Strategic Doing Open Community
Strategic Doing is a practice for designing and guiding collaborations to generate solutions to complex challenges. Developed over 30 years, Strategic Doing is now being applied globally.
Here is a short welcome video: https://bit.ly/3Nr8AHu
If you are interested in learning more about Strategic Doing, here are some resources:
Reading
Strategic Doing Book: https://amzn.to/3nzefxv
Learn how Strategic Doing developed and the ten skills to apply this approach to strategy
Research
Strategic Doing Dissertation: https://bit.ly/SDPhD
Exploration into the multiple scholarly research streams that explain why Strategic Doing works
We also have multiple training options. Explore these on our website: https://strategicdoing.net
Entry conditions
This community introduces Strategic Doing and is the “entry-level” learning community for those interested in the discipline. There are multiple other communities that you can join once you have completed different levels of training. In addition, we are forming different learning communities for practitioners who want to connect with people working on similar challenges. Each community has its own “entry conditions” set by Strategic Doing Fellows.
Courses
Past events
19/04/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 12:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday- Exploring the Challanges of Ecosystem & How Strategic Doing Can Help
Strategic Doing has a proven track record of guiding critical systems transformation and shows a path to deal with the challenges of Ecosystems. In this session, we will explore how this is done. We will look at use cases, learn from peers, and invite participants to share their own challenges and explore how Strategic Doing can help.
12/04/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 12:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk- Leveraging Improv in Your Workshops
In this session, you’ll learn ways to increase trust among participants, to help Strategic Doing workshop participants work together by associating ideas, to enable participants to develop new ideas, and to help participants build upon each other’s contributions. Joining with the host Ed Morrison in this session is David Novick.
05/04/2024 08:45 America/New_York 12:45 UTC
What does it mean to be a Global Movement for Strategic Doing?
What would you love to see possible for the SD community as a global community? What’s the impossible you would love to be possible? Join this week with Ed Morrison and his guest speaker Jack Ricchiuto as they dive deep in this conversation.
22/03/2024 13:45 Europe/Brussels 12:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk-The Right Questions: March 2024 Session
In the March session on Right Questions, we will take the practice beyond the basic practices we introduced in February to include making our unconscious planning assumptions conscious in order to turn them into new, actionable questions and sequencing our questions so we’re answering the right questions at the right time.
15/03/2024 08:45 America/New_York 12:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk- Strategic Doing Rules 9 & 10; The Superpower to Build Better Ecosystems
This Friday Talk’s discussion will include the nuts and bolts of starting and nurturing a “Cascade”, with a focus on why Rules 9 and 10 of Strategic Doing are the rocket fuel for stage-setting stronger networks of collaboration.
08/03/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk- Innovation in Complex Situations: A view from Ireland with Kevin Heanue.
If you are a practitioner trying to understand how to guide complex human systems toward faster learning and adaptation, you’ll walk away with some very helpful and practical insights this Friday with Kevin Heanue. So join us.
01/03/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk- Building Flourishing Communities with Strategic Doing
Join us this Friday as Jane Rogan, Strategic Doing Fellow; joins us to talk in more detail about her work in rural & under-resourced areas and how Strategic Doing has become pivotal in her partnerships to bolster the community’s future growth and success.
23/02/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk- Working from the Right Questions
Join us this Friday with Strategic Doing Fellows, Kim Mitchell and Jack Ricchiuto, they will dig beep into practices for designing opportunity-framing questions that ignite open network collaborations to create effective approaches and impacts that are closing the challenge/response gap in meeting the world’s escalating complex adaptive “wicked” problems.
16/02/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk- Building Flourishing Communities
Join us this Friday as we talk with Jane Rogan, Strategic Doing Fellow, about how Strategic Doing has become pivotal in her partnerships—especially in rural and under-resourced areas—with communities determined to bolster their future growth and success.
09/02/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk- Building Global Community
This week, joining Ed Morrison at the Strategic Doing Friday Talk, guest speaker Joost Visser, CEO, CONNECTS. They will share how we are using technology and collaboration to build a global community
02/02/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk: Untapped Innovation Powerhouses
This week, join Ed Morrison at the Strategic Doing Friday Talk with his guests Brad Beach and Jennifer DeBoer. For the last 10 years, the Tumaini Innovation Center has been experimenting with innovation through engineering education. Join us as we hear from Jennifer DeBoer about the next phase of this program
26/01/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk- Meeting The Challenge of Social System Transformation
“Somewhere along the way, we’ve become afraid of trying. We don’t like to fail. I don’t know how you learn anything new if you don’t experiment all the time. We should reframe failure as intentional iteration.” – Saul Kaplan. Join us this Friday, 26th of January with Saul and Ed.
