Loose Hierarchies March 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 February 20, 2023 Ed Morrison Collaboration is a process that results in the emergence of novel solutions to wicked problems and mutual benefits for the
Economics 101 January 24, 2023 Ed Morrison For years, our thinking about our economy has been hopelessly simplistic — the basic idea is that the forces of
Aligning Technical and Social Systems with Strategic Doing January 9, 2023 Ed Morrison The US is good at invention but not very good at implementation. We have generated a boatload of Nobel prizes
Strategy in Turbulent Environments December 20, 2022 Ed Morrison Strategy in turbulent environments is different from conventional strategic planning. Traditional approaches are too expensive to formulate, too challenging to
Narrowing Our Ingenuity Gap With Innovating Networks December 4, 2022 Ed Morrison Our ingenuity gap continues to grow. Our inability to design and guide “innovating networks” has led to the gap. But
S Curves November 24, 2022 Ed Morrison It’s time to ditch our static view of the enterprise. Organizations are complex systems that must adapt to survive. But
Strategic Doing and the Iceberg Model of Systems Thinking October 26, 2022 Ed Morrison Strategy in open networks — teams, collaborations, clusters, and ecosystems — is different. Successful network-based strategies require us to think
Adaptive Challenges October 12, 2022 Ed Morrison Yesterday, a colleague asked why we don’t use the term “goals” with Strategic Doing. Instead, we focus on outcomes that
Understanding the Difference Between Goals and Outcomes September 30, 2022 Ed Morrison Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil