Why this programme
Many organisations aspire to create meaningful social impact, yet struggle to connect their vision with practical action. Too often, strategic plans focus on activities rather than outcomes, or become static planning documents that fail to guide real-world decisions.
This highly experiential workshop introduces participants to ThinkPlace's Strategic Design for Theory of Change—a human-centred approach that combines systems thinking, strategic facilitation and co-design to help organisations design meaningful pathways for change.
Rather than treating Theory of Change as an academic exercise, participants will learn how to understand the system they seek to influence, identify the people who matter most, design strategic pathways towards impact, and build a practical roadmap for implementation.
By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a draft Strategic Theory of Change for their own challenge, together with practical tools that can be applied across programmes, policies and organisational transformation initiatives.
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Who is this for
Designed for professionals leading strategy, policy, programmes and organisational transformation, including:
Public sector leaders and managers
Social service organisations
Foundations and philanthropic organisations
Community and non-profit organisations
Strategy and planning teams
Innovation and transformation teams
Learning outcomes
Understand the systems, stakeholders and behaviours that influence long-term change.
Apply ThinkPlace's Four Voices of Co-design to reframe complex challenges into clear strategic outcomes and public value.
Design strategic pathways that connect vision, interventions and measurable impact.
Develop a practical Strategic Theory of Change that can guide implementation, collaboration and evaluation.
What you'll learn
Segment 1: Seeing the Bigger System
Explore why many initiatives struggle to achieve lasting impact and learn how systems thinking and the Four Voices of Co-design can help organisations better understand the challenges they are seeking to influence.
Segment 2: Designing the Desired Outcomes
Learn how to define meaningful outcomes, identify priority actors and articulate the desired shifts in behaviours, experiences and systems.
Segment 3: Designing the Pathway of Change
Explore pathways for change, identifying interventions across people, organisations, communities, policies and systems.
Segment 4: Turning strategy into action
Translate the Strategic Theory of Change into practical implementation by considering governance, partnerships, indicators and next steps.
Meet your trainers
Regional Director, ThinkPlace Singapore and Asia