THE HEALTH CAPTAINS COLLEGE
Governance Academy
Strategic Advisory Boards Division
Purpose
Strategic Leadership & Systems Transformation
To develop excellence in strategic health leadership, foresight, and multistakeholder coordination for board-level advisors—empowering them to shape future-ready healthcare systems through innovation, collaboration, and systems-level governance across sectors, regions, and disciplines.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Structure
Duration: Modular (Hybrid: In-person + Digital) & Format:
Executive Modules
Strategic foresight labs and simulations
Multistakeholder strategy clinics
Case-based learning and innovation design
Final Capstone: Strategic Transformation Brief
Core Modules
Module 1: Strategic Advisory Excellence in Health Ecosystems
Roles and impact of strategic advisory boards
Influence without authority in multistakeholder settings
Systemic strategy and innovation governance
Designing advisory boards for transformation
Outcome: Establish clarity and strategic confidence in advisory roles within complex health ecosystems.
Module 2: Scenario Planning & Systems Thinking
Health as a complex adaptive system
Futures thinking, foresight tools, and scenario mapping
Crisis navigation and strategic resilience
Building transformation pathways in uncertainty
Outcome: Equip advisors to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and opportunity in global health.
Module 3: Value-Based Health Strategy & System Redesign
Fundamentals of value-based care and population health
Co-creation with patients and communities
Advisory roles in outcome-driven innovation
System incentives, metrics, and financing
Outcome: Advise on high-impact, outcome-oriented strategy design and implementation.
Module 4: Digital Health Ecosystems & Data Governance
Ecosystem mapping: platforms, stakeholders, data flows
Digital transformation, interoperability, and scalability
AI, real-world evidence, and platform-based strategy
Governance of digital trust, ethics, and security
Outcome: Support ecosystemic thinking and strategic use of health data in digital transformation.
Module 5: Global Health Transformation & Public-Private Leadership
Global health trends and multilateral policy environments
Strategic roles of public-private partnerships
Philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and global alliances
Transformation labs: WHO, EU4Health, G7/G20 health priorities
Outcome: Enable strategic advisors to operate across national boundaries and lead global change agendas.
Future-Oriented Strategic Labs
Lab A: Lifecare Strategies – From Sickcare to a Healthspan Economy
Prevention, longevity, and value beyond treatment
Strategic visioning for healthy lifespan models
Economic transitions toward healthspan-oriented systems
Alignment of stakeholders around long-term health investment
Outcome: Shape transformational narratives and strategies for healthspan and societal well-being.
Lab B: Strategic Collaboration and Multi-Actor Governance
Networked leadership and advisory orchestration
Stakeholder mapping and trust-building
From alignment to action: cross-sector facilitation
Case clinic: regional and global health strategy implementation
Outcome: Advance skills in leading across silos, sectors, and institutional boundaries.
Capstone Project: Strategic Transformation Brief
Each participant develops a strategy advisory paper tailored to a live or simulated case:
National health innovation strategy
Value-based redesign of a regional system
Digital ecosystem governance model
Public-private collaboration roadmap
Strategic positioning for global health initiatives
Target Audience
Strategy executives in healthcare, insurance, and life sciences
Senior policymakers and health ministers’ advisors
Transformation officers and innovation leaders
Designers of national or international health systems
Global health strategists from NGOs, UN bodies, and think tanks
Delivery Model
Hybrid delivery: Strategic hubs (e.g., Berlin, Oslo, Geneva, Boston) + online forums
Faculty: Visionary strategists, system scientists, public-private leaders
Peer learning cohorts and project teams
Integration with The Health Captains College’s annual summits and roundtables
Outcomes & Certification
Executive Certificate: “Certified Strategic Health Advisor – Systems & Lifecare Transformation”
Exclusive Alumni Membership in THE HEALTH CAPTAINS CLUB
Access to the Next Generation Strategic Advisory Circle
Continued collaboration on future health scenarios, white papers, and innovation alliances
Participation in elite cross-sector strategy forums across Europe and globally
“WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE DON’T KNOW”
EXPLORING THE UNEXPLORED
LEADERSHIP FOR EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE HEALTH
“360º NEXT GENERATION SUSTAINABLE VALUE-BASED LIFECARE POWERED BY NEW INNOVATIONS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SUPER-CONVERGENCE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES NAVIGATING US TOGETHER TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE HEALTH INDUSTRY”
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