in context
Assessing where your work resides

Module 3: Winning in a New Game

This module contains the following learning topics:

Winning in this new environment means adapting how you play
Impacts of failing to recognize and adapt to context
When biases or default thinking overly influence our decisions
Self-Assessment: What is most likely to trip you up?

Module 4: Adapting to a New Context: PSC Overview

This module contains the following learning topics:

Adapting our approach for context
This perfect storm requires a new approach
A new framework for seeing, thinking, and working differently
Applying the framework to a complex situation

Module 5: Perceiving: Seeing Differently

This module contains the following learning topics:

What does it mean to see differently, and why does it matter?
Reframing issues to gain both a deeper and broader perspective
Expanding our data sets and data gathering tools
Paying attention to all the signals

Module 6: Sensemaking: Thinking Differently

This module contains the following learning topics:

What is sensemaking, and why is it important?
Looking for patterns and themes in the data
Generating insights from the patterns and potential paths forward
Considering the transition from insight to action

Module 7: Co-Acting: Working Differently

This module contains the following learning topics:

Reconfiguring what you do
Leading with a flexible mindset for an unknowable, uncontrollable context
Selecting the highest-leverage experiments to test new insights
Building Relationships to enable collaborative, problem-solving partnerships

Module 8: Building a Co-Learning Culture

This module contains the following learning topics:

The importance of shared learning
Value of both pre-action and after-action reviews
Making small bets and incremental decisions
Gathering information about the future

Get This Course $2,025

2-day instructor-led training course
Curriculum designed in partnership with Duke University professors
After-course coaching available

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Jul 31 - Aug 1 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

New York or Virtual
Oct 2 - 3 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
Nov 27 - 28 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Ottawa or Virtual
Jan 29 - 30 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

New York or Virtual
Mar 4 - 5 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Virtual
Apr 2 - 3 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
May 21 - 22 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Virtual

2-day instructor-led training course
Curriculum designed in partnership with Duke University professors
After-course coaching available

#3830

Jul 31 - Aug 1 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

New York or Virtual
Oct 2 - 3 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
Nov 27 - 28 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Ottawa or Virtual
Jan 29 - 30 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

New York or Virtual
Mar 4 - 5 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Virtual
Apr 2 - 3 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Herndon, VA or Virtual
May 21 - 22 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Virtual

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Navigating Increasing Complexity FAQs

Technical Leaders who want to gain skills that will help them navigate increasingly complex contexts, and those who are interested in earning the Duke CE Transformational Technical Leadership Certificate, should attend this course.

The Transformational Technical Leadership Certificate Program, designed in partnership between Learning Tree and Duke CE, focuses on cultivating key leadership skills technical leaders need to navigate evolving market shifts, drive organizational change, and develop team transformation that leads to market success. The partnership combines decades of practical academic and professional expertise to train the next generation of technical leaders.

Leading in today’s fast-paced, constantly changing environment presents unique challenges. For technical leaders, the task is now to keep pace as an individual and guide and bring others along as well. This program can help you take your leadership skills to the next level, bridging the gap between your technical knowledge and leadership skills to make you a more effective leader.

Yes. Upon completion of the 5 courses that make up the program, attendees will receive the Transformational Technical Leadership certificate from Duke CE.

No, the 5 program courses can be taken in any order. However, it is strongly suggested that attendees start their journey with Navigating Increasing Complexity.

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PDU Information for This Course:

11.00 Total PDUs
Technical PDUs: 2.00
Leadership PDUs: 6.00
Strategic & Business PDUs: 3.00
PMI Claim Code: 115493WGYD

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Yes, this course is eligible for 8 DevOps Institute Continuing Education Units. Learning Tree offers a variety of DOI CEU-eligible training to help you maintain your certification. View the list of DOI CEU-eligible training courses.

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