19/01/2024 14:45 Europe/Brussels 13:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk: 3 types of Networks & Why they matter to Innovation
Join us for Strategic Doing Talks on Friday. We will be exploring the three types of networks that are most critical to practitioners focused on system transformation or ecosystems.
22/12/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing: Practicing Reflective Practice. Reflection of the year and prospection.
Join us this Friday for our last Strategic Doing talk of the year. Jack Ricciuto, master of the powerful question, will encourage us to reflect both backwards and forwards.
24/11/2023 16:45 Europe/Brussels 15:45 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems-Part 1
This Friday, Ed Morrison and CONNECTS are launching a new series on entrepreneurial ecosystems in our regular Strategic Doing Talks. Ed will explore in depth the work completed with the Kauffman Foundation. Join us in the first session of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems!
27/10/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk-2 with Ubaldo Cordova: Transforming Our Universities; Meeting the Challenges of Wicked Problems.
We face an accelerating flow of wicked problems. How do we address them? We are continuing from last week with Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa, former provost at the University of Puerto Rico, who has stood on the front lines of university transformation.
20/10/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talk: Transforming Our Universities; Meeting the Challenges of Wicked Problems.
We face an accelerating flow of wicked problems. How do we address them? Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa, former provost at the University of Puerto Rico, has stood on the front lines of university transformation. Join this Friday.
13/10/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks: Pictures, Platforms & Ecosystems
This Friday, Ed will explore why developing a visual language is so important to developing ecosystems. He will share the lessons he learned when he partnered with colleagues at Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart, Germany.
06/10/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
STRATEGIC DOING TALKS: LESSONS FROM THE ORIGIN STORY with JACK RICCHIUTO
To take on any sized transformation, you will need your own core team.Join tomorrow with Ed Morrison and his guest of the week, Jack Ricchiuto.They will explore the origin story of Strategic Doing, now emerging as a global movement.
22/09/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
STRATEGIC DOING NETWORKS TALK #3 with Julio Jose Prado
Talk #3- “Ecuador Competes: Creating and Executing a Competitiveness Strategy against all odds” with Julio Jose Prado, former Minister of Production and Trade in Ecuador, will join us in a series of Friday Talks during the month of September. He will be joined by Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, the co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks.
15/09/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
STRATEGIC DOING NETWORKS TALK #2 with Julio Jose Prado
Talk #2- “From Shock To Action” Julio Jose Prado, former Minister of Production and Trade in Ecuador, will join us in a series of Friday Talks during the month of September. He will be joined by Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, the co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks.
08/09/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
STRATEGIC DOING NETWORKS TALK with Julio Jose Prado
Talk #1- “Performance Driven Policy Making & Implementation” Julio Jose Prado, former Minister of Production and Trade in Ecuador, will join us in a series of Friday Talks during the month of September. He will be joined by Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, the co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks.
01/09/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Network Talk
Join, Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 1st of September at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the August session of the Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training, together with the participants, and talk about what is next.
25/08/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks- Practitioners Training Info/Comeback Session
Join, Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 25th of August at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the first 2 days of Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training, together with the participants, and talk about what is ahead of the next 2 day of this August session.
24/08/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
The Active Aging Ideation Lab(TAAIL): Understanding AARP’s Age-Friendly Communities and How to Do the Doable
The goal of TAAILS is to rethink our approaches and systems of active aging by using Strategic Doing. Why? By 2030, one in five Americas will be over the age of 65. That will be more than a two-fold increase in 30 years. We will explore leading concepts and practices in aging services and active aging through discussions with leading thought leaders/experts in this field.
18/08/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks- Practitioners Training Info/Comeback Session
Join, Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 18th of August at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the first session of Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training, together with some of the participants, and talk about what is ahead of the next training session in August.
11/08/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks- Practitioners Training Info/Comeback Session
Join, Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 11th of August at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the first session of Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training, together with some of the participants, and talk about what is ahead of the next training session in August.
04/08/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners Training – Info / Comeback Session with Ed Morrison and Doug Smith.
oin Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 4th of August at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training-July session, together with some of the participants, and talk about what is ahead for the upcoming session in August.
28/07/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks- Practitioners Training Info/Comeback Session
Join Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 28th of July at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the Strategic Doing Networks Practitioners training- July session, together with some of the participants, and talk about what is ahead for the upcoming session in August.
21/07/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Networks- Practitioners Training Info/Comeback Session
Join Ed Morrison and Doug Smith, co-CEOs of Strategic Doing Networks on Friday the 21st of July at 3:00 PM CET, 9:00 AM EST, as they look back on the first 2 days of Strategic Doing 2.0 practitioners’ training this week, together with some of the participants, and talk about what is ahead next week.
