By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept

News Junction

Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • World News
    World NewsShow More
    Trump says Iran has U.S. proposal on its nuclear program – National
    Trump says Iran has U.S. proposal on its nuclear program – National
    May 16, 2025
    US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue .5 billion merger
    US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue $34.5 billion merger
    May 16, 2025
    UK political opinion poll tracker
    UK political opinion poll tracker
    May 16, 2025
    Asian markets stagger into weekend as trade rally runs out of legs
    Asian markets stagger into weekend as trade rally runs out of legs
    May 16, 2025
    Baby KJ was born with a rare, deadly disease. Doctors designed a fix – just for him
    Baby KJ was born with a rare, deadly disease. Doctors designed a fix – just for him
    May 16, 2025
  • Business
    BusinessShow More
    Ukraine blows up bridges to consolidate its positions in Russia
    Ukraine blows up bridges to consolidate its positions in Russia
    August 18, 2024
    Commentary: AI phones from Google and Apple will erode trust in everything
    Commentary: AI phones from Google and Apple will erode trust in everything
    August 18, 2024
    The most famous Indian Dishes – Insights Success
    The most famous Indian Dishes – Insights Success
    August 18, 2024
    Life on the road as a female long rides cyclist
    Life on the road as a female long rides cyclist
    August 18, 2024
    UK inflation rises to 2.2%
    UK inflation rises to 2.2%
    August 18, 2024
  • Cryptocurrency
    CryptocurrencyShow More
    Coinbase (COIN) Hack Reaction ‘Overblown,’ Analysts at Barclays and Oppenheimer Believe
    Coinbase (COIN) Hack Reaction ‘Overblown,’ Analysts at Barclays and Oppenheimer Believe
    May 16, 2025
    BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, PI, HBAR, LINK
    BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, PI, HBAR, LINK
    May 16, 2025
    Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters 0K support
    Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters $100K support
    May 16, 2025
    Crypto’s lack of ‘frothy use case’ a good sign: WisdomTree exec
    Crypto’s lack of ‘frothy use case’ a good sign: WisdomTree exec
    May 16, 2025
    Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim
    Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim
    May 16, 2025
  • Technology
    TechnologyShow More
    How to Improve Your Spotify Recommendations
    How to Improve Your Spotify Recommendations
    August 18, 2024
    X says it’s closing operations in Brazil
    X says it’s closing operations in Brazil
    August 18, 2024
    Supermoon set to rise: Top tips for amateur photographers | Science & Tech News
    Supermoon set to rise: Top tips for amateur photographers | Science & Tech News
    August 18, 2024
    Scientists Want to See Videos of Your Cat for a New Study
    Scientists Want to See Videos of Your Cat for a New Study
    August 18, 2024
    OpenAI’s new voice mode let me talk with my phone, not to it
    OpenAI’s new voice mode let me talk with my phone, not to it
    August 18, 2024
  • Entertainment
  • Sports News
  • People
  • Trend
Reading: Wargaming to help boost government’s responsiveness
Share
Font ResizerAa

News Junction

  • World News
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Trend
  • Entertainment
Search
  • Recent Headlines in Entertainment, World News, and Cryptocurrency – NewsJunction
  • World News
  • Business
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Sports News
  • People
  • Trend
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
News Junction > Blog > Business > Wargaming to help boost government’s responsiveness
Wargaming to help boost government’s responsiveness
Business

Wargaming to help boost government’s responsiveness

Published July 30, 2023
Share
6 Min Read
SHARE

Contents
There is a lack of confidence about what the future holds for governing organisations, and their departments’ ability to handle change, according to PA Consulting’s latest Responsive Government survey, conducted in partnership with Global Government Forum.The power of wargamingImplementing wargaming to boost Governments’ responsiveness

There is a lack of confidence about what the future holds for governing organisations, and their departments’ ability to handle change, according to PA Consulting’s latest Responsive Government survey, conducted in partnership with Global Government Forum.

Officials are also less confident in their organisation’s contingency plans in the era of constant, sustained, and compounded disruptive events – with only 45 percent having confidence that these are robust and align with strategy development.

This era of perma- or poly-crisis, in response, calls for always-on resilience and readiness, rather than an ad-hoc response to each incident. To navigate these complex decision-making environments and ecosystems successfully, forward-thinking governments are turning to an innovative tool for decision-making support: wargaming.

The power of wargaming

Wargaming is a realistic and safe experiential approach to decision making, it gives participants the chance to see, and to live, the potential consequences of their decisions. The interactive environment enables them to get inside the heads of other government departments – businesses, citizens, regulators, or media. And this fresh perspective means they can get inside-out and outside-in points of view and see the whole picture.

Wargaming is also proven to drive behavioural transformational. Governments will see that wargaming encourages teamwork, rehearses their responses, and builds much needed consensus or alignment with multiple stakeholders. This is highly effective in rehearsing crisis management or other project responses but is also useful in bringing people together to drive sustained change. It is particularly helpful at reducing management biases and behavioural blind spots.

