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Making the right decisions in a complex world Canadian Health Workforce Conference Dr. Graham Willis Head of R&D, Centre for Workforce Intelligence

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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Page 1: Making the right decisions in a complex world

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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Many years ago…

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How many trained hospital doctors will we have by 2040?

increase60% T

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Cost

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How many do we need?

Do we trust this?

Trai

ned

hosp

ital d

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rs

(tho

usan

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60

50

40

30

Year2014 2040

Supply

Demand

?

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Policy

What if the future is not what we expect?

Failure

Megatrends

ProblemSystem

Events

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Consider many futures…

TodayExpected

future

Use plausible, challenging and consistent futures to test policies

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Robust workforce planning

Understand the system

Explore the future

Simulate the possibilities

Make robust decisions

Focal question

Transparent and participatory

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Horizon scanning

Context

Issues

Factors

Events

ProbabilityImpactWorkforceStakeholder

Ideas bank System mapping

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Scenario generationStakeholder workshops

Influencing factors

Keyfactors

Consistency check

Narrative scenarios

Quantified scenarios

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Scenario generation workshopKey factors

Low

I

mpa

ct H

igh

Low Uncertainty High

Predetermined Key factors

Secondary

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Scenario generation workshop

Population GDP growth Energy usage Carbonemissions

High

LowCA

B

Consistency analysis

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Scenario generation workshop

Vary across different futures

Formal elicitation protocol

Monte Carlo simulation Prob

abili

ty

Value

Quantify critical parameters

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Modeling and simulation

Demand side

OutputsSupply

side

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Polic

y ou

tcom

es

Policy analysis

Today

Policy options: ABCD

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Example PharmacyN

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60,000

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Scenario 1

Scenario 3

Scenario 2

Scenario 4

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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:

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Key points

What if the future is not what we expect?

Consider many futures Transparent and participatory approach

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Stress testing

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Contact details

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

@

+44(0)7812 340 405

[email protected]

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

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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