The Complexity Era in Economics
The paper shows current research that underpins the Strategic Doing methodology in dealing with complex problems and why old models of approaching issues are no longer relevant to current attitudes and…
Read MoreCollaborative Networks: a mechanism for enterprise agility and resilience
A scholarly paper explaining why collaborative networks outperform hierarchical structures in volatile environments, providing theoretical grounding for Strategic Doing’s network-based approach.
Read MoreUnderstanding Culture Through Pictures and a Thousand Words
Demonstrates how visual methods support sensemaking and shared understanding in complex cultural settings.
Read MorePositioning Wicked Problems Along Two Dimensions
A visual framework helping distinguish problem complexity and collaboration intensity.
Read MoreAn Effectual Model of Collective Action for Addressing Sustainability Challenges
Presents a model for collective action under uncertainty, integrating effectuation theory with Strategic Doing.
Read MoreLevels of Appreciative Inquiry
Uses experiences from COVID-era collaboration to illustrate how inquiry operates across multiple system levels.
Read MoreThe Essentials of Appreciative Inquiry
Examines how carefully crafted questions shape attention, behaviour, and outcomes in organisations and communities.
Read MoreStrategic Doing: A New Discipline for Developing Strategy
This paper introduces Strategic Doing as a network-based strategy discipline designed for open, loosely connected systems. It explains how simple rules and structured conversations enable coordinated action without central control.
Read MoreAllowing Change Through “Letting It Happen”
Explores how enabling conditions and restraint often lead to more durable change.
Read MoreShoals 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…
Read MoreExamples of great framing questions
Here’s a collection of some of the great framing questions we’ve seen used, both in Strategic Doing sessions and elsewhere.
Read MoreUniversities as Anchors of Regional Innovation
Article with overview of Strategic Doing as drivers of innovative ecosystems
Read MoreStrategic Doing vs. Strategic Planning
A comparison between Strategic Planning and Strategic Doing from the Stennis Center at Mississippi State
Read MoreEffective Strategy Making in Local and Regional Development
Paper presented at the R&D Management Conference (2014) This paper explores how strategy can be developed and implemented in local and regional contexts where authority is distributed and collaboration is…
Read MoreGoing Beyond “What Should We Do?”: An Approach to Implementation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum
2016 update on Pathways project incorporating Strategic Doing
Read MoreAn Introduction to Strategic Doing for Community Development
Book chapter discussing how Strategic Doing is used in community development settings.
Read MoreNetwork-based Engagement for Universities: Leveraging the Power of Open Networks
Paper presented at the 10th PASCAL International Observatory Conference (2012) This paper explores how universities can engage more effectively with their regions by working through open networks rather than hierarchical…
Read MoreSelected research and publications
2016 update on the Pathways project This paper focuses on the challenge of implementation — moving from ideas to action in curriculum reform. It documents how Strategic Doing was incorporated…
Read MoreGetting “There”: How Innovation & Entrepreneurship Become Part of Engineering Education
This paper reports on efforts of 50 universities to evolve their engineering education including their use of agile strategy.
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