Complexity Thinking. What is it? Aug 30, 2023 Ed Morrison There are many ideas and no clear consensus. Here’s how I have used the framework as a practitioner for over
Moving from “Command and Control” to “Design and Do” Jul 6, 2023 Ed Morrison One mistake that we humans make is that we think we have time. Well, we don’t. Not really. For example,
Forming New Ecosystems May 30, 2023 Ed Morrison Over the past months, I’ve been coaching #strategicdoing practitioners as they design and guide the formation of new ecosystems. These ecosystems generate
GUIDING COMPLEX CHANGE WITH PERFORMANCE May 18, 2023 Ed Morrison My colleague Scott Hutcheson reminds me of our work at Purdue University. In 2005, Scott invited me to come to Purdue to work
Modularity May 9, 2023 Ed Morrison The secret to going big is something really small: a module. Modularity enables small things to grow into large things.
Reflective Practice Apr 19, 2023 Ed Morrison Put on your boots. In this post, we are heading into the swampy lowlands of real world problems. But first,
S-Curves, Again Apr 3, 2023 Ed Morrison My mentor David Morgenthaler (https://bit.ly/35yq0e1), taught me the importance of seeing the world with S curves. It’s a shorthand version
Heuristics from Developing Ecosystems Mar 20, 2023 Ed Morrison We can’t manage ecosystems, but we can design and guide them. To do that, we need new management frameworks and
Loose Hierarchies Mar 15, 2023 Ed Morrison MIT professor Thomas Malone wrote an important book, The Future of Work, nearly two decades ago. In it, he introduced
Collaboration is a process Feb 20, 2023 Ed Morrison Collaboration is a process that results in the emergence of novel solutions to wicked problems and mutual benefits for the