As well as helping to prepare for near-term and more ‘known’ incidents, wargaming also has a critical role in helping governments plan for the future and the unexpected. It doesn’t provide a crystal-ball nor does it predict the future. But it does consider possible future impacts on governments’ priorities to support more robust decision-making and planning, which foresight or scenario planning cannot achieve on its own.

While they’re already bringing benefits, there is an opportunity to further embed resilience by truly rooting wargaming in governmental decision-making processes at all levels. Doing so will not only increase responsiveness but sustain it in our always-on disrupted world.

Implementing wargaming to boost Governments’ responsiveness

Based on our experience helping leaders run effective wargaming exercises across all major sectors, there are three areas of focus for governments:

First, embed wargaming into decision-making and planning processes. Identifying which decision and planning processes are to be prioritised, and defining an end-to-end approach where wargaming is the ‘safe to try and fail’ catalyst, is key. By following this embedding approach, governments can concentrate on front-of-mind and prioritised areas that are likely to require the most adaptability.

Second, draw on the right wargaming skills and teams. The quality and work you put into preparing for a wargame will define the outputs you will get from it. Responsiveness is a function of many organisations across and beyond government, not of any one team or department. So, designing scenarios, facilitating wargames, and analysing their outcomes calls for unique and niche skillsets from cross-government, domain experts, industry SMEs, and wargaming design specialists. This collective spread of skills helps maximise the quality outputs and outcomes of a wargame.

Third, consider unique wargaming design levers. Think about how to bring in for example:

  • Gamification, including competitive elements, time constraints, limited resources, and uncertain outcomes – all of which will make it more engaging and challenging.
  • Role-play or ‘real’ play, for example., red teams that role-play key stakeholders of your ecosystem (regulator, other department, businesses) or even real players (e.g. citizens). This will give you enhanced realism of what their responses or actions could be.
  • Immersive components such as virtual reality or interactive tools to analyse and visualise data in real-time, enhance realism and fast data absorption.

Those design levers help boost responsiveness by immersing pan-government stakeholders in key decisions before they have to make them and demonstrating the importance of adaptability in a way that standard meetings, symposia, and governance boards cannot.

Embedding the wargaming method into key decision and planning processes can increase a government’s ability to see both the ‘forest and the trees’. And, in doing so, to be more responsive to public needs, as well as enhancing trust and legitimacy.

By Sara Ulrich, Wargaming lead at PA Consulting.

#Wargaming #boost #governments #responsiveness

- Advertisement -
TAGGED:boostgovernmentsresponsivenessWargaming
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Whatsapp LinkedIn Email Copy Link Print
Share
What do you think?
Love0
Sad0
Happy0
Sleepy0
Angry0
Dead0
Wink0
Previous Article TV Week Logie Awards 2023: Sonia Kruger shows off a hint of underboob in a cut-out gown as Ricki-Lee Coulter puts on an eye-popping display in a risky dress as stars hit the red carpet TV Week Logie Awards 2023: Sonia Kruger shows off a hint of underboob in a cut-out gown as Ricki-Lee Coulter puts on an eye-popping display in a risky dress as stars hit the red carpet
Next Article Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost
- Advertisement -

Latest Post

Trump says Iran has U.S. proposal on its nuclear program – National
Trump says Iran has U.S. proposal on its nuclear program – National
World News
Coinbase (COIN) Hack Reaction ‘Overblown,’ Analysts at Barclays and Oppenheimer Believe
Coinbase (COIN) Hack Reaction ‘Overblown,’ Analysts at Barclays and Oppenheimer Believe
Cryptocurrency
US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue .5 billion merger
US cable giants Charter and Cox pursue $34.5 billion merger
World News
BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, PI, HBAR, LINK
BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, PI, HBAR, LINK
Cryptocurrency
UK political opinion poll tracker
UK political opinion poll tracker
World News
Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters 0K support
Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters $100K support
Cryptocurrency
- Advertisement -

You Might Also Like

Why the debate over North Sea oil and gas is a storm in a teacup
Business

Why the debate over North Sea oil and gas is a storm in a teacup

July 31, 2023
The 4 critical nutrients missing in most American diets
Business

The 4 critical nutrients missing in most American diets

January 21, 2024
The huge tech and media layoffs are outliers: Blockbuster job growth show certain sectors overhired in pandemic
Business

The huge tech and media layoffs are outliers: Blockbuster job growth show certain sectors overhired in pandemic

February 3, 2024
 Before He Was the ‘Lincoln Lawyer,’ Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Studied His Grandfather’s Home Movies
Business

 Before He Was the ‘Lincoln Lawyer,’ Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Studied His Grandfather’s Home Movies

August 1, 2023

About Us

NEWS JUNCTION (NewsJunction.xyz) Your trusted destination for global news. Stay informed with our timely and accurate reporting on diverse topics, including politics, technology, science, entertainment, sports, and more. Count on us for unbiased and reliable updates at your fingertips.

Quick Link

  • About
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact

Top Categories

  • World News
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Sports News
  • Trend
  • People

Subscribe

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

    © 2023 News Junction.
    • Blog
    • Advertise
    • Contact
    Welcome Back!

    Sign in to your account

    Username or Email Address
    Password

    Lost your password?