Strategic Doing Blog
This past week, we spent time on the campus of The Ohio State University, sharing the new approach to strategy in loosely connected networks. The discipline requires a deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration: how collaboration emerges from conversations with an underlying structure and trajectory. If you understand this underlying structure and how it […]
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Management transformation — at its core — is a shift in mental models, a shift in mindsets. This transformation emerges when we adopt new disciplines that lead to new habits. We are open to new habits when we are willing to abandon old patterns of thinking and behavior. That’s why approaching strategy in new ways […]
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In a world in which networks create knowledge and value, leadership involves designing and guiding these networks. In most hierarchical organizations, the task involves breaking the grip of silos by strengthening networks. We’ve learned to distinguish among three types of networks: affinity networks (or interested communities), learning networks (or communities of practice) and innovating networks. […]
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A few weeks ago, I spent some time with Dennis Fraise of Develop This!, a podcast for economic and community developers. In this first podcast, I start by providing some background on the development of the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue. The Lab is the place at Purdue where people learn the skills to address […]
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Jacob Moses and I explore how city leaders can grow their economies by fostering collaboration on a local level, including how to find existing assets in your community, how to encourage existing organizations to focus on a shared goal, and how to move forward by relentlessly focusing on “doing the doable”.
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A few weeks ago, I had a great conversation with Aga Bajer, of Culture Lab. In this interview, Aga and I discuss: The value of practice and discipline versus skimming the surface of things The need to slow down before going fast The benefits of creating a safe space for deep, focused conversations How power […]
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How do you design and guide complex transformations for workforce development? This podcast explores how workforce development professionals can learn a new set of skills to design and manage complex collaborations.
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As you can imagine, we have an idea about how you might do that! Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership is available for pre-order from all of the usual outlets – we have links on the book page. The book is perfect for that colleague, aspiring leader, or student of management who’s looking for […]
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While we await the publishing of Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership, it seems a good time to re-cap the best books we read last year. Ed Morrison (the developer of Strategic Doing) picks a few every month to recommend in our monthly newsletter; here they all are in one place: The New Education: […]
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The developer of Strategic Doing, Ed Morrison, has been urged many times over the years to write a book about Strategic Doing. There have been a few starts made at it, but it wasn’t until we started teaching the discipline that the organization of such a book became clear. A team coalesced to take on […]
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