20/07/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
The Active Aging Ideation Lab(TAAIL): Launch Event
📣 The Active Aging Ideation Lab (TAAILS) will explore leading thoughts and concepts in aging services and active aging. 💡 TAAILS will work to rethink our approaches and systems of care using Strategic Doing to test ideas by “doing the doable” through small experiments.
07/07/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Friday Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Jane Rogan
This week on Friday, 7th July Ed Morrison sits down with Jane Rogan to share rural field notes. What does it look like to do Strategic Doing in rural places? How can a Strategic Doing Community of Practitioners help build partnerships and offer ongoing learning?
19/05/2023 10:00 Europe/Brussels 08:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Webinar: Why Strategic Doing Works
Strategic Doing is an example of “action science”…scholarly knowledge that is generated from reflective practice. In this session of Strategic Doing Talks, Ed Morrison will explain how he engaged challenges in the swampy lowlands of real world problems.
12/05/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Vitor Mondo
In the previous session we talked about the case with Vitor, this time we will receive him and he will tell us about his own experience. Vitor Mondo holds a degree in Agronomy (2003) and a PhD in Seed Technology (2010) from the University of São Paulo. He has developed in entrepreneurial innovation in Brazilian agriculture with an emphasis on technology transfer.
28/04/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Vitor Mondo
Imagine you are trying to develop an agricultural innovation zone that connects the many assets across four cities outside São Paulo, Brazil. Where would you start? Vitor will explain how he used Strategic Doing to address this challenge.
24/04/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Hunter Morrison
In this Strategic Doing Talk, Hunter and Ed will explore how to overcome the political divides that too often detail promising collaborations. How moving beyond talking is so critical to building trust, and why focusing on “the doable” is so critical.
21/04/2023 17:00 Europe/Brussels 15:00 UTC
Strategic Doing 2.0 FAQ
To manage Strategic Doing global growth, we have redesigned the www.strategicdoing.net website as a portal to Strategic Doing communities and events hosted on the CONNECTS platform. This will make it easier for you to access materials, connect with peers, learn from and collaborate with others.
10/03/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Sebastian Hamers
How does Strategic Doing integrate so tightly with your work on cognitive diversity in teams? What does that mean? And how do we do that? We will explore these questions with Sebastian.
17/02/2023 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Nancy Franklin
Don’t miss Ed Morrison hosted event Strategic Doing Institute Talks next Friday! We will talk with Nancy Franklin. Together they will answer the following question: How can universities leverage Strategic Doing?
16/12/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morisson with Brad Beach
This week’s guest is Brad Beach. For the past five years, Brad has worked in a variety of engineering roles for Evonik, German specialty chemicals company. Brad has worked at Evonik’s manufacturing plant next to Purdue University. Prior to his work with Evonik, Brad worked for 12 years for Schlumberger in Norway.
09/12/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morisson with Kim Mitchell
Don’t miss Ed Morrison hosted event Strategic Doing Institute Talks next Friday! Kim Mitchell will be talking about youth violence, systemic racism, the collapse of the public water system.
07/12/2022 16:00 Europe/Brussels 15:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Practitioner’s Course
A Strategic Doing Practitioner’s Training consists of 4 workshops set on 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th of December, in 5 hours/day sessions, 20h in total. In every session the group takes on a question about their community or organization’s future, and uses the 4 Questions to explore, identify opportunities, and begin to take action on the most promising of those opportunities.
18/11/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 14:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morisson with Kenyetta Dotson
Don’t miss Ed Morrison hosted event Strategic Doing Institute Talks next Friday! Kenyetta Dotson will be talking about challenges related with youth violence, systemic racism and the collapse of the public water system.
21/10/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks hosted by Ed Morrison with Robert E. Brown
Strategic Doing in partnership with CONNECTS starts a series of talks with Ed Morrison, every Friday 15:00 pm CET We will hear from Bob Brown, Associate Director for University-Community Partnerships, Michigan State University Outreach & Engagement.
14/10/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talks with Scott Hutcheson
Strategic Doing Talks with Scott Hutcheson We will hear from Scott Hutcheson, a Senior Lecturer at Purdue University in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s Technology Leadership and Innovation Department and chief social scientist at Hutcheson Associates, a consulting firm specializing in transforming organizations to make them more adaptive, innovative, and competitive.
07/10/2022 15:00 Europe/Brussels 13:00 UTC
Strategic Doing Talk with Shane Herath
Strategic Doing Talk with Shane Herath Every Friday, 15:00 pm CET, you can join in for a talk with one of the practitioners of Strategic Doing. This is the first session in the series of Strategic Doing Talks, hosted by Ed Morrison.