Making the right decisions in a complex world

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Dr Graham Willis, Head of Research and Development, presented to the Canadian Health Workforce Conference on 21 October.

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Making the right decisions in a complex world

Canadian Health Workforce Conference

Dr. Graham WillisHead of R&D, Centre for Workforce Intelligence

Many years ago…

How many trained hospital doctors will we have by 2040?

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Cost

How many do we need?

Do we trust this?

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60

50

40

30

Year2014 2040

Supply

Demand

?

Policy

What if the future is not what we expect?

Failure

Megatrends

ProblemSystem

Events

Consider many futures…

TodayExpected

future

Use plausible, challenging and consistent futures to test policies

Robust workforce planning

Understand the system

Explore the future

Simulate the possibilities

Make robust decisions

Focal question

Transparent and participatory

Horizon scanning

Context

Issues

Factors

Events

ProbabilityImpactWorkforceStakeholder

Ideas bank System mapping

Scenario generationStakeholder workshops

Influencing factors

Keyfactors

Consistency check

Narrative scenarios

Quantified scenarios

Scenario generation workshopKey factors

Low

I

mpa

ct H

igh

Low Uncertainty High

Predetermined Key factors

Secondary

Scenario generation workshop

Population GDP growth Energy usage Carbonemissions

High

LowCA

B

Consistency analysis

Scenario generation workshop

Vary across different futures

Formal elicitation protocol

Monte Carlo simulation Prob

abili

ty

Value

Quantify critical parameters

Modeling and simulation

Demand side

OutputsSupply

side

Polic

y ou

tcom

es

Policy analysis

Today

Policy options: ABCD

Example PharmacyN

umbe

r of p

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acis

ts (f

ull-ti

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nt)

2012

2014

2016

2018

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80,000

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0

2012

2014

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2028

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80,000

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0

Year

Scenario 1

Scenario 3

Scenario 2

Scenario 4

Example Future demand for skillsSk

ill h

ours

/Yea

r (B

illio

ns)

2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036

Time (Year)

Probability: 80% 100%Central estimate:

Key points

What if the future is not what we expect?

Consider many futures Transparent and participatory approach

Stress testing

Contact details

Dr Graham WillisHead of Research and DevelopmentCentre for Workforce Intelligence, England

@

+44(0)7812 340 405

graham.willis@cfwi.org.uk

www.cfwi.org.uk | www.horizonscanning.org.uk

Making the right decisions in a complex world

Canadian Health Workforce Conference

Dr. Graham WillisHead of R&D, Centre for Workforce Intelligence

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