Data & impact summaries
Understanding impact in complex, collaborative systems
Strategic Doing® is used in environments where outcomes emerge through interaction, learning, and coordination across multiple actors. These are not settings where impact can be fully predicted, isolated, or attributed to a single intervention.
As a result, the way impact is understood and assessed in Strategic Doing differs from traditional performance measurement or evaluation models.
An Effectual Model of Collective Action for Addressing Sustainability Challenges
Presents a model for collective action under uncertainty, integrating effectuation theory with Strategic Doing.
Shoals Shift: An Ecosystem Transformation Success Story
In the Muscle Shoals region of North Alabama, the University of North Alabama (UNA) and its partners launched the Shoals Shift Project to address challenges such as generational poverty and low educational attainment. Rather than “waiting,” the collaborative team consciously embraced an approach of “doing, not waiting.” They applied Strategic…