Box 2.2 Radical-multiplex skills set
The radical-multiplex planning skills set exhibits more promise than the traditional-lineal planning sequence because
of its alignment with a continuously improving ethos for cyclical change in multiple belief systems. The ‘RADICAL’
PLANNING SKILLS SET INCLUDES –
- Investigative skills– the backgrounding and awareness aptitudes for determin-
ing ‘how’ the relevant ‘matters’ and ‘issues’ got to where they are, and ‘why?’ they
got to be in the condition they are in. - Comprehension skills– those ‘what of’ and ‘what about?’ understandings of
governmental and non-governmental procedures and powers. - Data assembly competency– ‘sufficiently’ accurate and ‘analytical’ (problem-
solving) and ‘diagnostic’ (potential-realizing) aptitudes. - Prognostic skills– the ‘what if?’ qualities of ‘scientifically objective’ planning;
enabling operatives to evaluate and indicate policy outcomes and design
directions. - Design skills– entailing the ‘what to do?’ generation of creative-leap alternatives.
The generation of innovative computer compilations and presentations, and above
all else, a three-dimensional anda socio-economic design capability. - Technical skills– available to evaluate policy issues, to argue marginalized
positions and prepare spreadsheets and designs, as well as do the costing-out of
proposals, withal getting involved in implementation. - Communication skills– for both individual and group participation, empathy
enhancement, negotiation and mediation. This also includes the engagement of
‘win-win’ discourse skills implicating the engagement of rhetoric in ways which
ensures that reform arguments are always well presented.