Car Talk: A Master Class In Either/Or Thinking
Years ago, when I was living in Cambridge, MA, I was a big fan of Ray and Tom Magliozzi, two
A Brief Overview of Strategic Doing
Strategic Doing – a peer-reviewed, scientifically grounded practice — teaches the discipline of collaboration and strategy in open networks. The
Complexity Thinking. What is it?
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”
One mistake that we humans make is that we think we have time. Well, we don’t. Not really. For example,
Forming New Ecosystems
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
My colleague Scott Hutcheson reminds me of our work at Purdue University. In 2005, Scott invited me to come to Purdue to work
Modularity
The secret to going big is something really small: a module. Modularity enables small things to grow into large things.
Reflective Practice
Put on your boots. In this post, we are heading into the swampy lowlands of real world problems. But first,
S-Curves, Again
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
We can’t manage ecosystems, but we can design and guide them. To do that, we need new management frameworks and