Posts by Ed Morrison
Loose Hierarchies
MIT professor Thomas Malone wrote an important book, The Future of Work, nearly two decades ago. In it, he introduced…
Read MoreCollaboration is a process
Collaboration is a process that results in the emergence of novel solutions to wicked problems and mutual benefits for the…
Read MoreEconomics 101
For years, our thinking about our economy has been hopelessly simplistic — the basic idea is that the forces of…
Read MoreAligning Technical and Social Systems with Strategic Doing
The US is good at invention but not very good at implementation. We have generated a boatload of Nobel prizes…
Read MoreStrategy in Turbulent Environments
Strategy in turbulent environments is different from conventional strategic planning. Traditional approaches are too expensive to formulate, too challenging to…
Read MoreNarrowing Our Ingenuity Gap With Innovating Networks
Our ingenuity gap continues to grow. Our inability to design and guide “innovating networks” has led to the gap. But…
Read MoreS Curves
It’s time to ditch our static view of the enterprise. Organizations are complex systems that must adapt to survive. But…
Read MoreStrategic Doing and the Iceberg Model of Systems Thinking
Strategy in open networks — teams, collaborations, clusters, and ecosystems — is different. Successful network-based strategies require us to think…
Read MoreAdaptive Challenges
Yesterday, a colleague asked why we don’t use the term “goals” with Strategic Doing. Instead, we focus on outcomes that…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Difference Between Goals and Outcomes
Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil…
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