Masterclass for top executives - INVI - Institute for Wild Problems

Masterclass in wicked problems for top executives

- Transformational power for your strategic leadership

Early Bird in November - sign up now and get 10% off

Brand new and exclusive masterclass for senior leaders who want to tackle complex challenges with new tools and close collaboration across sectors.

The masterclass is offered by INVI in collaboration with Komponent - Kommunernes Udviklingscenter.

Getting started

The world is changing, and as a senior leader, you face challenges that require something different and more than traditional management tools. Let's call them wicked problems - complex, cross-border and intractable problems that are rarely easy to define or solve. Think unhappiness, climate crisis, labor shortages and public health challenges.

Whether you're a leader in the public, private or civil society sector, wicked problems are an inevitable part of your everyday life and future.

This masterclass provides you with a unique learning experience where you, alongside other senior leaders from different sectors, explore new ways to tackle complex challenges. Together, we'll develop a new compass to navigate the shifting waters of wicked problems and focus on how to create real change in your organization.

Target group

The Masterclass is aimed at senior leaders from regions, state, municipalities and larger organizations in the private and civil society sectors, including executive board members, department heads, directors and deputy directors. It is a unique opportunity for you to collaborate with like-minded leaders across sectors and gain new perspectives on complex issues.

Yields

By the end of the masterclass, you will be equipped with a powerful compass and atlas to navigate wicked problems. You'll gain a deep understanding of the complex dynamics that characterize the challenges you face and learn how to use the INVI model as an effective tool for dealing with wicked problems.

Just as importantly, you'll develop relationships with a strong network of senior leaders across sectors that you can draw on for future challenges.

The Masterclass will not only give you theoretical insights, but also practical methods to create change in your organization and in society and give you the opportunity to create new alliances with other leading change drivers and top leaders across sectors and industries.

Scope and scope

The course is spread over 3 months with 3 modules. Last module with overnight stay.

You get a total of 3½ intensive custom-designed course days, combining theory, practice and experience sharing - with time in between to digest, test the methods and cultivate your new network for the future.

Educators

Sigge Winther Nielsen (Masterclass manager)

Founder and director of the think tank INVI - Institute for Wicked Problems. He has previously been director of DJØF, host of Deadline, political analyst at Politiken and civil servant in the Ministry of Finance. He holds an MSc in Political Science and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and has been a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University in New York and the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of The Entrepreneurial State and most recently the anthology Wicked Problems.

Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen

Secretary General of Save the Children and chairperson of World's Best News. She has previously been political spokesperson for Enhedslisten, where she played a central role in the party's political strategy and profiling. She holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and has unique insights from both civil society and the political world on how to tackle problems.

Jesper Fisker

Managing Director of the Danish Cancer Society. He was previously Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Children, Education and Gender Equality. He has also chaired the Health Structure Commission, which in 2024 made recommendations on how to future-proof the Danish healthcare system. Fisker has a PhD in public administration.

Martin Østergaard Christensen

City Director in Aarhus Municipality. He has 20 years of experience from the municipal administration and has previously been Director of Children and Youth in Aarhus Municipality, Director of School Administration in Aalborg Municipality and Director of Children and Education in Hjørring Municipality.

Sir Geoff Mulgan

Professor of Collective Intelligence, Policy and Innovation at University College London. Previously, he was an advisor to Tony Blair, head of Nesta, the UK's national innovation fund, and has worked widely on policy strategy, innovation and social change. Mulgan is the author of a number of books on innovation, governance and community development, including Another world is possible, and is known for his ability to connect theoretical insights with practical solutions.

Pernille Halberg Salamon

Director of Component, Municipal Development Center. She has previously been municipal director in Hørsholm Municipality. With over 17 years of experience as head of office in central administration and municipal director, she has in-depth knowledge of the municipal needs within consulting, training and competence development.

Martin Præstegaard

Managing Director of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP). He joined ATP from the Ministry of Finance, where he has worked twice. First as a proxy, ministerial secretary and head of office in the period 2002 - 2010 and later as Permanent Secretary from August 2014 - 2019. In addition, Martin has been Director of Economy, Technology and Media Production and Deputy Director General.

Henrik Plougmann Olsen

Managing Director of HOFOR. Olsen came to Hofor from Metroselskabet, where he was also CEO. Green transition, climate change adaptation and public transportation have been buzzwords in Henrik's career. This has required him to navigate the span between the public and private sectors and has given Olsen a keen eye for the pitfalls and opportunities that exist between the public and private sectors.

Course structure and content

Date: March 11, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Snaregade 10B, 1208 Kbh K
The first day is based on defining and understanding the wild problems that you face. What characterizes the challenges and why are they so hard to solve? We present INVI's Wild Problem Model, which provides you with a compass to steer through the wilderness of complexity. The model is a collective intelligence tool that strengthens your decision-making by transforming insights directly from the practitioners closest to the problem into actionable interventions.
INVI's model is designed to help leaders analyze and navigate complex issues, and we use it to identify and work with participants' own cases. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with senior leaders from other sectors and hear how they tackle similar challenges. You'll quickly discover that while the sectors may be different, the problems are closely linked.
Meet among others:
- Jesper Fisker talks about the nature of the challenges that public and private organizations face today and in the future.
- Sigge Winther Nielsen, paving the way to understanding your wild problem.
Date: April 8, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Weidekampsgade 10, 2300 Kbh S

On day two, we'll dive deeper into how you can navigate using collaboration models based on your compass. You will be introduced to an atlas of collaborative models that allows you to match specific types of wild problems with concrete tools. The focus is on how to mobilize resources and engage the world around you - both internally and externally. Drawing on the experiences of other senior leaders, you'll gain insight into how to create effective collaborations that not only tackle problems in the here and now, but also create lasting change. The day will conclude with a discussion on sustained implementation - how do you ensure that the solutions you develop become reality?
Meet among others:
- Geoff Mulgan, who paints a picture of the international trends in dealing with wildlife issues.
- Pernille Halberg Salamon and Martin Østergaard Christensen in a conversation about how to create real change in large organizations with many stakeholders.
Date: May 6, 14:00 - May 7, 13:00
Location: Hotel Hesselet, Christianslundsvej 119, 5800 Nyborg
The final day focuses on your personal leadership and ability to drive change in complex environments. How do you rally politicians, organizations and stakeholders around a common strategic effort? We work with case-based learning, looking at concrete examples of how leaders have created change in complex situations. You'll learn how to effectively work across sectors and in the "spaces" within your own organization - the places where innovation often happens. We end the day by focusing on leading with data and how to embed real change in the culture and structure of your organization. Once again, there will be an opportunity to exchange experiences with the other top leaders so that you go home with concrete strategies that can be implemented immediately.
Meet among others:
- Martin Præstegaard, ATP's CEO. and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, who talks about putting yourself in play and leading the organization when it comes to realizing the strategy.

Earlybird price: 35,550 DKK incl. VAT

The price includes three intensive training days in beautiful surroundings, all course materials, meals and access to a unique network of top leaders.

Closing remark

Are you ready to expand your leadership horizons and tackle the most complex challenges of our time? Then sign up for this masterclass and join a new generation of top leaders who are creating real and lasting change.

Contact us

For questions and further information, please contact Kristine Fisker at kristine@invi.nu.